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Education Renewal Zone Advisory Board Meeting November 20, 2013

Education Renewal Zone Advisory Board Meeting November 20, 2013. Agenda Items. ERZ Updates Professional development: impact of changes on school partners Coming changes to pre-service teacher education at UA

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Education Renewal Zone Advisory Board Meeting November 20, 2013

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  1. Education Renewal ZoneAdvisory Board MeetingNovember 20, 2013

  2. Agenda Items • ERZ Updates • Professional development: impact of changes on school partners • Coming changes to pre-service teacher education at UA • Discuss opportunities to communicate with state agency officials regarding P-20 education • UA College Access Initiative • Utilizing Skype for instructional needs

  3. Advisory Board Meetings • Be present (mentally and physically) • Be respectful with words and actions • Give yourself permission to enjoy the learning • Practice polite technology • Begin and end on time

  4. ERZ Goals • Goal 1: Professional development • Goal 1a: Changes to pre-service teacher education • Goal 2: Rigorous, intentionally aligned P-16 curriculum

  5. ERZ Goals • Goal 3: Mentoring • Goal 4: Staffing • Goal 5: Parent & community involvement • Goal 6: Collaboration

  6. Adopt-A-Classroom • 73 total requests from NWA teachers • 37 UA representatives • Paired with teachers in 16 schools and 6 districts • Highlights: • Dr. Kevin Fitzpatrick & SukiHighers Fayetteville HS • Dr. Tara Dryer & Amanda Coleman Elkins Middle School

  7. Adopt-A-Classroom Elkins: Paired (Not Paired) Elkins Primary 4 Elkins Middle 2 Elkins High 3 (1) Farmington: Jerry “Pop” Williams Elementary 0 (1) Randall G. Lynch Middle 3 Farmington High 5 (4) Fayetteville: Leverett Elementary 2 (2) Owl Creek 3 (4) Ramay Junior High 1 Fayetteville High 3 (6) Gentry: Gentry Primary 1 (1) Gentry Intermediate 2 (1) Gentry High School 0 (1) Lincoln: Lincoln Middle 1 Lincoln High School 0 (1) Springdale: Archer Learning Center 1 (1) Additional requests from non-ERZ partner schools: 19

  8. Future Teacher’s Day • 85 high school juniors and seniors attended • Springdale HS, Fayetteville HS, Siloam Springs HS • Planning additional event in spring 2014

  9. Tutoring in Partner Schools • Owl Creek: 5 • Archer Learning Center: 4 • Ramay: 3 • Leverett: 1 • UA Students in engineering, education, pre-med, finance

  10. Goal 1: Professional Development • Updated rules governing PD • Pending, should know more by mid-December • For teachers: • Child maltreatment- 2 hours every fourth year (starting this year) • Parent involvement- 2 hours every fourth year (starting ’14-15) • Suicide prevention- 2 hours every fourth year (starting ‘15-16) • Arkansas history- 2 hours every fourth year (for AR history teachers, starting ‘16-17)

  11. Goal 1: Professional Development • Updated rules governing PD • Pending, should know more by mid-December • Strikes Arkansas Scholarship Lottery PD for administrators • Educator Professional Learning Plans must be coordinated with TESS • Strikes technology requirement; can be incorporated into other PD • Impact of reduction professional development funding?

  12. Goal 1a: Changes to pre-service teacher education • Increased enrollment and expansion of school sites • Faculty and interns being TESS trained • Job fair this spring • April 10th, 3-7pm on UA campus

  13. Goal 1a: Changes to pre-service teacher education • Program changes to reflect licensure changes • Childhood/Elementary Education • K-6 • Pre-K • Middle level • Business Technology (4-12) • Foreign Language (K-12) • Drama/Speech (K-12) • Secondary Science • Special Education (initial) • School Counseling (initial)

  14. Goal 2: Rigorous, Intentionally Aligned P-16 Curriculum • College Summit Update • Youth Career Connect grant opportunity • President’s high school design plan • Must include school, college/university, employer(s), workforce investment system entity • Components: • Integrated academic and career-focused learning • Work-based learning and exposure to the world of work • Robust employer engagement • Individualized career and academic counseling • Integration of post-secondary education and training

  15. Goal 2: Rigorous, Intentionally Aligned P-16 Curriculum • NWA P-20 Task Force next meeting: • Friday, January 24, 10am-1pm • Special guests: • Dr. Kimbrell, ADE Commissioner • Director Broadway, ADHE • Dr. Gunter, ACE

  16. UA College Access Initiative • Leslie Yingling • Bryan Hembree

  17. Conquering the ACT EXAM

  18. IS IT AN IQ TEST OR A CURRICULUM TEST?

  19. LARGE GROUP PRESENTATIONS

  20. SMALL CLASSES: EVENING, IN-SCHOOL INTENSIVE AND SUMMER CAMPS

  21. Decatur Case Study

  22. ALPFA ACADEMY – 2012

  23. Utilizing Skype for instructional needs • Jacob Hayward, Assistant Principal • Southwest Junior High School in Springdale

  24. Announcements • National Science Bowl • UAFS • Saturday, January 25, 2014 • Visit our website for details (under Upcoming Events) • Collegeology.usc.edu

  25. Future Advisory Board Meetings • Upcoming ERZ Advisory Board Meetings • Wednesday, January 15 • Wednesday, March 19 • All 10:30am-12:30pm • All in Arkansas Union, Rooms 510-511

  26. Thank you for coming!

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