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PT3 National Policy Summit: The Role of the Community College in Teacher Education
June 27 - 29, 2004
Denver, CO
City Center Marriott
Contact: Marga Torrence
Through a U.S. Department of Education Grant, Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3), The ECS Center for Community College Policy is involved in a project to explore the role of community colleges in teacher preparation. As the culminating event of the project, ECS is hosting national and state policymakers and educators to attend a National Policy Summit on June 27-29, 2004 at the Denver Marriott City Center in Denver, Colorado. This unique, two-day event will engage key decision-makers from select states in a stimulating dialogue about the policies, partnerships, promising practices and problems associated with the participation of community colleges in teacher preparation. Attendees will learn of exemplary policies, how they developed and pointers for developing their own state context-appropriate policies.
Focus Sessions include:
- Steps in Building a Statewide A.A.T.
- 2+2 Partnerships That Really Work!
- The Paraprofessional Challenge: The Testing and Certification of Paraprofessionals Under NCLB.
- The Paraprofessional Career Ladder to Teacher Certification.
- Alternative Teacher Certification Texas Style.
- Using Technology to Train Teachers: The Rio Salado Model.
- An Alternative Baccalaureate Completion Model: The University Center at the Community College.
- The Community College Baccalaureate in Education.
ECS is inviting each state to send a team of two to three delegates to attend the meeting. In consideration of competing demands on everyone’s time and budgets, ECS will provide 15 qualifying states with travel expenses up to $2,000 to attend the meeting. To be considered for the travel stipend, a two-page letter of application should be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time, Friday, May 7, 2004. Stipend recipients will be notified by May 14, 2004. Letters should be mailed to
Marga Torrence
PT3 Project Director
ECS Center for Community College Policy
700 Broadway, Suite 1200
Denver, Colorado 80203-3460.
The letter should address the following:
- Description of the state’s plan to address the teacher shortage including the roles for university/colleges of teacher education, community colleges, and school districts,
- The state’s commitment to move forward on the issue of community college involvement in teacher preparation and an explanation of current policies that support it,
- A brief statement of teacher preparation policies the state would like to adopt in the next 2-3 years and the role for community colleges,
- A statement of how the state can match (in-kind) the $2,000 stipend to continue in-state work on the issue,
- A list of proposed attendees including names, titles, addresses, and other contact information.
Address any questions to Ms. Torrence at 303/299-3630 or via email at mtorrence@ecs.org
Download documents from last year's (2003) meeting. |
