2009 NACCTEP Breakout Sessions Agenda is Subject to Change

From a Two-Plus-Two Articulation Agreement to a Global Initiative

This presentation will describe how an articulation agreement between a community college and a public university can grow into a global initiative. Students and faculty from both institutions are involved in an international educational and cultural exchange with students and faculty from Northern Ireland.

Presenters: Kim Riordan, Molly Minkkinen, University of Minnesota Duluth; Judith Blyckert, Mesabi Range Community and Technical College

Advancing Technological Literacy and Skills (ATLAS) of Elementary Educators

The Museum of Science, Boston with three community colleges and their four-year transfer institutions is developing models that infuse technology and engineering concepts and skills in elementary education preservice programs. This session presents models for engineering and technology integration in science, mathematics, elementary methods, education practicum, and learning community courses.

Presenters: Christine Cunningham, Martha Hass, Museum of Science, Boston; Kim Valcourt, Mark Reinhold, North Essex Community College

Future Teachers Discover New Worlds: Inquiry, Projects, and Service Learning Across the Curriculum

This session will focus on a cross-curricular service learning delivery system, EMPACTS, a recent League for Innovations award recipient. This trial-based 12-15 week process promotes development of 21st century skills while creating “deeper learning” of course outcomes including STEM and education courses.

Presenter: Regina Rryel Thomason, Marvin Galloway, Dianne Phillips, Northwest Arkansas Community College

Improving Teacher Candidates’ Certification Test Results

This session will discuss state of the art resources that are designed to assist educator preparation faculty and others in understanding teacher certification test content, helping candidates prepare to take the assessments, and interpreting and analyzing candidate test results.

Presenter: Les McCallum, NES/Pearson

Cooperative Learning: The Future Belongs to Those Who Know How

Learn, participate, and share cooperative strategies that engage the college learner. Topics will include active learning and team building techniques, and there will be simulation of classroom activities. Join in a lively demonstration of techniques designed to increase student content retention and prepare students for the future.

Presenter: Nancy Campbell, Delaware Technical and Community College

Program Recruitment - Formula for Success

Gerry will explain how the Arizona Future Educators of Arizona model program is being used to recruit students into secondary and post-secondary programs through collaboration and creating multiple pathways for student success in education careers.

Presenter: Gerry Corcoran, Arizona Department of Education, Career and Technical Education

Language Immersion for the Early Childhood Teacher in Training

Students are taught to understand language acquisition as part of the total Early Childhood Education teacher prep coursework. The classroom is transformed into a mock preschool setting where students do not speak the language of the teachers. While participating in the lesson students develop coping strategies which are later analyzed and discussed.

Presenter: Robin Carmody, Bay State College

The STEM Workforce Challenge: Addressing the Quiet Crisis of K-12 STEM Education

What are the descriptive components of Michigan teacher education programs at community colleges who are members of the Michigan Association of Community Colleges in Educator Preparation (MACCEP)? This interactive, research based session, will provide participants with innovative program concepts. Handouts will be provided.

Presenter: Genella Stubrud, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

Female Learners and the Challenges of Online Learning

Women face a unique set of challenges that often direct them toward online learning. However, once in the program they are extremely likely to drop out. This presentation is a literature-based discussion on how online programs can support the female learner. You will come away with a to-do list to make your teaching more effective.

Presenter: Emily Lyman, Western Governors University

The Future Role of Community Colleges in Training Special Education Paraprofessionals

Currently there are 1.2 million paraprofessionals working in special education classrooms. There are little data available indicating characteristics of students that will be successful in completing training programs in this field. This presentation will examine characteristics, attributes, and support programs that will assure successful completion of a degree program.

Presenters: Joseph Davis, Melanie Wursta, Karen Bydlon, Lehigh Carbon Community College

The Effects of an Institutional Prerequisite on Student Enrollment at a Two-Year College

This session examines a longitudinal study that looked at the effects of a developmental reading prerequisite on student enrollment and pass/fail rates as compared to previous years where no such prerequisite existed in a teacher education program.

Presenter: John Shook, South Texas College

Developing Student Skills in Managing Learning and Career Planning

How can we engage students in their own learning, both short term and long term?  The Vee Diagram and other assessments will be used to illustrate development of self-directed learning in science. An individualized educational plan is used to guide students to direct their own academic and career planning

Presenters: Sophie Jeffries, Mary Brown, Lansing Community College

Improving the Local Pipeline; A Unique Pre-Service Teacher Dual Enrollment Partnership in Southern Nevada

STEP-UP is a pre-teacher program for local students who are committed to becoming teachers for Clark County School District (CCSD). During their junior and senior years of high school, participants register for dual enrollment courses meeting the requirements for an Associate of Arts Education Emphasis at the College of Southern Nevada (CSN).

Presenters: Dale Warby, Connie Christensen, Tina Pappas, College of Southern Nevada; Michelle Panik, Clark County School District; Christine Page, Clark County Education Association

Creating the Multicultural Classroom

The face of American society is constantly changing. We must prepare ourselves and our classrooms to meet the educational and social needs of students who while increasing in population demography, still represent a minority in higher education and the fields of math and science.

Presenter: Michele Jolivette, Truman College

Discover 10 Ways to Use Google Apps in the Classroom

Participants will discover 10 ways Google Apps Education Edition can be used in the classroom to create collaborative and interactive learning opportunities for students. The presentation will include how Google Apps was used to establish learning journals, critical friends, a learning community, and much more. A list of resources will be provided.

Presenter: Jeannette Shaffer, Maricopa County Community College District

10-9-8: Countdown to Program Improvement Using Assignment Rubric Data

Grading assignments is more than evaluating student work but can be the basis for continuous program improvement. Conferees will see how the analysis of well-constructed rubrics yields not only student performance data, but the alignment of learning outcomes with the standards, the program’s effectiveness, and quantitatively guides program improvement change.

Presenters: Barbara Nilsen Broome Community College (retired), Marsha Swanson, Iowa Lakes Community College

Bringing Four-Year Degrees to Two-Year Campuses

Learn how Normandale Community College used a PUSH approach to maximize student opportunities to earn four-year teaching degrees on its campus. In this session participants will learn the four pillars of the PUSH approach that were put in place to bring three degree programs to campus and to support them when they got there. Participants will also examine their own situations and begin to create their own plan to “PUSH” student opportunities forward.

Presenters: Ed Donahue, Julie Guelich, Peggy Rejto, Julie Johnson, Normandale Community College; Steven Rueter, Minnesota State University, Mankato

English Language Learners/Future Educators

Introduction to the English Language Learners/Future Educators (ELLFES) program in which Education majors work with K-12 ELL teachers and students as part of their observation experience. Future teachers are introduced to a population they seldom know about, and non-native English speakers receive more assistance than the districts can provide.

Presenters: Joyce Lindstrom, Mary Lou Valenti, St. Charles Community College

An Integrated Teacher Education Program Based on Standards

When Century College decided to introduce a teacher education program, the integration of standards formed the framework. Century College offers an Associate in Science Degree in Education that integrates alignment of INTASC standards in every class, requires service learning specific to course objectives, and culminates in a required professional electronic portfolio.

Presenter: Andrea Coffey, Century College

Life's Lessons Learned from the Three Little Pigs

The focus of this P-3 grade unit is the life’s lessons that are provided through the various interpretations of The Three Little Pigs. Presenters will demonstrate and share examples of activities covering seven “Life’s Lessons”, which include: Architecture, Manners, Health, Family, Money Matters, Stereotyping, Bad Behavior and Multi-Cultural Influences. These activities will include tradebooks, web links, and technology software incorporations.

Presenter: Sonja Burnett, Arkansas Northeastern College

Online Teacher Education Partnerships: Opening the Door to Higher Education

Information on how Rio Salado’s Online Teacher Education courses and general education requirements along with Northcentral University’s Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree completing course work, apply toward Elementary, Secondary, Special Education, and Early Childhood Certification. These transfer partnership degrees have large enrollments with students residing in 48 states and more than 33 countries.

Presenters: Jennifer Gresko, Janet Johnson, Rio Salado College; Angie Parker, Northcentral University

Integrating Art Across the Teacher Education Curriculum

This hands on workshop will demonstrate the power of art and visual learning in teacher education. The visual arts are a key component of brain development and well-rounded elementary education, yet are often marginalized and ignored. This workshop reviews ways to integrate art and visual learning into teacher education courses.

Presenter: Micaela Rubalcava, Truckee Meadows Community College

Teaching Methods or Teachers' Methods?: Developing a Post-Method ESL Teacher Training Program

In this session, the presenter will provide an overview of a unique English as a Second Language teacher training program. Program justification, training approach, population, courses, and certificate and degree pathways will be discussed. Participants will experience a post-method teacher-training activity, preview course materials, and discuss possible implications for their own teacher training programs.

Presenters: Shawn Ford, Frank Noji, Kapiolani Community College

101 Ways to Produce a Highly Qualified Teacher

In order to meet the demand for highly qualified teachers, our program has pursued a number of initiatives. These have included partnering with the local school system to provide professional development to teachers in critical shortage areas, offering an alternative certification program, providing classes in a myriad of formats, pursuing accreditation through the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and seeking grants for students. This presentation will include a discussion of the success of these initiatives, and encourage conversation with others facing the same problems, hopefully unveiling some viable solutions to our common problems.

Presenters: Linda Gronberg-Quinn, Community College of Baltimore County

NSC/WNC: ITV Connection

Learn how a two- and a four-year college, located hundreds of miles apart, developed a partnership allowing rural students to obtain elementary education degrees without traveling.
Using interactive video technology, professors worked closely during recent years to graduate about 30 new teachers.

Presenters: Michelle Rousselle, Western Nevada College; Clairin Demartini, Nevada State College

Enhancing K-6 Math and Science for the Future of STEM

The Tennessee Board of Regents Teacher Preparation (TBR-TP) project is improving preparation of future teachers through collaboration and systemic change. Schools developed a common core of standards-based mathematics and science courses for K-6 teachers, plus an introduction to teaching and technology course. These are now offered at 22 TPR sites.

Presenters: Jim Kelley, Pellissippi State Technical Community College; Judy Hector, Walters State Community College

The Evidence Process: A Collaborative Approach to Understanding and Improving Standards Based Teaching and Learning

Cerritos College Teacher TRAC faculty are participating in an inquiry activity, “the Evidence Process,” to assess the ways their teaching practices help students to become more familiar with and demonstrate understanding of content/ teaching standards related to general education disciplines. This session will actively engage participants in this practice.

Presenters: Kimberly Rosenfeld, Sue Parsons, Cerritos College

Discovering the Future Thorough Lunch, Music, and Literacy

This interactive session presents two innovative strategies used to develop Leeward Community College’s Field Experience program. First, the college hosted a principal’s luncheon to form instant school partnerships; and second, invited those schools to a campus read aloud festival where education students taught environmentally based lessons using music and literacy.

Presenters: Jeff Judd, Bobbie Martel, Leeward Community College

Together We’re Better: Collaborating for New Program Development

Learn how a community college partnered with a university to develop an Associate in Science Degree in Elementary Education that articulates with a new university Bachelor in Science Degree in Elementary Education. Specific collaborative steps, curricula of the degrees, distance learning, resource sharing, and career pathways for a diverse student body will be shared.

Presenters: Connie Denham, Eileen Micke-Johnson, Rogue Community College; Younghee Kim, Southern Oregon University

Developing and Implementing Your Own Future Teachers Conference

Join the Center for Teacher Education staff from Santa Ana College to learn how you can successfully plan, organize, and implement your own Future Teachers Conference. Tools and resources will be provided to participants to assist them in planning and developing their own conference from beginning to end.

Presenters: Steve Bautista, Lorena Marquez, Tuan Nguyen, Santa Ana College

The Learning Ladder Project: A Collaboration with High School Early Education Programs Around
Recruitment, Literacy, and Retention

This presentation will examine the Learning Ladder Project, a grant-funded effort by MassBay Community College’s Early Childhood Education program to collaborate with two local high school early education programs to improve student reading and writing skills before entry into a teacher preparation program.

Presenter: Linda Romero, MassBay Community College

Discover the Future of Education in China

Discover the future of global education in this session. In an effort to "go global", one faculty member led a group of students to China in January 2009. Students on this trip were able to learn about the educational system in China while visiting elementary, secondary, and post-secondary schools.

Presenter: Shellie Gutierrez, Butler Community College

Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation: Overcoming Challenges and Using Opportunities

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) developed its Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation system in response to the increasing importance of community colleges and associate degree programs in the early childhood field. In this session, we will discuss the pivotal role of community colleges and associate degree programs in relation to recruiting and retaining qualified, diverse early childhood teachers; the challenges and benefits of articulation; and new developments in state and/or federal policy.

Presenter: Saba Ahmed, National Association for the Education of Young Children

WGU Teachers College - An Innovative Approach to Degree Completion and Teaching Licensure for Working Adults

The Teachers College at Western Governors University (WGU) offers an online, competency based teacher education program ideal for working adults who find it difficult or impossible to attend a traditional university due to work and family situations or rural location. WGU has scholarship money for students desiring to license in math or science education in rural areas (funded by the U.S. Department of Labor). WGU is the only online teacher college that has been awarded NCATE accreditation.

Presenters: Ken Sorber, Bob Rustad, Western Governors University

The New American Lecture

Pete Turner will take his popular "What Good College Teachers Do Differently" to the next level: the New American Lecture. Incorporating current research, he will deliver the information about this student-engaging format as he models it. Participants will be optimally engaged as they learn how to "walk the talk!"

Presenter: Pete Turner, Estrella Mountain Community College

Literacy and Learning Strategies for Teaching Course Content

College instructors across the country face a growing challenge. How do we improve our students’ reading, writing, and critical thinking skills while spending the necessary amount of time delivering the course content? This presentation addresses answers to this question. Eight literacy and learning strategies for teaching course content will be explored.

Presenter: C. Ann Terry, Austin Community College

A Web-Based Portfolio Solution for Teacher Education

Looking for a cost effective web-based electronic portfolio for preservice teachers? This presentation describes the portfolio system used at South Georgia College, advantages as an alternative assessment method, student feedback, a unique deployment method, and how the portfolio is used to generate income for club activities. Selected portfolios are showcased.

Presenter: Kit Carson, South Georgia College

Discovering Resources to Enhance Student Achievement

Schools are merely a single component of the proverbial village that it takes to educate a child. Independent of community resources that aid children in overcoming societal and familial challenges, schools fail to provide children with equal educational opportunities. Discover how community partnerships formed through service-learning equip education majors with an awareness of resources to enhance student achievement.

Presenter: Altheria Gaston, Tarrant County College, South Campus

Future Teachers in Action: An Untold Story-A Quite Legacy, Mendez v Westminster Board of Education

Fullerton College future teachers have ignited campus/community involvement, interest, education, and advocacy through a service learning project about the historical Mendez v. Westminster Board of Education court case and its significance today in the world of education. Students’ presentations and activities tell this amazing story about civil rights, educational equality, and multi-cultural understanding of the landmark court case that set the precedence for Brown v. Board of Education. Come learn about this significant historical event, why it's a "must know" for everyone, especially future teachers, and its current relevance to equity in education.

Presenters: Karen Rose, Adela Lopez, Gabe Flores, Rocio Reynoso, Fullerton College; Michael Matsuda, North Orange County Community College District

Collaboration for the Future of Teacher Education

This presentation outlines the process that Missouri went through to create a common Associate of Arts degree for all community colleges in Missouri. Learn how collaboration across the state sets the stage for teacher education success.

Presenters: Mary Huxel, East Central College; Kenneth Boning, Jefferson College; Joyce Lindstrom, St. Charles Community College; Robert Williams, Moberly Area Community College

The Power of Academic Improvement through Supplemental Instruction

Supplemental Instruction is the key to academic advantages for Riverside Community College students. Learn how partnerships between administration and faculty lead to an overall increase in academic performance for students interested in teaching careers. Students increase their intellectual ability, critical thinking, and problem solving skills, and are provided opportunities to advance their learning capacity.

Presenters: Lana Vizuete, Ola Jackson, Riverside Community College

Florida Community College at Jacksonville— Life Sciences and Technology

At Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ), students must be scientifically literate and all students and teachers must be highly engaged in the learning process. For students to learn science and math, efficient strategies for acquiring, transforming, organizing, and using information in problem solving are critical. FCCJ presents an initiative developed on their Downtown Campus.

Presenter: Kathleen Foley, Florida Community College at Jacksonville

The Effects of Structured Mentoring on Enrollment

This study looked at structured mentoring as a strategy to recruit and retain education paraprofessionals to complete an associate’s degree in the field of education and matriculate to a university to complete a four-year degree and ultimately a state teaching certificate.

Presenter: Arturo Montiel, South Texas College

Discovering the Future of Electronic Portfolios in A Community College Teacher Education Program

The development and use of electronic portfolios has been an evolution in Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s Teacher Education Program. Explore the purposes, implementation, and power of a program wide electronic portfolio system used for early career development and program assessment. Participants will view model student portfolios, learn about implementation, and discuss the promises, pitfalls, and potential of the role of portfolios in their own programs.

Presenter: Sharon Fagan, Chandler-Gilbert Community College

The Community College and the Public School System: Two Worlds Come Together to Discover the Future of Alternative Teacher Certification in North Carolina

During this interactive session, GCS ACT program architects from Guildford Technical Community College and Guildford County Schools will discuss the benefits of community college - school system partnerships; share program development and recruitment strategies; and facilitate a discussion on strategies for developing similar partnerships between participants’ home institutions and their respective local education agencies.

Presenter: Dawn Hicks Tafari, Guilford Technical Community College