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Preparing your Portfolio for Admission to Program (Gate 1) --EAA & ECA--. Department of Curriculum & Instruction College of Education and Human Sciences Questions: Dr. Sue McIntyre EAA/ECA Coordinator mcintsr@uwec.edu. Changes in teacher certification.
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Preparing your Portfoliofor Admission to Program (Gate 1)--EAA & ECA-- Department of Curriculum & Instruction College of Education and Human Sciences Questions: Dr. Sue McIntyre EAA/ECA Coordinator mcintsr@uwec.edu
Changes in teacher certification • Teacher Preparation moves from a course and credit orientation to a performance and competency model. • Increase teacher professional development opportunities • Set up a locally controlled process to manage certification process that puts you in charge of your own skill development
Changes in Wisconsin: The Shift from PI3 & PI4 to PI 34 • Testing • PPST • PRAXIS II • Portfolios • Gates in Pre-Service Education • Career Portfolios • License Titles • 1-6, 1-9aMCEA • 6-12, 9-12aEAA • K-12, 1-12aECA
Wisconsin Educator StandardsIntegrated into License Stages Portfolio Pre-Service Portfolio Master EducatorPortfolio Initial Educator Professional Development Plan Professional EducatorProfessionalDevelopment Plan • Mandatory • WI Standards Assessed (Proficiency) • License Optional • WI Standards Assessed (Mastery) • 2 or more standards • Verification of plan completion • 2 or more standards • Verification of plan completion
Moving from Initial Educator to Professional Education • USED to be 6 credits every 5 years • After 8/31/04, candidates for initial or recertification need a PDP Professional Development Plan
Collaborative Leadership Program Evaluation Gate 1 Gate 2 Gate 3 GE &Minor Courses PROFESSIONAL SEMESTER Portfolio for Admission to Professional Semester Portfolio forAdmissionto Program 2 & 5-yr surveys Intro Teacher Education Standards Assessment ofTeacher Portfolio For Certification PROGRAM Education Programs Exit Interviews Intro GoalsOf Baccalaureate Assessment ofThe Baccalaureate Goals of the Baccalaureate Program Assessment in Education
When to apply for Program Block: CI312: General Methods CI318: Teacher Assisting CI328: Content Reading CI317: Middle Methods Can take other courses *FED385 FED490 SPED300 Student Teaching CI210/211/212 Apply **Praxis I **Praxis II Portfolio Review Admission to program Portfolio Review Portfolio Review *may take FED385 earlier (change in 2005-2006 catalogue) **See: http://www.ets.org/ for Praxis I and II information including test numbers, practice items and registration
Structure of EAA Portfolio 11 “chapters” (one for each of the 10 WTS and one for dispositions) Each WTS section must include: The complete standard A list of artifacts included in the chapter (minimum of one artifact per standard) A reflection about how these artifacts show competence against the standard. Dispositions becomes the “11th tab” In this section, include your CI210/211/212 dispositions evaluations from your cooperating teacher(s) as artifacts. This section should be prefaced with a paragraph about each of the five dispositions in which you describe your current competency in that area.
Disciplinary Department Input • Each program has developed criteria which is examined by content area faculty. • You will receive information from your content department regarding any additional information that might be needed. • ( e.g. Foreign Language requires an ed philosophy statement, a transcript, a narrative describing a meaningful learning experience and a passing score on the Oral Proficiency Exam.)