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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, STANISLAUS
Office of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
801 West Monte Vista Avenue, Turlock California 95382
Phone (209) 667-3203 FAX (209) 667-3206
California State University, Stanislaus
Action Plan for Strengthening Teacher Education
In the Undergraduate Years
"Setting a Course"
1. What problems need to be overcome on your campus in order
to strengthen undergraduate teacher education?
An integrated Teacher Education and Liberal Studies Program does
not exist currently at CSU Stanislaus and, as a result, potential
teachers may be lost to the profession and the quality of teacher
preparation may be suffering.
In order to obtain an integrated program and meet the state's
needs for well-prepared teachers, the following issues need to
be addressed and resolved:
- Curricular issues related to teacher preparation at the undergraduate
level should be addressed as a university-wide function;
- Learning goals for Liberal Studies should focus consistently
on teacher preparation;
- Liberal Studies should have a "home," physically
and organizationally;
- Additional resources should be allocated for successful recruitment
and advising of teacher candidates;
- Faculty development support should be provided to plan and
implement a well-integrated Liberal Studies/Teacher Education
program.
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2. What solutions seem most promising in overcoming these problems?
- Develop a faculty development focus within a new center for
teaching and learning.
- Open dialogue in the College of Art, Letters, and Sciences
(ALS) academic planning process and link to the Master Academic
Planning committee (MAP).
- Set up an Ad Hoc planning task force integrating representatives
from ALS and the School of Education (SOE) faculty, MAP committee,
and field teachers, etc.
- Make recommendations to the Provost in spring 1998 regarding
student recruitment strategies, reorganization of Liberal Studies,
and integration of selected Liberal Studies courses with Teacher
Education.
3. What are your top three short-term goals?
- Open dialogue with ALS planning, MAP process, and the Ad Hoc
planning task force to plan alternatives and develop proposals
for pilot programs.
- Establish a home for Liberal Studies faculty, students, advisors,
and the program itself.
- Develop revised curricula for Liberal Studies 3000 and 4960.
- Set target dates and goals for full curricular plan.
4. What do you need most to solve those problems?
- Designate funding to support plans for recruiting students
and for supporting curricular changes that integrate pedagogy
and content areas.
- Develop internal partnerships to bring together faculty from
ALS, SOC, and link to the Higher Education Consortium of Central
California (HECCC) partners.
- Identify faculty interested in participating in revision of
Liberal Studies capstone courses and creation of a pilot program.
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5. How would you use additional resources if they became available?
- Aggressive recruiting of students and promotion of Teacher
Education; develop outreach and promotional materials to enhance
the quality of applicants and identify candidates earlier in their
career;
- Hiring faculty with pedagogical expertise related to integrated
teacher preparation curricula, including supervision;
- Assessing pilot programs;
- Funding reorganization of Liberal Studies, including creation
of an office, full-time faculty director, and effective approach
to advising.
6. How would you proceed if no additional resources were available?
Are there ways to re-allocate existing resources?
The campus would have to take more time to plan; there would
have to be more sensitivity to the politics of the campus since
re-allocation of existing resources would threaten the general
faculty's investment and pose threats to collegiality.
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CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, STANISLAUS
Office of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs
801 West Monte Vista Avenue Turlock California
95382
Phone (209) 667-3203 FAX (209) 667-3206
California State University, Stanislaus
Action Plan for Strengthening Teacher Education
In the Undergraduate Years
"Implementation"
1. What role will each team member assume? Designate the person
who will assume the lead role in implementing the action plan.
| 1. Richard Curry | Bring group together and issue charge to team
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| 2. Irma Guzman Wagner | Involve SOE faculty and address plan in context of planning
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| 3. Mary Cullinan | Coordinate department chairs through ALS planning process
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| 4. Juan Flores | Provide leadership in Teacher Education and coordinate with Liberal Studies
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| 5. Pete Finley | Provide leadership in Liberal Studies and coordinate with Teacher Education
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| 6. Jim Tuedio | Provide university-wide leadership in MAP planning process
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2. Who else from the campus must become involved and in what
capacity?
More faculty from the three major areas in ALS, Graduate Dean,
and the curricular planning committee chairs should also be involved.
3. What mechanism will be used to get them involved? (e.g.,
campus conference)
The Ad Hoc planning task force will forward recommendations to
planning groups in SOE and ALS; a planning retreat will take place
in ALS in January 1998, recommendations will also be made to the
MAP committee. A campus conference will address these issues
in fall 1998.
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4. Who else from the community (e.g., community colleges and
K-12 districts) must become involved?
One regional community college Vice President of Academic Affairs,
one elementary or middle school principal, one superintendent,
and a recent graduate of Liberal Studies who has completed the
credential program and is now teaching should be included in the
Ad Hoc planning task force.
5. What mechanism will be used to get them involved? (e.g.,
regional conference)
The Ad Hoc planning task force and the Higher Education Consortium
of Central California partners would be used to involve the community.
6. What, specifically, are your next steps? Since you have
a limited time at the conference to develop a complete action
plan, and because you may want others to be involved in the process
when you return, what may be useful at this point is simply to
commit to continue the planning process back on campus.
Task Person Responsible Completion Date
Create Ad Hoc Planning Task Force Provost End of December
Create Plan in ALS/SOE Deans/ALS planning End of January
Group, SOE chairs
Take plan to MAP committee San Diego Team March
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