MAPPING THE VESID QUALITY INDICATORS INITIATIVE 23 B
MAPPING THE VESID QUALITY INDICATORS INITIATIVE 23 B New York Higher Education Support Center Task Force on Quality Inclusive Schooling VESID Syracuse University School of Education Spring, 2010
Purposes of Initiative 23 1. Support the efforts of VESID to ensure K-12 Success 2. Encourage self-reflection regarding: Special Education Practice Literacy Positive Behavioral Supports 3. Increase and implement knowledge regarding best practice in teacher preparation
Can we identify a set of signature pedagogies that can be clearly defined, consistently taught, and successfully measured? Special Education Practice Literacy Positive Behavioral Supports
What is the relationship of field placement experiences to course work at institutions?
How can institutions evaluate and connect to current evidence based practices in schools ?
Initiative 23 B Process: RFP Issued Institutions Identified Templates for Mapping Developed Mapping Process Undertaken Process and Product described
4 Institutions Volunteered Programs for Mapping in 2009 2010 Alfred University – Early Childhood/Childhood and Arts Education Undergraduate Programs State University of New York at New Paltz - Master’s Level Special Education Program Touro College – Elementary Education Undergraduate Program Syracuse University – Inclusive Elementary Education Undergraduate Program
Next Steps for HESC: 2010 – 2011 • Using the lessons learned from four programs • Supporting the mapping process in 12 – 15 additional Task Force Institutions • Extending and sharing the work already achieved
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