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The First Sixty Hours

Maryland Outcomes for Teacher Education

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Committee’s Charge

Accomplish seamless articulation for teacher education between two and four year colleges.Fall 1999

Dennis Hinkle, TU Patricia Basili, PGCC Susan Arisman, FSU Beth Barnett, SSU Fran Kroll, HCC Maureen McDonough, CCCBC Dick Jantz,UMCP Ellen McLaughlin, AACC Janice Wright, FCC La Jerne Cornish, Goucher College John Bing, SSU

Members of TEAC Committee

Initial Attempts

Select groups of courses that will transfer

Problems disruption of program designs, no group of courses were

acceptable (without bloodshed), debate over the role of field

experience at two year colleges.

Change in approach!

Address problem in same terms being used in the current reform of teacher education.

Plan the outcomes not the courses.

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Outcomes Document

For the first sixty hours of Teacher Education(based on NCATE standards and other professional standards documents.)

Purpose of Outcomes Document

Clarify what a teacher candidate must know and be able to do as a result of the first sixty hours of study

Be a template for an Associate of Arts degree in Teaching

What Outcomes can accomplish!

assist community colleges organize teacher education programs

participating colleges must ascertain and certify that the outcomes are in place in existing courses

add courses to meet outcomes certify that appropriate

assessments are in place

What A.A. in Teaching can do

provide well prepared transfer students: All students enrolled in Associate of Arts degree in Teaching must take PRAXIS I exam upon completing 45 credit hours and pass the exam to get the degree.

May serve as a two-year credential for teacher aides/ long term subs

Who wrote the Outcomes?

Summer TEAC Committee was formed.

Met for six days in June 2000 at the Gateway Business Center of Howard Community College.

Summer TEAC

Funded by: MSDE- Title II funds University System of

Maryland - Pew Charitable Trust

MHEC- Incentive Grant

Summer TEAC

Thirty-four representatives from: 15 community colleges

10 four year institutions, 1 public school system, and the Maryland Higher

Education Commission

Summer TEAC Product

Content area groups wrote outcomes for their area.

Language Arts, Mathematics, Social and Psychological Foundations, Social Science, Art, Science, Diversity and Behavioral Foundations.

Technology outcomes accepted.

Fall 2000 - Spring 2001

Writing Sub-Committee met 3 times in August/SeptemberBasili, Ferris, Kroll, Thatcher, McDonough, Little.

Organized group reports into whole document.

Document sent to community colleges and four year colleges and posted to Web Board for comment and feedback.

Next Steps

Meeting of subcommittee to revise document.

July 2001 - MHEC adopts new regulations for the AAT.

Community colleges conduct internal meetings to certify that outcomes can be met.

Submission to MHEC for program approval.

Next Steps

Community colleges submit applications for grants to support development of curriculum, recruitment and marketing strategies.

Anticipated Benefits

More and better teachers. Continuous communication

and collaboration among institutions

Then What?

Do it all over again for secondary education.

For More Information

Go to the World Wide Web site for the Maryland Intersegmental Chief Academic Officers group at:

http://mdcao.usmd.eduClick on the “Committees”

button.