Table 1: Chad Christopher, Deb Gallagher, Trey Leech, Beth Van Meeteren
Collaborative Culture
● On campus
● Off campus
Inclusive Teacher Education
● Reexamine and re-create curriculum
● Integrative and inclusive
Table 2: Mary Donegan-Ritter, Scott Ellison, Wendy Miller, Sarah VanderZanden
● Teacher as change agent
● Partnering [PreK-16]: Structured/sustained
● Reconceptualizing the Iowa Educator’s global impact/position
● Recruitment of underrepresented groups as teacher candidates
● Community schools
● Faculty/Public school “exchange” (sustained) [instead of the current hour requirement]
Table 3: Katheryn East, Lynn Ensworth, Donna Hoffman, Kyle Rudick, Jennifer Waldron
Autonomy and Excellence within and beyond the university
- Cultivate curricular autonomy and excellence
- Research to understand K-12 best practices (e.g., Iowa teacher interview/surveys)
- Develop our own K-12 curriculum
- Develop our own teacher licensure system
- Integrate interdisciplinary XP [experiences]
- Create ID workshops among TED and students
- Articulate benefits of ID XP at all levels of the program
- Recognize and appreciate the integration of teacher education throughout UNI
- Teaching, advising, administration, field experiences
- Placement of students
- Financial aid for placement (particularly 1-year proposal)
- Develop content-specific pedagogy and integrate throughout program (e.g., ethnically diverse schools)
GROUP IDEAS
Global Ed/Ideas/Perspective
Collaborative Culture
● On campus
● Off campus
● With PK-12
● Community schools
o UNI PDS school
o Model demonstration
o Incentivize and empower grassroots
● Partnerships (see Field Experience idea below): Recruitment, diversity
● Substitute 60 hour requirement for more meaningful engagement
o Teaching partnerships
o Action research
Curriculum
● PreK-12 development/dissemination
● Reexamine our own (renew)
● Teacher: change agent, decision maker, leader
● Inclusive teacher education: ELL, special ed, immigrant, SES, TAG
Licensure/Assessment
● Develop UNI assessment
● Examine student standards: appropriate? Adequate?
Field Experiences: Driven by renewed curriculum
● Year-long student teaching
● Diversity of experiences
● Support for field experiences (current Level 3 or other configuration):
o Money
o Experience quality
o Supervision