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Mission Matters: Innovation and its Impact on Teacher Education:
Chicago in 2009 on February 6.
The AILACTE Annual 2009 Annual Meeting will be held
in Chicago, IL on February 6, 2009 from 8:00 to 4:00 PM. AILACTE members
traditionally meet and conference during the day preceding AACTE’s
annual meeting scheduled for 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago from
February 7-10. As has been past practice to support like institutions
and save money for our members, the executive committee will once
again seek a school or university site to host our meeting and conference.
AILACTE will provide shuttle service for members from the Hyatt Regency
to the chosen location for the AILACTE meeting and conference. Please
stay tuned to this website for further details.
Mission Matters: Innovation and its Impact on Teacher Education
The mission matters at AILACTE institutions. In most cases, the liberal
arts that is central to our mission, is aligned with the conceptual
frame that is threaded throughout the programs, policies, practices,
protocols, and procedures of our departments, schools, and colleges.
It has been said that the private, independent, faith-based, liberal
arts institutions are the catalyst for many innovations and have made
a significant impact on teacher education and preparation. Our institutions
have the advantage of moving with ease from frustration to fruition
within systems characterized by minimal bureaucracy; therefore, our
constituents benefit from our unique programs and imaginative course
offerings. The call for proposals asks that we celebrate and share
these innovations and their impact on our candidates, programs, research,
partnerships, and faculty.
Program Strands:
- Innovation and Impact on Candidates – This strand represents
innovations that have impacted candidate effectiveness throughout
the program, in the field, and during induction. What is the origin
of the innovation? How has this innovation affected candidates and
the students they serve? How is candidate effectiveness assessed?
How can this innovation be replicated in other settings? How is
this innovation connected to the college, school, or department
mission?
- Innovation and Impact on Programs – This strand focuses
on imaginative or inventive programs that were uniquely created
to meet the teacher education needs of your geographical area. How
is this program aligned with the college, school, or department
mission? How did such a program originate? How was it designed?
Who does it serve? What was its impact and how was effectiveness
measured? Describe how this program can be replicated in other settings.
- Innovation and Impact in Research and Scholarly Activities –
Accepted presentations in this strand will address the delicate
balance of research and scholarship within teacher education programs
located at independent liberal arts institutions. This is a chance
to celebrate the innovation and impact of research and scholarship
on program development and improvement, and also demonstrate ways
that education faculty remain active scholars. Questions that presentations
might address include: What is the nature of research and scholarship
at independent liberal arts colleges? What impact does the research
and scholarship have on campus and in the greater P12 arena? How
have research and scholarship further informed the mission of the
program? What innovative ways have been discovered as faculty balance
teaching, scholarship, and service? What collaborative research
and scholarship exist across campus, or between other AILACTE schools?
What innovative ways have been found to push beyond Boyer’s
Scholarship Reconsidered model?
- Innovation and Impact on Partnerships and Communities – Liberal
arts colleges are intricately connected to various communities in
a variety of ways. This strand highlights innovative partnerships
that showcase the mission of the college, school, or department
of education. Presentations accepted for this strand might address
some of the following questions: How was this partnership developed?
How was this partnership assessed? Can this partnership be replicated
in other settings? Explain how the partnership is reciprocal, intentional,
and sustainable.
- Innovation and Impact on Faculty Development – In order for
faculty to maintain currency and connectivity to candidates, they
must be engaged in effective professional development. This professional
development should be mission-aligned, and should enhance the faculty
members’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Describe faculty
development innovations and how faculty implemented aspects of the
innovation to enhance teaching effectiveness.
For any of all of these areas, please consider these questions as:
What are you doing that works, and how are you assessing/ documenting
your successes? What does research say or support? How have you structured
or sequenced your programs to accomplish the outcomes or impact you
are seeking? What challenges have you faced in your efforts and how
have you addressed these? What clear and demonstrable successes can
you identify? What has been the impact of these challenges and successes
on your institutional policies and programs? On regional, state, and
national policies?
Submission deadline: Proposal packets and e-mail
submission must be postmarked by October 15, 2008.
General information: As you design your proposal, address
one or a combination of the themes and elaborate by describing your
research and/or practice, and insights. Also note the following:
- Presentations by multiple presenters are encouraged. Proposals
that include collaboration among AILACTE teacher education programs
together with P-12 schools and/or higher education colleagues from
other institutions are also encouraged.
- Notification regarding acceptance of proposals will be mailed
by or before November 15, 2008.
- All persons listed in the program as presenters must pay the
AILACTE Annual Meeting registration fee.
- Authors of accepted proposals will be invited to prepare a version
of the presentation for distribution to the AILACTE membership
- Interactive formats that allow participants to actively consider
new approaches or ideas are also encouraged.
Specific Guidelines for Proposal Submission: Please
include the following:
- Cover page (4 copies) including:
- Title of session.
- Session organizer: List name, title, institution, mailing address,
telephone, fax, and e-mail.
- Additional presenters: List names, titles, institutions, and
e-mails.
- Summary of your proposal for the printed program: 40-word limit
- Audiovisual equipment needed, if any. (PLEASE NOTE: Overhead
projectors and screens provided; additional equipment will be at
presenters' expense.)
The body of the proposal (4 hard copies). Since proposals
will be submitted to blind review, presenters' names and/or institutions
should not appear in this section. Type double-spaced, 12 pt. Font,
and include the following:
- Title of the presentation.
- Paragraph explaining how the presentation connects to the theme(s).
- Paragraph explaining how you plan to organize the session and
present the information.
- Description of your research, practice, and insights (Limit to
two pages).
Submission of Proposal:
- One copy of the proposal must be sent electronically by October
15, 2008 to: Stacy Ernst, executive assistant at: erns0039@umn.edu.
- Additionally, the proposal packet- (containing 4 hard copies)
must be postmarked by October 15, 2008, and mailed to:
Dr. Dwight C. Watson
Associate Dean, Teacher Education Program
Chair, Departments of Curriculum and Instruction and Foundations
of Education
Brewer 284
105 Garfield Avenue
Post Office Box 4004
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
(715) 836-2013
watsondc@uwec.edu
- This document in PDF
or Word.
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