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Message From The President
Dear NACCTEP Members:
I have noticed education issues mentioned in every nook, cranny, email, magazine and newspaper articles, and conversations. Have you? If you have glanced at the headlines this summer you are fully aware that these are tumultuous times for education, especially for teachers. Opportunities in education for personal growth, global preparation, collaboration, teacher leadership, and responsibilities to support teachers at all levels are everywhere. What innovations, changes, and problem solving techniques are we incorporating into our teacher education programs to improve the overall success of our future teachers? What have we done this summer to prepare for our ever changing world in teacher education?
These important questions, and many others, hopefully continue to drive all teacher educators around the country to be active, involved, and connected. My personal responses to Michigan's problems in education are not necessarily shared by all. By sharing our ideas through NACCTEP, we may help to create new solutions to some very tough issues in education across the country. READ MORE |
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Director's Note
Dear NACCTEP Members, Friends, and Colleagues:
On behalf of the NACCTEP Executive Board, I thank you for your membership and continued support of NACCTEP. The academic year of 2011-2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the creation of NACCTEP. Much has happened in teacher education over the past 10 years. When the Association was first established in 2001, the discussion focused on the new role of community colleges in developing educators. Many community college education programs were newly established or in the process of being developed. READ MORE |
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2011-2012 NACCTEP Scholarship Recipients
The NACCTEP National Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to community college students who are studying to become teachers at member colleges. Awards are for $1,000 each to cover education expenses. This year, NACCTEP received over 60 applications. NACCTEP would like to thank the Scholarship Committee for the time they dedicated to reviewing and scoring applications. READ MORE |
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| Models of Success |
To further showcase the incredible things NACCTEP members are doing, we are asking for the submission of Models of Success. Models of Success are just that – models of innovative and successful community college teacher education and early childhood programs, practices, partnerships, policies, services, and activities/events. Remember to submit your Early Childhood Education Model of Success soon to nacctep@domail.maricopa.edu!
See the Models of Success Guide on the NACCTEP website to learn more about this collaborative effort. To view the Guide, you first must sign in as a NACCTEP member on the website in order to access the NACCTEP resources page. If you have not already created your user name and password, you will need to create them before accessing the Guide. READ MORE
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| New Standards, Systems, and Opportunities in Early Childhood Teacher Education |
| By Alison Lutton, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC |
During a period in which national and state education policy focuses new attention on the challenge of defining, assessing, and supporting effective teachers, there have been a number of significant revisions to national teacher accreditation systems and standards.
The two national standard setting organizations for early childhood teachers, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), both revised early childhood teaching standards in 2010. Currently, these organizations are working together on a national standards alignment tool that programs can use to evaluate how well they prepare graduates to grow toward and meet both sets of standards, offering a vision for the development of excellence in early childhood teacher preparation from the associate degree candidate to the accomplished, advanced teacher. READ MORE |
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| Access for Rural America |
| By Paul M. Holbrook, Coconino Community College, Flagstaff, AZ |
Many administrators and faculty members work diligently to improve access to college. Often access is a key concept stated in the community college's mission statement. Access may seem to be straight forward, but I challenge you to rethink how you could still improve assess. With limited resources, college administrators can offer just so many classes and programs. The problems with access may appear to be less profound in the large urban cities where thousands of students may attend college. In Coconino County, the second largest county in the United States, access is a challenge, and thinking of ways to increase access when some residents must travel four hours to get to a campus means you have to implement creative alternatives and strategies for your residents. READ MORE |
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| Transfer Pathways for Student Success: Community College of Denver and Regis University College for Professional Studies Create Unique Early Childhood Education Partnership |
| By Sara Villegas, Regis University College for Professional Studies, Denver, CO |
Requirements for licensure of early childhood educators are becoming more standardized, and in many cases have begun to require more advanced degrees and specialized study. "This is for a good reason," said Karen Cooley, professor of early childhood education at Regis University's College for Professional Studies (Regis). READ MORE |
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| TE@M Program at Metropolitan Community College |
| By M. Jane Franklin, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE |
| In the fall of 2002, administrators and faculty from Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE (MCC), gathered with administrators and faculty from University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) to find a way to create and deliver courses for teacher preparation on-line and to establish a mechanism for advisors from the two institutions to interact with each other electronically. The resultant project, termed Teacher Education at Metro (TE@M), is now in its eighth year and provides pre-professional coursework that students at MCC may take and transfer to UNO to continue preparation to become certified teachers. READ MORE |
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Leading the Way to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the NACCTEP National Conference
The NACCTEP 2012 annual national conference, Leading the Way in Community College Teacher Education Programs, will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2-4, 2012, at the Marriott Downtown hotel. For conference details click here.
Philadelphia is famous as the birthplace of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Cultural, culinary, artistic, and ethnic treasures abound the city. A great concentration of American history can be found just blocks away from the conference hotel at Independence National Historical Park, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. Philadelphia's compact downtown places all of this and so much more within a short walk or cab ride from the Marriott Downtown hotel. For additional information, click here.
A great place for lunch and across the street from the Marriott entrance is the Reading Terminal Market. This unique and extraordinary historic farmers market features mouth-watering aromas, fresh produce, Amish specialties, fresh meats, seafood, poultry, unique, hand-made pottery, jewelry and crafts from around the world. For additional information on the Reading Terminal Market click here. |
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Call for 2012 Conference Proposals
NACCTEP's Leading the Way in Community College Teacher Education Programs is the premier conference for everyone who is involved with or supportive of community college teacher education and/or early childhood programs. NACCTEP invites you to showcase your college's innovative partnership, practice, program, or policy that supports the conference theme.
NACCTEP is encouraging proposals focused on recruiting and supporting diverse teacher education students; teaching with technology; alternative teacher preparation programs at community colleges; increasing mathematics and science teachers; assessment and accreditation issues; developing meaningful field placement partnerships; enhancing the credentialing of early childhood professionals; and supplementing budget shortfalls.
Breakout presentations may include one or more speakers in a small, classroom setting. Sessions are 60 minutes in length and highlight successful and innovative programs or practices by colleges or consortiums. Breakout sessions are scheduled for Saturday, March 3, 2012. All presenters are required to register and pay the conference fee.
For additional information or to submit a proposal, click here. |
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Membership Renewal Time!
NACCTEP membership expires on June 30th of each year. Renewal invoices were mailed in late March to the primary member. Convenient membership renewal is available online at www.nacctep.org.
Your membership is what helps to make NACCTEP a stronger unified voice for community college teacher education programs nationwide. The Executive Board and NACCTEP staff are working hard to provide additional benefits to members each year and we need your continued support.
As a NACCTEP member, you have the opportunity to be at the forefront of change, by advocating and promoting the role of community colleges in teacher education at your campus and nationally.
If you have questions about your membership, contact NACCTEP at 480.731.8760 or nacctep@domail.maricopa.edu. Thank you for your continued support! |
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NACCTEP and Western Governors University (WGU) Teacher Education Scholarship Program
The goal of this scholarship program is to provide graduates with a smooth transition between the two-year teacher education associate's degree programs and finishing their bachelor's degree online. As part of the program, WGU will provide both graduates and staff members of a NACCTEP member institution the following benefits:
- An application fee waiver (a $65 savings).
- Eligibility to apply for the WGU NACCTEP Teacher Education Scholarship - WGU has agreed to fund 20 annual scholarships, each valued up to $2,000, which are disbursed at $500 per six-month term for up to four terms.
- This scholarship is available only for graduates and staff members who want to earn one of WGU's teaching degrees.
Details can be found by clicking here. |
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