A Funny Thing

Happened on the

Way to AccreditationLiving the TI life

Welcome and Introductions

• Dr. Diana Piccolo

• Missouri State University

• Dr. Laurie Edmondson

• Drury University

• Dr. Colleen Hardy

• Evangel University

Transformation InitiativeTeacher Education Alliance

• The over-arching goal of the Teacher Education

Alliance (TEA) is to positively impact student

achievement in partner schools.

• A secondary goal is to identify teacher education

candidates that have a passion for working with

children of poverty and increase their preparedness

to be successful in these schools

Transformation Initiative

Teacher Education Alliance

• The Teacher Education Alliance (TEA) is a

collaboration between

• Springfield Public Schools (SPS),

• Missouri State University,

• Drury University,

• Evangel University,

• Baptist Bible College.

The focus of the

collaboration is

on high-poverty

schools

Partner InstitutionsInstitution Classification Total

Enrollment

(2009-2010)

Declared Majors

in Elementary

and Secondary

Education

(2009-2010)

Candidates

Admitted to

Teacher

Education

Program

(2009-2010)

Expected

Practicum

Candidates,

TEA/Total

(TEA/Total)

(2010-2011)

Baptist Bible

College

Private, church

affiliated

556 134 62 9/18

Drury University Private, liberal

arts, church

affiliated

5100 425 147 20/97

Evangel

University

Private, liberal

arts, church-

affiliated

1850 301 124 20/102

Missouri State

University

Public,

comprehensive

21688 2657 1036 32/535

Transformation Initiative GoalsTeacher Education Alliance

• To support quality teaching and learning within the partner schools of the Teacher Education Alliance (TEA).

• To address the needs of high-poverty (Title I) schools that partner with TEA professional preparation programs.

• To contribute to the research base for effective teacher education, teaching, and student learning.

• To link prior research findings and ongoing TEA research to school practices and to the TEA professional preparation programs.

Goals Activities Research

To support quality teaching and

learning within the partner schools

of the Teacher Education Alliance

(TEA).

*TEA professional learning provided for

candidates each semester

*Collaborative school sites

*Collaborative site candidate interviews

*Collaborative site supervisor

*Collaborative site supervisor handbook

*Student teacher survey data

*Cooperating teacher survey data

*Candidate feedback from professional

learning sessions

To address the needs of high-

poverty (Title I) schools that partner

with TEA professional preparation

programs.

*Weller Elementary Action Plan

*Bingham Elementary Action Plan

*Student Achievement Data from Weller Elem

*Student Achievement Data-Title I Schools

To contribute to the research base

for effective teacher education,

teaching, and student learning.

Presentation at AACTE ( Fall 2010)

Presentation at MACTE (Fall 2010)

Presentation at Critical Questions Symposium

(Fall 2012)

*Research Brief 1 (Piccolo and Wernli, 2012)

*Research Brief 2 (Piccolo and Chan, 2013)

To link prior research findings and

ongoing TEA research to school

practices and to the TEA

professional preparation programs.

*TEA professional learning provided for

candidates each semester

*Cultural Competence Plan-3 year cycle of

speakers addressing differentiation, poverty and

English Language Learners

*Collaborative Professional Development for

first year teachers

*Extended clinical experiences

*Strategy for the Evaluation of Teacher

Education Programs and Projects Intending to

Impact Student Achievement in Title I

Schools: The Case of Teaching Academies

(Sell, 2009)

*Learning to Teach in Title I, High Poverty

Schools: A Content Analysis of Teacher

Candidates’ and School Princp0ials’ Reflections

on the Student Teaching Experience (Sell,

2010)

*Spring 2011 TEA Online Survey: Summary

of Qualitative Data Analysis (Sell, 2009)

Transformation Initiative

Teacher Education Alliance (TEA) Goals Alignment Chart

In the Beginning. .

• Spring 2009-Initial Collaborative meetings

• 2009-Decision made to pursue Transformation

Initiative with NCATE (CAEP)

2009-2010

• Implementation at 11 school sites

• Secured $25,000 local community grant

• Professional learning plan developed to support

candidates

• Memorandum of Understanding signed with SPS

2010-2011

• Research sub-committee created

• Additional school sites added to the project

• Survey given to candidates during the spring 2011

• TEA guidebook created

• Panel presentation at Fall NCATE conference

2011-2012

• Collaborative school sites formally added to program

• Research committee developed survey for cooperating teachers in addition to continuing research with candidates

• First onsite NCATE review-MSU

2012-2013

• First research brief published

• Created web based data storage for collaborative use

• NCATE visit for Evangel University

2013-2014

• Second research brief

• Implement co-teaching model for secondary

candidates

• Review guidebook for necessary changes

• Conduct additional research

• NCATE visit for Drury University

Transformation Initiative

Unexpected outcomes

• Collaboration between institutions extended beyond project

• Field experience

• Collaborative professional development for beginning teachers

• Collaboration activities led to a process for working together

• *TEA Guidebook

• *TEA Website

• *TEA Meeting Minutes

• *Data warehouse

Learnings

• Change is constant

• Personnel changes

• Put it in writing

• Write an epic not a short story

• Lack of funding encourages creativity

Questions

Diana Piccolo

dpiccolo@missouristate.edu

Laurie Edmondson

ledmondson@drury.edu

Colleen Hardy

hardyc@evangel.edu