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Graduate School of Education. State of the School Presentation September 2011. Complementary emerging efforts. Federal policy. ESEA and HEA: More rational approaches to accountability More balanced approach to funding research (if money is available)
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Graduate School of Education State of the School PresentationSeptember 2011
Federal policy • ESEA and HEA: More rational approaches to accountability • More balanced approach to funding research (if money is available) • Oregon will seek waivers from unreasonable NCLB requirements
National issues • Council for the Accreditation of Education Professionals (CAEP) • CACREP writing new standards for 2016 • Council of Chief State School Officers’ Common Core Standards* and InTASC Standards
Oregon • One system for education PK-20: SB 909 • Early childhood education • Proficiency-based education (time the variable) • Students move more freely among districts • Greater autonomy for public universities
Oregon • HB 3474: Educator Preparation Fund ($100,000), NBPTS, InTASC, administrator preparation • SB 252 creates the school district collaboration grant program: CLASS project
Oregon • SB 290: State board of education adopts performance standards (InTASC) for Oregon educators • The Oregon Mentoring Program was refunded at $4.5 million for the biennium
Oregon • Professional licensing boards • TSPC standards aligned with NCATE and InTASC • NCATE alliance • LPC/LMFT standards revised in alignment with CACREP • LPC/LMFT seeking ways to better protect the public from unlicensed “counselors”
ODE “Oregon Next Generation of Accountability” initiative • Promote continuous growth for all students • College and career readiness
Workgroup 3 – Educator effectiveness • Objective: Define and evaluate educator effectiveness • Tasks: • Identify teacher and leader effectiveness standards • Identify components of an evaluation system design based on student learning and growth
Oregon Coalition for Quality Teaching and Learning • HB 3474 • Workgroup 3: • Oregon Next Generation of Accountability
In the context of schools, human capital is an educator’s cumulative abilities, knowledge, and skills developed through formal education and on-the-job experience. —Carrie R. Leana, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Fall 2011
Social capital, by comparison, is not a characteristic of the individual educator but instead resides in the relationships among educators.
Collective impact P-12 educators
Collective impact State agencies
Collective impact Schools, universities, and community groups (Cradle to Career)
Collective impact University professors
Collective impact GSE professors
Campus initiative: SUCCESS Collective impact
Campus initiative: SUCCESS • Educational research to promote and support C2C efforts • Campus-wide engagement • Student success at PSU • Improve Oregon teacher education and retention
Major implications for the GSE • Strengthen our connections to schools, agencies, and community Partnerships Cradle to career Clinical experiences
Major implications for the GSE • Continuous improvement
Major implications for the GSE • Continuous improvement “We recognize that accountability systems will evolve and continuously improve over time to changing contexts.”
Major implications for the GSE • Continuous improvement Assessment Technology
Major implications for the GSE • Contribute to the knowledge base Research into practice
Major implications for the GSE • Advocate for students, families, and quality education Competent & caring educators Social justice
Major implications for the GSE Seek support for our work: • Scholarships • Research • Clinical experiences • Cradle to Career
How the GSE contributes • Students, faculty, and alumni Tyler Green, 3 university awards Marci Nelson, Counselor Education Susan Rieke-Smith: Middle School Principal of the Year Rick Hardt, Emeritus Faculty
“Real, lasting school reform is always incremental and time-consuming, because the actual work of schools—teaching and learning—is painstaking. Lasting reform will always be laborious, step-by-step work.” —Nancy Flanagan, blogger and education writer.
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