Welcome to the SCUSD BTSA Induction Colloquium

1. Welcome to the SCUSDBTSA Induction Colloquium May 24, 2012 Serna Pennsylvania/Tennessee 4:00-5:30 p.m.

2. Colloquium Objectives • Engage in conversations with a community of learners • Summarize key learnings experienced through the FACT process and BTSA Induction participation • Acknowledge professional growth • A venue for celebrating completion of this year’s work and professional growth

3. Colloquium Share Purpose • Think holistically about your teaching year • Look at your practice • Identify areas in which growth has occurred • Consider how you will continue your professional growth beyond BTSA

4. Norms • Attend Fully • Be present in the room • Participate and contribute • Demonstrate mutual respect • Set aside judgments • Positive intentionality • Cell phones on meeting status

5. Special Thanks to: • The BTSA Office Staff: • Marjorie Petralli, BTSA Induction Technician • BTSA Support Providers

6. In Honor of Our: • Participating Teachers (132) • Support Providers (28) • Site and Central Office Administrators • University Partners

7. Professional Sharing Activity • Fortune Cookie Activity • Write “Words of Wisdom” to next year’s participants. • Use the red and yellow papers • Directions are on the tables

9. Kelly Dunkley Interim BTSA Coordinator

10. You’ve Accomplished • 55 hours (Year Two) of meeting time with your Support Provider • 20 hours of professional development around either your IIP, around the CSTP, or around the Induction Standards Pedagogy, Equity, Teaching English Learners, and Teaching Special Populations (new)

11. Formative Assessment • Through your work in FACT, you have used: • PTRA Cycle: Plan-Teach-Reflect-Apply • Professional Conversations • Examination/Analysis of Student Work • CSTP Through the Lens of Your Teaching Assignment • Reflection

12. Greatest Challenge • Consider your greatest challenge this year • Use the index cards located in the middle of the table to describe: • Greatest challenge on one side • How you overcame (or are working to overcome) that challenge on the other side • Gather the cards and designate a reader(s) to share them with the table group and discuss.

13. California’s Learning to Teach System Preliminary Credential Preparation Professional Clear Credential Preparation PREL I M I NARY P R O F E S S I O N A L Credential Renewal • Blended Program • Subject-Matter Requirements • Professional Preparation • Support and Supervision • Teaching Performance • Assessment (TPA) • Induction • Program • Advanced Curriculum Preparation • Formative Assessment and Support • Frequent Reflection on Practice • Individual Induction Plan • Application of Prior Learning • Professional • Growth Program • Individual Development Plan • Advanced Curriculum Studies • Advanced Subject Matter • Reflection on Practice Based on Teacher’s Goals • Post-Baccalaureate Program • Subject-Matter Requirements • Professional Preparation • Support and Supervision • Teaching Performance • Assessment (TPA) • Internship Program • Subject-Matter Requirements • Professional Preparation • Support and Supervision • Teaching Performance • Assessment (TPA) SYSTEM QUALITIES Multiple Entry Routes to Teaching for Teachers from Different Backgrounds • ALIGNMENT • California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP) • State-adopted academic content and performance standards for students • ACCOUNTABILITY • Candidate Assessment • Participant Completion of Approved Program • Program Approval • COLLABORATION • Schools/Universities • State Agencies • Practitioner Teamwork

14. Reflection • Key Learnings from these past two years • About yourself as a teacher • About your students • What do you want to focus on next year?

15. CSTP Reflection • Year One and AIP PTs: • Complete the first column on the CSTP document. • Turn in today • Year Two, ECO PTs: • Complete columns two and three. • Save with your FACT Module D reflections as your evidence.

16. Year Two Next Steps for Clearing Your Credential • Make sure . . . • You’ve collected all of your evidence • Locate the exit interview on btsasupport.com and complete • Submit binder and/or flash drive with exit interview placed in the inside cover • If only turning in a flash drive please place in an sealed envelope • Cover needs name, personal email, and home or cell phone

17. Year Two Next Steps for Clearing Your Credential • Your binder and/or flash will be reviewed as soon as possible (you will be contacted if there are additional requirements on your credential that need to be submitted to the BTSA Induction office). • You will receive an email from Kelly or Marjorie that your binder is ready for pick-up.

18. Year Two Next Steps for Clearing Your Credential • You will receive an email notification from Kelly that your application has been submitted. • You will receive an email from CTC with a confirmation # and directions on how to submit your online payment. • Once payment has been made, you’ll receive your credential within 50 days

19. Closing • Complete Colloquium Evaluation on Btsasupport.com • FACT documentation may be given to Support Providers, sent via email to Marjorie-Petralli@scusd.edu, faxed to 643-9478 or mailed to Box 770 • All FACT work & Hours are due by June 8th, 2012 • CSUS documents –online only, deadline is June 30, 2012 • “TURN-IN” box on the back table

20. Thank You For: • Your Participation in the BTSA Induction Program • Your Dedication to the Profession • Hard Work on Behalf of the Students in the Sacramento City Unified School District