vii. Sample PACT Implementation (CSUN)

This example by CSU Northridge shows the integration of PACT with course curriculum by term and how it progressed over two years of implementation.

Department of Secondary Education, CSU Northridge

Credential Curriculum & Assessment Committee

Tentative PACT Implementation Schedule

SED 511
Intro Methods / SED 521
Literacy/EL Methods / SED 525xx
Single Subject Methods / SED 514
Computers in Instruction / SPED 401C
EPC 420
ELPS + 417 / SED 554
First ST assignment / SED 555s Final ST assignment / Scoring / PACT TE Information
Sp & Su
2007 / Review & revise selected assignments / Recruit Math candidates for next fall’s 555; Draft PrepTE for 554 sem / TE scorer training in 4 subjects / Task Stream demo for Cred C&A Comm
Fall ‘07 / Revise final project options to address PTP or PrepTE or TE / Use revised field experience assignments
(& see 511) / Some sections (Eng, Math, Sci) revise final unit assignment; review and plan others (see 511) / One section pilots Task Stream instruction / (Cred C&A meets w/ Dept chairs & course
leaders about revising assigns to align w/ TE & PrepTE / Pilot PrepTE in 1 Sci./Math (Mike) & 1 Eng (Mira) seminar; develop & upload Task Stream templates / Pilot TE in 1 555 Math seminar (Julie); develop & upload TS templates / 2 Math scorers
PTP scoring continues / PACT overview and Task Stream demo for all SED faculty and PE, MU, Art Dept. colleagues
Sp ‘08 / Final project options to address PTP or PrepTE or TE; update others / Use revised field exp & other assignments
(&see 511) / Add Soc Sci w/revised final unit assignment on Task Stream & others (& see 511) / Some sections include Task Stream instruction / Some sections use revised assignments
to align with PrepTE and TE / Pilot PrepTE in 1 Sci./Math, 1 Eng., & 1 SS (David); add/modify templates / Pilot TE in 1 Math, 1 Eng, & 1 Sci seminar; add/modify templates / 2 Math,
2 Eng, &
2 Sci scorers;
PTP scoring continues / PACT/TE overview and Task Stream demo for all Univ ST supervisors
Fall ’08
All entering candidates do PACT, all pathways / All sections intro PACT and TPEs & use updated assignments / Use revised field exp
& other assignments, 1 + on Task Stream / All sections use revised assignments (unit plan & student work ? on Task Stream) / All sections include Task Stream instruction / All sections use
revised assignments
to align with PrepTE & TE / Pilot PrepTE in all seminars, incl 594 Interns & new PACT subjects PE, Art, BU, MU, HE, FL / Pilot TE in all seminars in core subjects: Math, Sci, Eng, SS / 4+ Math,
4+ Eng,
4+ Sci, &
4+ SS scorers;
Limited PTP scoring / Additional TE scorer training and calibration; communicationwith schools
S ‘09
Full implemen-tation / All sections intro PACT and TPEs & use updated assignments / All sections continue to use revised assignments, 1 + on Task Stream / All sections use revised assignments (unit plan & ? on Task Stream) / All sections include Task Stream instruction / All sections use
revised assignments
to align with PrepTE & TE / PrepTE in all seminars, all pathways, all subjects / TE in all seminars, all pathways, all subjects / All subjects! All pathways! No PTP scoring / Additional and ongoing PACT scorer training and calibration

Source: CSU Northridge

Created: 10/5/07 (Presented at PACT Implementation Conference, UCSB)