Purpose of the meeting:

Preparing teachers for PK-12 schools is clearly an all-university responsibility.  As we prepare for our Teacher Education programs' accreditation visit in Fall 2002 and for the ongoing management and evaluation of our programs, the input from all faculty members across campus is essential. 
 
 

Thanks to all of the participants who attended the event –

Delia Berlin, QVCC

Stacy Close, History/Philosophy/Pol. Sci

Mitch Sakofs, Education Department

Janet Zito, TRCC/English

Gray Jacobik, English

Julie Alexandrin, Education

Hannah Sellers, Education

Diane Cerreto, Education

Ann Gruenberg, Education

Ken Dobush, Education

Agustin Bernal, Modern Languages

Richard Reynolds, Education

Carol Williams, Continuing Education

Carmen Cid, Biology

Tim Swanson, Physical Science

Sherman Clebnik, Environmental Earth Science

Steve Kenton, Mathematics & Computer Science

Terry Dezso, ECE – Three Rivers CC

Christine Languth, Admissions/Transfer, TRCC

Shirley B. Ernst, Education

Susan Huard, QVCC

Alfred Kornfeld, Psychology

Paul Susen, Three Rivers CC

David Stoloff, Education

Dean Patricia Kleine, Ed. & Prof. Studies

Title II requirements

Other topics discussed:

Suggestion that those students who plan to teach are often less skilled in writing than any other area. There are more visual learners today and that students tend to be more busy with work and family than in the past.Often students are degree seeking instead of learning oriented.There is a direct connection between skills in reading and in writing.

Discussion of community college tracks in Psychology – for ECE and for other psychology programs.Community college students don’t get enough advisement on ECSU’s Psychology and Sociology programs.Sometimes, community college students specialize in programs that may not count toward their final goals.Need for more evening courses.Perhaps certification should be on the graduate level.Problems with direct articulation of courses.Hard for Continuing Education students and part-time students to be integrated into the Education program.[75% of community college students are part-time.]

Suggestion that there might be a need for a local alternate route to certification for science/math majors.Science students could use a 5-year program with certification and a MS in Education.Need for increased articulation with community college to assure that transfer students might enroll easily in upper division courses.There might be a need for a PRAXIS II exams review course.Need to make it easier for upper level students to take upper level education courses without conflict with their major courses.Science Departments are ready to discuss the development of a Integrated Science major;perhaps students doing an Individualized Major in Integrated Science might serve as a draft model for the proposed program.
 

Discussion of presentation skills and applications of the Internet in History/Social Studies Education.About half of the History majors are considering secondary education programs.