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California State University, Hayward
Strengthening Teacher
Education in the Undergraduate Years Conference
Action Plan Summary
Team Members: Norma S. Rees ( President), Arthurlene G. Towner
( Dean, Education), Leigh Mintz ( Assoc. V.P., Curriculum and
Academic Programs), James Zarrillo ( Chair, Teacher Education)
and Thomas Hall (Assoc. Direc., Liberal Studies)
Focus of Action Plan: It was agreed that we would pursue the
development of an articulated/blended program focusing on Liberal
Studies and the Multiple Subjects Credential. This would include
articulating upper division English, history, mathematics and
science courses with their corresponding Teacher education courses
in 1999. Such a blended program would constitute the initial
phase of a plan toward the creation of an integrated undergraduate
sequence of coursework. The next phase would be determined during
subsequent planning discussions with the academic departments.
Role of Team Members: Leigh Mintz, Associate Vice President
for Curriculum and Academic Program was designated to assume
the LEAD role in implementing the action plan. An Integrated
Program Planning G roup ( IPPG) is to be convened during Winter'98.
It shall include faculty representatives from the conference team,
as well as additional faculty members from the academic departments
and teacher education and the Director of the Liberal Studies
Program. The charge of the group is to prepare a draft report
in Spring '98; consult with the community colleges in Fall 1998
and implement the integrated program in Winter'99.
Others to be Involved: Additional individuals to be consulted
in the development of the integrated program are the Deans of
the schools of Science; Arts, Letters and Social Sciences, as
well as Education; liberal studies students, community college
faculty and K-12 colleagues.
Mechanism for Involvement: A regional meeting with representatives
from community colleges and K-12 districts in Alameda and Contra
Costa Counties shall be convened to shared the proposed plan and
to obtain feedback.
Immediate Follow-up After Conference: The members of the team
that participated in the San Diego conference attended the Fall
Council on Teacher Education meeting, our all university responsibility
for teacher education body, to present a report of the conference
and to obtain initial reactions to the proposed plan. Copies
of all of the documents distributed at the conference were also
shared for background information and in preparation for additional
discussions in subsequent quarters.
Action Plan: The timeline and tasks of the action plan include
the following:
* Conference Report for the Council on Teacher Education. . .
. . . . . . . . . .Fall 1997
* Convene Program Planning Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . .Winter 1998
* Draft the Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spring 1998
* Plan Reviewed by All Appropriate Parties. . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .Fall 1998
* Implement Pilot Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . .Winter 1999
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