Program Ownership Inspires SelfReflection Kirk Minnick Tx CETP

Program Ownership Inspires Self-Reflection Kirk Minnick, Tx. CETP Evaluator Kit Price Blount, Tx. CETP PD Teacher Prep PI Meeting Alexandria, VA March 14, 2004 DUE #9987332

Tx. CETP Partner Campuses - Texas A&M Univ. -Kingsville - Texas A&M Univ. -Corpus Christi - Texas A&M Univ. -Commerce - Texas A&M International Univ. - Texas A&M University - Angelo State University - Tarleton State University - Texas Woman’s University - West Texas A&M University - Prairie View A&M University

Tx. CETP Goals Course Reform • Course Reform to reflect learner-centered pedagogies • Recruit more undergraduate students (especially African-American and Hispanic) to STEM teaching • Support for Preservice and Novice Teachers to increase retention and quality • Strengthen Systemic Reform Connections to maximize alignment and impact Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation

Guiding Question • What are science and mathematics professors’ understandings and perceptions about elements of reformed teaching in undergraduate courses? Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation

Collaborative Design Process • 3 -day Tx. CETP Forum, May, 2002 • 57 participants -- gallery walk to brainstorm examples that characterize a “reformed” course (trends reflected in , e. g. NCTM, 1991; AAAS, 1990, 1993; NRC, 2000, 2001, Bransford, 2000): – – – – – Course design Prior and new knowledge Student work Reflection and assessment Instructional materials and technology Multiple representations Instructional strategies Learning environment Problem solving

Collaborative Design Process • Workshop leaders clustered participants’ lists into course reform indicators with supporting evidence for each: – – – Course syllabus Instructor feedback Student feedback Class observations Student learning products Assessments • 5 levels of implementation identified: – Considering. . . Planning. . . Initiating. . . Implementing. . . Refining Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation

Implementation of Vision Instrument • Faculty and Student surveys administered Fall, 2002 and 2003 – Faculty receive: • feedback on their course(s) • aggregated Collaborative results • Elements of Effective Instruction guide proposalwriting for funding on Tx. CETP campuses Texas Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation

Closing the Loop and Some Next Steps • Identify strategies for: – Examining and closing gaps between what students experience and what professor intended they experience – Moving along the course reform continuum – Addressing difficult issues that are illuminated as a result of the course survey process • Create environment on our campuses for critical self -reflection and evaluation for the improvement of undergraduate instruction Please visit and send us your comments: http: //www. sci. tamucc. edu/txcetp