Pre-Service Educators Working Group
Telecon Notes: April 4, 2006
Agenda
Hotel details for the Pre-Service Educator Working Group
Advance
Meeting agenda
Laurie & Katharine's reference list
Updates on current efforts / initiatives
Hotel details --Committee chairs reminded
everyone to book their rooms as soon as possible
Who is attending?
Anita--tentative yes, Bill Waller -yes, Lynn -- tentative
yes, Larry - yes, Jennifer- yes, Greg - yes, Doug - yes; we stated that
Stephanie Stockman and Tim Slater would also be coming, and that Cass would not
be able to join.
Do we have an adequate sampling of
pre-service “stake holders”?
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Peter
Holden is coming (update—unfortunately an education colleague cannot attend)
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Rick
Pomeroy to represent ASTE.
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Laurie
described the other organizations that have been invited to join us: Bennington
Foundation, NSF, and Department of Education (for Wednesday),
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Question
about Space Grant in Baltimore--Jennifer Grier is teaching in-service there;
they are not doing pre-service
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Question
about Ohio Space Grant--no one from there is coming at this time
Later discussion went to Community Colleges and the work
being done on pre-service in them
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Anita
provided contact information (Margaret Rivera, VP for programs, 202.728.0200 x
234. Anita spoke with Ellen Hause at AACC; she recommended Peggie Weeks of
Hofstra - who specializes in CC-education programs. Weeks: 607-292-6116; Email:
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]).
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[Update:
Doug and Laurie later provided additional community college contacts: Michael Mueller, 2006 Symposium on
Powerful Teaching, Assistant Professor of Education, Division of Social &
Behavioral Sciences Roane State Community College, 276 Patton Lane, Harriman,
TN 37748,[email protected], www.roanestate.edu/education
and Jerry Vinski, Director, NJACE and
Planetarium Department, Raritan Valley Com. Coll. PO Box 3300,
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Tim
provided contacts to the National Association of Community College Teacher
Education Programs (NACCTEP) http://www.nacctep.org/
. Dr. Cheri St.Arnauld, Executive Director, National Center for Teacher
Education, c/o Maricopa Community Colleges, Email:
[email protected]
·
The
NACCTEP has been invited to recommend someone to join the May Advance who will
represent science pre-service in community colleges]
The expected goals and outcomes of
the meeting were reiterated.
From the
Advance document:
Outcome
We are coming together to identify
a concrete, meaningful “menu of opportunities” in which the SMD community can
be involved in pre-service educator preparation leveraging strengths and
experience
Goal 1
Develop a
deeper understanding of pre-service programs and needs
Objectives:
a. Analyze survey data collected from
both national and regional audiences
b. Use data to identify pre-service
needs
c. Identify existing models that can
serve to meet those needs
d. Hold discussions with the broad
spectrum of committee members and invited guests to determine intersections and
gaps between SMD community activities/resources and identified pre-service
needs
Goal 2
Identify diverse ways to meet those
needs relating to space science education
Objectives:
a.
Identify
concrete, meaningful “menu of opportunities” in which SMD community can be
involved in pre-service preparation
b.
Identify
potential partnerships and necessary resources for each project
c.
Create
a timetable of action for the next 3-5 years
Participants are
expected to bring information and data from the communities with which they are
working.
The results of this
Advance will be reported out at the Ed Council meeting in May, at the ASP
meeting in September, and in a white paper authored (possibly submitted to AER)
authored by the entire working group.
Resource List
Laurie
described her resource list, and others suggested additional information that
we could consider or read in advance
·
The
data from Phil Sadler's group could be considered--someone was going to ask
Mary Dussault to share what has been gathered (it has not been published);
Stephanie will be getting Phil's LPSC presentation from Mary as well
·
(Bill?)
recommended Cary Sneider's "Perceptions of Earth shape / gravity" and
"Phases of the Moon" show what is age-appropriate for educational
astronomy concepts [update--they have been added to the PSEWG resource page-- http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/score/resources.shtml]
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Doug
recommended Janelle Bailey & Tim Slater's article from the AER [also on the
PSEWG resource page]
·
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Laurie
recommended the recent Washington Post article on Bush's science education
initiative
The
question of the role of math education during the May Advance was posed--in the
end, with advise from
Discussion was held on updates and
data for various committee members
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Laurie
described the
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Stephanie
and Christine agreed to the observation from the ATE report that the conference
didn't develop the hoped-for contacts and may not be the right audience for the
PSEWG's efforts
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Greg
discussed his work with
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Doug
has been asked to speak to symposiums on powerful teaching ideas
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(someone?)
suggested working with Future Teachers of America
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Bill
is having monthly meetings with the teacher education program at Tufts (and
beyond); there isn't enough staff or time to do all that they would like to
achieve [I have "Esteem" written down--is that the name of his
program?]
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Stephanie
described SCORE’s work with a small local committee on pre-service
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Anita's
plans with Univ of MD were mentioned
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Christine
described Cass's work SC Space Grant is funding 7 pre-service educators for $2K
each to help off-set their costs - including some books, living expenses,
student-teaching supplies, classroom supplies etc. SERCH is going to
connect them to the SN network and STEM professionals to act as mentors and
would like to link them to this group.
Next
conference call: 2:00 pm Eastern 2 May