Innovations in Oklahoma Educator Preparation

1. Innovations in Oklahoma Educator Preparation Dr. John Farris [OBU], President, and Dr. Bryan Duke [UCO] Oklahoma Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (OACTE) Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation Office October 10, 2013

2. Notes about the Presentation • This list does not necessarily reflect all of our initiatives. • This list includes innovations beyond program processes and components fulfilling legislated requirements and criteria included in state and national accreditations. • Institutions and their abbreviations are provided at the end of the presentation. • We encourage those seeking additional explanation to contact representatives from identified institutions.

3. Joint OACTE/University Efforts • Positive Messaging Regarding Teachers and Education • Strong Standards for Traditional Preparation Programs • Responsive to P-12 Schools’ Needs/Responsibility to Educate University Learners

4. Clinical Practice • Specialized Partnerships with Local Schools • Early Childhood: • Head Start/Tecumseh Schools [SGU] • Tulsa Educare [OU] • Response to Intervention (RtI) [UCO] • Innovative Reading Labs & Literacy Outreach [NSU, OC, OU, UCO] • Good Shepherd School (autism) [UCO] • Hope Center Tutoring [OBU] • EPIC Yearlong Professional Development School [NSU]

5. Clinical Practice • ProCure Therapy Center (Pediatric Cancer) Tutoring [OC] • Horse Riding Therapy Class [OBU] • YMCA Swimming Class [OBU] • Reading Intervention and Math Extension [CU] • Communication Disorders, Speech & Hearing [TU] • OSD/Jane Brooks Satellite School for Deaf/HH [USAO] • School for Children (PK-6 Lab School) [SNU]

6. Targeted Clinical Experiences • Moving toward a “Clinical Rounds” Model [UCO] • P-12 Site-Based Courses [BC, NSU, SGU, SNU, UCO] • Fort Gibson Literacy Experience (Early Childhood/Elementary Reading Labs) [BC] • Clinical Simulations [CU] • Early Childhood Extended Experiences in On-Campus Preschool [USAO]

7. Service Learning/Community Activities • Embedded in Coursework [OCU, UCO] • Oklahoma City YMCA Y Achievers Program (college readiness & career exploration for underserved teens) [OCU] • F.A.C.T. Program Tutoring with OKC Police Department [UCO] • El Sistema Oklahoma Instrumental Music Education Partnership with St. Luke’s United Methodist Church and the Foundation for Oklahoma City Public Schools [OCU]

8. Collaboration with P-12 Schools • Preparing Quality Teachers for Longevity in Profession [All] • Numerous Practica, Clinical Experiences & Internships [All] • Advisory Boards [All] • Emergent Literacy Intervention Program in Regional Early Childhood Education Classrooms [CU] • Partnership with an Area Elementary School with a Diverse Student Population to Increase Reading [ORU]

9. Collaboration with P-12 Schools • Partnering in a HS Pre-Teacher Program at Great Plains Technology Center [CU] • Cooperating Teacher Forum [ECU, NSU, SWOSU] • P-12 and University Partnership for Professional Development [NSU, NWOSU, OU, SEOSU, SGU, SWOSU, TU, UCO] • REAL Teachers—Alternative Certification Support for Area Schools [CU]

10. Integrating Current Common Ed Initiatives • Integrating Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) • Presentations at Professional Conferences • Collaboration through the REACH Network • Professional Development for Teacher Education Faculty • Teaching TLE Evaluation Models & CCSS [All] • Revising Assessments to Include TLE Language [CU, NSU, ORU, OU,UCO, USAO]

11. Student Teaching Internship • Year-long Internship Program • All Education Majors [NSU] • For all ELE, ECE, and Special Education majors[ORU] • Elementary Ed: ExCEL Program [OSU] • Fall 2015 Student Teaching (17 hrs. Spring/16 weeks Fall) [UCO] • Extended Internship • “The August Experience” (Early Pairing of Mentor/Candidate and Beginning of School Experience Required) [CU, OC, OPSU, ORU] • Methods Class Clinical Experience [OBU, OC, USAO] • Pre-Internship Practicum Experience [CU]

12. Co-Teaching • Co-Teaching during Student Teaching Internships [ECU, NSU, NWOSU, OCU, OSU, OU, SWOSU, UCO & USAO] • Co-Teaching amongst University Teacher Ed Faculty [NSU, OBU, OSU, OU, SWOSU, UCO, USAO] • Extensive On-Site and/or On-Campus Training for Partners in the Co-Teaching Experience [UCO, USAO]

13. Performance Assessments • Teacher Work Sample [All Universities] • edTPA Pilot [ECU, NSU, OSU, OU, SNU, UCO]

14. Digital Practices • Digitized Field Experience Applications & Evaluations [ECU, NSU, OU, SWOSU, UCO, USAO] • Teacher Education iPad Initiative [OU] • Reading Clinic with Individual Tutoring & iPads [OC] • Measures of Effective Teaching Extension (METEx) Pilot [NSU, OU, UCO]

15. Digital Practices • Updated Smartboards/Training [CU, UCO] • Intergenerational Computer Center P-12 Learner Training, P-12 Faculty Professional Development & Patrons of OKC Social Service Agencies [OCU] • Online Teaching & Learning Pedgogy in Partnership with ORU eAcademy (a 3rd- through 12-th grade online school) [ORU] • Technology in Education Robotics Lab for Teacher Candidates and P-12 Students [NSU]

16. Urban Initiatives • Urban Teacher Preparation Academy (UTPA) [UCO & OU] • 76% Retention Rate in OKCPS after 3 Years; 91% for Remaining in the Profession after 3 years • Teaching & Urban Reform Network (TURN) [NSU] • Since 2010, 99 teacher candidates completed the intensive urban education preparation program with an 88% retention rate as teaching professionals in local urban school districts.

17. Urban Initiatives • Urban Education Awareness Week [OU] • Urban Education Program [NSU] • School of Urban Education (renamed May 2011) [TU] • Urban Day of Engagement [NSU] • Conference on Diversity for State Teacher Education Programs (national speaker) [OCU]

18. Global Initiatives • Applied Behavioral Analysis Training in Lebanon [OBU] • Teacher Education-based International Study Tours [OSU, UCO] • Teacher Education-based study abroad opportunities [OSU, OU] • Teaching English Abroad in Korea [UCO] • Student Teaching Abroad/Away [ORU, OSU, UCO]

19. Global Initiatives • Student Teaching in Department of Defense Schools [SWOSU] • International Internships [NSU] • Educational Leadership Exchange [OSU, UCO] • Teacher Education Faculty Exchanges [NSU, OSU, UCO]

20. Teacher Employment Activities • Teacher Job Fair [All] • Senior Activity Day (100% graduate job placement) [ORU] • School District Recruitment Paired with “Portfolio Day” [UCO]

21. Teacher Residency • Online Learning Community/Residency Support for Graduates [UCO, USAO] • Beginning Year Teacher Mentoring Program [ORU, OU] • First-Year Teacher Mentoring Program [CU] • “Hub for Subs” for Educator Preparation Graduates [UCO]

22. University Coursework/Advanced Programs • Undergraduate Career Tech Certificate Programs [UCO] • English Language Learners Course [OCU] • Embedded Literacy Development in Coursework [OC, OCU, UCO] • Embedded Arts- and Experiential Learning-Based Coursework with OKA+ Schools® [UCO] • Double-Major in Special Education Program [NWOSU, OBU]

23. University Coursework/Advanced Programs • M.Ed.-Secondary Education Program (Non-Traditional) [NWOSU, SWOSU & UCO] • MEd in Teaching and Learning to Support Alternative Certification [CU] • Masters degree in STEM Education [OU, TU] • Masters degree in World Languages Education [OU]

24. University Coursework/Advanced Programs • Oklahoma Elementary Math Specialist Certification Sequence and/or M.Ed. [CU, ECU, OSU, OU & UCO] • Oklahoma Gifted & Talented Certification Sequence [UCO] • Special Education Boot Camp (Non-Traditional) [ECU, NSU, NWOSU, ORU, OU, UCO] • Reduced Graduate Tuition Rates (2/3 reduction for any degree except law) under Educator Tuition Scholarship [TU] • Half-Priced Tuition for Cooperating Teachers to Pursue Graduate Degrees [SWOSU]

25. Recruitment • Engaging Secondary Students in Prospective Teachers Academy/ “Grow Your Own” Programs [NSU, UCO] • Planning Community/School-University Pipelines with Community Colleges [SWOSU, OU, UCO] • Assessing Professional Dispositions that Encourage Successful Teaching [CU, SGU, SWOSU, UCO, USAO] • Providing Two University-Wide Orientation/Introduction Saturdays for High School Graduates (each year) [CU]

26. Recruitment • Partnering with Great Plains Tech Center for Development of a Pre-Education Course for HS students [CU] • Providing a Minor in Education to Help Address the Teacher Shortage in Secondary [UCO, USAO] • Partnering with Rogers State University Preparing Candidates in Elementary, Social Studies, and English Education [CU] • Partnering with College of Arts and Sciences/All Disciplines to Encourage Majors to Add Teacher Certification [CU, SWOSU, OU] • Providing Impact 2014, a Day Area Middle and High School Students Meet with OSRHE Representatives, Campus Admissions and Finance Personnel. [ORU]

27. Recruitment • Partnering with Honor’s College, Innovative Education Society [OU] • Providing Annual “Celebration of Teaching” Program Recruitment of Northeast Oklahoma High School FEA Chapters [NSU] • Providing Annual Collaboration with KIPP Tulsa College Preparatory KIPP Through College Initiative [NSU] • Providing Partnership within the Higher Education Forum of Oklahoma P-20 Education and Workforce Development Initiative [NSU]

28. State-Supported Initiatives • Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation Grant Awards • Co-Teaching Training for P-12 Partners [UCO, USAO] • Transforming Clinical Teacher Preparation [NSU] • Responding to the Needs of Diverse Learners [OU] • Urban Teachers for Urban Teachers [NSU] • Beginning Year Teacher Mentoring Program [OU] • STEM-Focused Field Experiences/Teacher Candidates’ Attitudes [UCO] • Alternative Certification Preparation Conference [NWOSU] • Transforming Physical Education [UCO] • Impact Grant [ORU]

29. State-Supported Initiatives • Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education Grant Awards • Instructional Leadership Workshop (Technology, Literacy, CCSS and TLE for Principals) [OKA+ Schools & UCO] • TURN to Teaching: Providing College Connections and Preparation for Future Urban Educators [NSU] • Instructional leadership/Common Core ELA & Math/TLE with school administrators) [ECU] • Early Childhood Reading & Word Study [ECU] • Summer Week-Long K-12 School Leaders Training – TLE, CCSS, Test Data Analysis [CU] • Recruiting Future Teachers and Retaining Excellent Alternatively Licensed (REAL) Teachers [CU]

30. State-Supported Initiatives • Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education Grant Awards (Cont.) • Working with Middle-School Students to Recruit into Teacher Preparation Programs [CU] • Robotics Workshop with P-12 Schools [SGU] • Connecting across Cultures Diversity Training [OCU] • Celebration of Teaching Grant [NSU] • Algebra Summer Workshop [OC] • National Grant Initiatives • 21st Century Grant Proposal [ECU]

31. Centers Serving P-12 Partners • Hardman Center for Children with Learning Differences [OU] • Institute of Child Development [OU] • K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal [OU] • Center for Tribal Studies and Indigenous Scholar Development Center [NSU]

32. Centers Serving P-12 Partners • Oklahoma Writing Project [OU] • John W. Renner Science Education Center [OU] • Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment [OU] • School for Children (PK-6) [SNU]

33. Collaborations • Higher Education (between universities) • Educator Preparation Agencies (OCTP, OSRHE & OSDE) • Professional Associations (Oklahoma Education Association & Professional Oklahoma Educators)

34. Collaborations • Other Teacher Education Partners (Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration, OKA+ Schools®, Great Expectations, Character First/OSRHE, etc.) • Tulsa Public Schools Collaboration and Curriculum Integration of Tulsa Model-Teacher Leader Effectiveness (TLE) Evaluation System [NSU] • University-Wide Faculty Learning Communities Led by Education Faculty Member [OCU]

35. Questions?

36. Educator Preparation Institutions Represented • Bacone College [BC] • Cameron University [CU] • East Central University [ECU] • Northeastern Oklahoma State University [NSU] • Northwestern Oklahoma State University [NWOSU]

37. Educator Preparation Institutions Represented • Oklahoma Baptist University [OBU] • Oklahoma City University [OCU] • Oklahoma Panhandle State University [OPSU] • Oklahoma State University [OSU] • Oklahoma University [OU]

38. Educator Preparation Institutions Represented • Oklahoma Christian University [OC] • Oral Roberts University [ORU] • Saint Gregory’s University [SGU] • Southeastern Oklahoma State University [SEOSU] • Southwestern Oklahoma State University [SWOSU]

39. Educator Preparation Institutions Represented • Southern Nazarene University [SNU] • Tulsa University [TU] • University of Central Oklahoma [UCO] • University of Sciences & Arts Oklahoma [USAO]