This post is a little delayed. Apologies for the slow follow up to the meeting. Due to a number of different circumstances, this meeting had a smaller turnout of attendees and was basically combined with the EDST Department meeting.
Following are the main topic areas that were discussed and required follow up or next steps:
1. Genesis Overview – The faculty who were able to attend the Genesis presentation Wednesday, March 5th provided an overview and gave feedback on the session, Genesis as a student information database and inpout on the lesson plan format that is used within the Genesis system. Dr. Devlin-Scherer. Dr. Carr, Dr. Daly and Dr. Peskin all provided their feedback. If you were unable to attend the Genesis session or the Curriculum Revision meeting and would like more information, please feel free to contact one of those faculty members or stop by JH Room 434 for a Genesis folder/packet.
2. Alumni Survey – Final review and feedback on the Initial Programs and IDAT/SLMS Alumni Survey was requested from the faculty. That input was included in a draft that was emailed to faculty on April 4th for final approval. In the time between this meeting and posting of these notes, the surveys have been created in Qualtrics and are ready for electronic distribution to alumni who have graduated between 2010 and 2013. We are waiting to receive alumni contact information from the alumni office and then they will be distributed.
3. Pass-Port Portals – A spreadsheet was distributed and discussed with those in attendance. It included a starting point of what could be included in Portals 1, 2, 3 and 4 for each major and secondary education concentration. The request was made that by the end of the Spring 2014 semester each program provide feedback and input as to what assessments should be included in each portal. Specifically, Secondary Education was asked to identify key assessments for Portals 1 and 2 and ESED were to verify and validate Portals 1, 2 and 3.
4. Supervisor Training – There was feedback and a request from some faculty to look into providing training or an information session for the supervisors to ensure consistency and standardization of messaging and observations. Some of the topics discussed as possible topics for inclusion in the session were classroom management, what to observe and look for at each field observation, how to communicate in a respectful, kind and supportive manner with interns, lesson plan approval and review, and a method for improving communication between faculty, supervisors and cooperating teachers. Dr. Peskin, Dr. Mueller and Dr. Liberty volunteered to help coordinate this effort.