Spring Intern Directors’ Meeting April 19th and 20th, 2010

Newport Beach, CA

“Working Collaboratively - Using Innovations in Practice”

Proposed Agenda

Monday, April 19, 2010

8:30-9:30 Registration and Buffet Breakfast

9:30-9:45 Overview and Introductions

9:45-10:15 Welcome and Opening Presentation

10:15-10:45 “Intern Programs/Who We Serve and How” (data report)

Cathy Creeggan, Consultant, Commission on Teacher Credentialing

10:45-11:00 Break

11:00-11:30 Group Discussions (guided: based on “Intern Programs/Who We Serve and How” presentation)

11:30-12:00 Directors Q & A with Commission Administration (in response to the report and questions)

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:00 Break Out Sessions

Session A: Rock your World with Professional Learning Communities

Session B: Supporting Intern Teachers in Oakland: A Model for Equity and Inquiry

Session C: Multiple Agency Math Teacher Recruiting Program: An Innovative Pathway

Session D: Strategies for Supporting the Work of Interns with English Learners

Session E: Speaking the Language of CA Teaching Performance Expectations

2:00-2:15 Break

2:15-3:15 Break Out Sessions

Session A: Special Education

Session B: The Role of the Intern Support Provider

Session C: Strategies for Supporting the Work of Interns with English Learners (repeat)

Session D: Co-teaching with an Intern: An Education Professor Returns to the Classroom

Session E: Commission Update

3:15-4:00 Job Alike Administration – Group Meetings


Spring Intern Directors Meeting

Tuesday April 20th – 8:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

8:00-8:30 Buffet Breakfast

8:30-9:00 “Where Do Alternative Programs Fit in the National Education Dialogue?” Nadine Noelting, Administrator, Professional Services Division, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

8:45-9:00 Troops-to-Teachers, Colonel Morgan

9:00-9:30 “Accountability in the Intern Teacher Preparation Programs” Teri Clark, Administrator, Professional Services Division, Commission on Teacher Credentialing and panel

9:30-10:00 Group Discussions (guided: based on “Accountability in the Intern Teacher Preparation Programs” presentation)

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-11:15 Break Out Sessions

Session A: Some Strategies to Try before You Punt

Session B: Successful Accountability Systems for Interns and their Support Providers

Session C: Rock Your World with Professional Learning Communities (repeat)

Session D: Collabor-sortium: Creating a Coordinated System of Support

Session E: Troops to Teachers

11:15-12:00 “Becoming a Change Agent”

Steve Aloia, CSU Fullerton

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:20 California Teacher Corps

1:30-2:30 Regional Meetings

2:30-3:00 The Future: Where Are We Going? (Commission Staff)