A Successful School District University Partnership


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A Successful School District University
Partnership

• Where do we go from here

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Presenters

• Vickie Beagle Director Professional Development
  Technology and Media Services Santa Rosa School
  District
• Robin Largue Institute for Innovative Community
  University of West Florida
• Linda Longacre Director of Staff Development and
  Curriculum Training Escambia School District

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Chronology of Events

• 2002 the State of Florida required all school
  districts to adopt the State ACP or create their
  own.
• In July 2002 Escambia School District partnered
  with the University of West Florida to develop
  and deliver content aligned the FEAPs for the
  ACP

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Continuing Partnership

• July 2003 Santa Rosa School District joined the
  partnership.
• July 2004 Okaloosa School District joined the
  partnership.
• 2006-07 the fifth year of the partnership

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Identifying Skills and Knowledge

• What do first year teachers need to know and be
  able to do to support highest student achievement

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Essential Teacher Performances

• 30 National Board teachers from 2 school
  districts worked as a focus group.
• Using the National Board Professional Teaching
  Standards (NBPTS) these teachers identified
  knowledge and skills essential to success for a
  first year teacher

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E.T.P.s

• After the local focus group identified the first
  draft of ETPs National Board teachers
  throughout the United States were asked to review
  and refine the ETPs.

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E.T.P.s

• From this process 35 ETPs were identified.
• The ETPs and the indicators for the FEAPs
  provided the framework for development of the ACP
  content.

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What makes us differentThe Model
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Teaching Methods

• Face to face once or twice a week at a convenient
  location
• Web enhanced
• Peer support with reflection
• Application and reflection

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Our ACP Program An evolutionary process

• Began as a 15 graduate credit hour program that
  transferred into a masters program.
• Now it is a non-credit program with successful
  completion and passing scores on the 3 State
  tests leading to the transfer of 6 graduate
  credit hours.

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Multi-Layered Support

• Small Group (peers by subject area)
• University Instructor
• Portfolio Peer Mentorship

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Who are our students
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DemographicsTeaching Levels

• Secondary 53
• Middle 45
• Elementary 1

• Male 41
• Female 59
• White 71
• Black 21
• Other 8
• 20-29 41
• 30-39 31
• 40-49 19
• 50-59 1
• 60- 1

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Previous Careers of Students

• Manager Federal Government
• Chemical Analyst
• Social Worker
• Real Estate Broker
• Substitute Teacher
• Actor
• Writer
• Graphic Artist
• Purchasing Supervisor
• Musician
• Lab technician
• Executive Assistant
• Homemaker
• Teacher assistant

• Customer Service
• Public Relations Coordinator
• Food Service
• Journalist
• Self employed
• Bank branch manager
• Secretary
• Accountant
• Recreation
• Military
• Forest Resource management
• Nurse
• Retail manager
• Student

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Enrollment Growth in ACP

• 2002-13 students
• 2003-46 students
• 2004-82 students
• 2005-84 students

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How do we measure success

• Enrollment in masters program
• Average 64 enrollment and completion of
  Comprehensive Masters in Education since 2002
• Rehire rate
• Average of 96 since 2002
• Retention rate
• Average of 89 since 2002

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Program Evaluation

• What do students say
• I found our weekly meetings to be
  therapeutic. It was sort of like a counseling
  session. We (candidates) bonded so well and I
  could really empathize with my fellow classmates
  daily struggles and joys.

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What do the districts say

• Think back to your first encounter with ACP
  teachers. How did you think the classroom
  performance of these teachers would compare to
  traditionally trained teachers

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• As we approach year five based on what you have
  observed in regard to performance of ACP
  teachers how does the classroom performance of
  ACP teachers compare to traditionally trained
  teachers

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• Consider the number of teachers that have been
  ACP trained (40 plus for Santa Rosa 200 plus for
  Escambia) how many performance problems are you
  aware of with this group

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• What about the ACP program makes it successful

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• If you could change one thing about the ACP
  program what would it be

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Questions