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ALTERNATIVE LICENSURE PROGRAM
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO COLLEGE
Contact Information:Rose Chiovitti-Cavalcante
02468
10121416182022
Enrollment NMTA Stopped
Elementary
Secondary
SPED
Elm&Sec
TOTAL # OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN ALPCLASSES = 49TOTAL # OF STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM = 61
FROM JULY 2006 TO JUNE 2007
TOTAL # NEW ALP STUDENTS = 25
TOTAL # OF GRADUATES = 31
STANDARDS FOR ENTERING THE PROGRAM
1) Bachelor’s degree including 30 hrs. in a particular field orMaster’s degree including 12 hrs. in a particular field orDoctor degree in a particular field
2) Letters of recommendation 3) Philosophy of Education (rubric)
4) Letter of intent (rubric)
5) Personal interview
6) Copy of all transcripts.
STANDARDS FOR EXITING THE PROGRAM
1) Have completed all coursework with at least a B in each course including the Field Experience
2) Portfolio
3) Have taken and passed the tests: NMTA Basic Skills
NMTA Competency NMTA Content
Certificate
ELEMENTARY (K- 8)
1) ED 401- Foundations of education (3 crs)
2) ED 410 – Teaching and Diagnosis of Reading ( 3 crs)
3) ED 450 – Pedagogy and Learning ( 3 crs)
4) ED 460 – Reading and writing across the curriculum (3crs)
5) ED 493 – integrated Elementary classroom ( 2 crs)
6) ED 495 – Assessment and evaluation of student learning ( 3 crs)
7) ED 496 – Supervised Field Experience – Portfolio (1 cr)
8) ED496 L – Supervised Field experience – Lab (2 crs)
TOTAL = 20 hrs.
SECONDARY (7- 12)
1) ED 401 – Foundations of Education (3 crs)
2) ED 450 – Pedagogy and Learning )3 crs)
3) ED 462 – Reading and writing across the curriculum – secondary ( 3 crs)
4) ED 474 – Methods and materials in secondary education – (3 crs)
5) ED 495 – Assessment and evaluation of student learning – (3 crs)
6) ED 496 – Supervised Field Experience – Portfolio (1 cr)
7) ED 496 L – Supervised Field Experience – Lab ( 2 crs)
TOTAL = 18 hrs.
SPECIAL EDUCATION (K- 12)
1) SPED 401 – Foundations of education ( 3 crs)
2) SPED 455 – The Special Education Program (4 crs)
3) SPED 465 – Reading for Special Learners (3 crs)
4) SPED 475 – Curriculum methods and materials for special education (3 crs)
5) SPED 485 – Teaching Reading in Special Education (3 crs)
6) SPED 497 – Supervised Field Experience – Portfolio (1 cr)
7) SPED 497 L – Supervised Field experience – Lab (3 crs)
TOTAL = 20 hrs.
FIELD EXPERIENCE
LAST YEAR:
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY: 64 hrs. 6 hrs. seminars 58 hrs. of classroom observations
SPECIAL EDUCATION: 120 hrs. 6 hrs. seminars114hrs. of classroom observations
NEXT YEAR:
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY: 96 hrs.• 6 hrs. Seminars•30 hrs. Classroom observations•60 hrs. Student-teaching
SPECIAL EDUCATION: 120 hrs.• 6 hrs. seminars• 60 hrs. student-teaching• 54 hrs. classroom observations
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2004-2005
Basic skills
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Comp. Sec.
PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS WHO PASSED THE NMTA TESTS
RESULTS OF STUDENT SURVEYS FROM 2004 TO SPRING 2007
POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE ALP
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ProgramCurriculumInstructorsReadingInst. Strat.
# STUDENTS SURVEYED = 282004 = 3; 2005 = 15; 2006 = 8; 2007= 2
PROGRAM:
• Convenient class times
•Helpful advisors
•Affordable tuition
•Student-centered
•Allows students to progress at their own pace
•Knowledgeable staff and administration
• Accessible, inviting, supportive, useful
•Provide portfolio guidance
CURRICULUM
• Challenging
•Good content (lesson plans, human development, NM culture and history, assessment, teaching methods and strategies, etc.)
•Opportunity to observe different classrooms and schools
•Prepare for NMTA tests
INSTRUCTORS
•Have high expectations
•Knowledgeable (high level)
•Professional and enthusiastic
•Use research-based materials
•Caring
INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES
•Research-based
•Promote classroom interactions
•Use of hands-on approaches
•Realistic amount of coursework
Efforts
• CURRICULUM
• Working to include a student-teaching component in their field-experience
• Connecting all course-work/ assessment with portfolio
• Including more classroom-management content in the curriculum.