Happy New Year!
Good morning Prep Council and Happy Friday!
Old Business
We have one major matter of old business to take care of and that is the vote for President-Elect. If you recall, last semester Dr. Michael Norris from Syracuse University was formally nominated for the position and I said I would send out a ballot. Admittedly, it went to the back burner as the semester went on.So here is the ballot NYSPPC-PE President-Elect Ballot Michael is the only nominee, but to be fair, I did put in a write-in box. Please just make your choice and submit!
New Business
NYSED Clinical Practice Work Group--Recommendations for Clinical Practice Hours
This past week I received an email from Dr. Nichole Brown who chairs a work group that has been charged with re-evaluating the number of required clinical hours leading up to teacher certification. If you would like to explore the work group's website, you can find the link here: NYSED Clinical Practice Work Group
I have copied and pasted the recommendations below. But as I looked at the member list of the work group, there was no representation from physical education.
While I largely agree with the overall recommendations, the proposed change in the number of minimum days for student teaching may pose scheduling issues in physical education because of the need to complete two placements as well as providing seminar days within the semester. I will be adding this to the agenda for our September meeting and I may reach out to the NYSED representative on the work group to see if they may be able to attend our Albany meeting.
Recommendations:
***Remember: The information below is from our Jan. 10th meeting, and between that meeting and the time the survey is sent out and regional meetings are confirmed, language can change. But until then, below are highlights.***
Re Clinical Practice Work Group: Couple of key elements/highlights (updates from the Jan. 10th meeting): the recommendations for the proposed regulations will include a section specifically on:
(1) Partnerships: Developing MOA's with partners to share collaborative and mutually beneficial partnerships; selection of teachers, expectations of placements etc.
(2) Clinical Experiences (field experiences, early field experiences, etc.- experiences prior to student teaching)- will include foundational clinical experiences (participant observer type of experience/foundations) and intermediate clinical experiences (methods experience, more hands-on). Looking to increase hours from 100 to 200 hours, to include at least 20 of the 200 hours to have a focus on students with disabilities and at least 20 of the 200 hours to have a focus on ENL learners. Fifty of the 200 hours may include virtual and/or simulated experiences, however, 150 of the 200 must occur in a classroom/school/community agency with students. There will be language to include requirements for candidates preparing for more than one certificate.
(3) Culminating Clinical Experience (student teaching): Looking to change days from 2- 20 day (total of 40-day experience) to at least 70 days that occur consecutively. If the placement includes more than one placement, each placement must be at least 35 days. The culminating clinical experience shall be accompanied by a seminar that's focused on the candidate's professional development.
(4) Alternative models (excluding residencies) will have to be approved by Commissioner (more information re what would be considered an alternative model will be provided in the guidance document).
(5) Clinical Supervision: There will be language re the requirements for the school-based and university-based teacher educators
Again, the above are highlights of the recommendations. We are in the process of finalizing a survey for feedback and dates/times for regional meetings for stakeholders to attend to get information the Work Groups tasks and to provide feedback.
I will share the survey and meeting dates just as soon as I receive.
Nichole
Ms. Nichole J. Brown, Ed.S.
Director, Field Placement Office
Director, Teacher Opportunity Corps (TOC) Program
School of Education
State University of New York at Oswego
Mackin Hall, 15 LOU 1B (temporary physical location)
175 Wilber Hall (mailing address)
Oswego, NY 13126
315.312.3098 (office)
315.312.3129 (fax)
nichole.brown@oswego.edu
www.oswego.edu/placement
***Remember: The information below is from our Jan. 10th meeting, and between that meeting and the time the survey is sent out and regional meetings are confirmed, language can change. But until then, below are highlights.***
Re Clinical Practice Work Group: Couple of key elements/highlights (updates from the Jan. 10th meeting): the recommendations for the proposed regulations will include a section specifically on:
(1) Partnerships: Developing MOA's with partners to share collaborative and mutually beneficial partnerships; selection of teachers, expectations of placements etc.
(2) Clinical Experiences (field experiences, early field experiences, etc.- experiences prior to student teaching)- will include foundational clinical experiences (participant observer type of experience/foundations) and intermediate clinical experiences (methods experience, more hands-on). Looking to increase hours from 100 to 200 hours, to include at least 20 of the 200 hours to have a focus on students with disabilities and at least 20 of the 200 hours to have a focus on ENL learners. Fifty of the 200 hours may include virtual and/or simulated experiences, however, 150 of the 200 must occur in a classroom/school/community agency with students. There will be language to include requirements for candidates preparing for more than one certificate.
(3) Culminating Clinical Experience (student teaching): Looking to change days from 2- 20 day (total of 40-day experience) to at least 70 days that occur consecutively. If the placement includes more than one placement, each placement must be at least 35 days. The culminating clinical experience shall be accompanied by a seminar that's focused on the candidate's professional development.
(4) Alternative models (excluding residencies) will have to be approved by Commissioner (more information re what would be considered an alternative model will be provided in the guidance document).
(5) Clinical Supervision: There will be language re the requirements for the school-based and university-based teacher educators
Again, the above are highlights of the recommendations. We are in the process of finalizing a survey for feedback and dates/times for regional meetings for stakeholders to attend to get information the Work Groups tasks and to provide feedback.
I will share the survey and meeting dates just as soon as I receive.
Nichole
Ms. Nichole J. Brown, Ed.S.
Director, Field Placement Office
Director, Teacher Opportunity Corps (TOC) Program
School of Education
State University of New York at Oswego
Director, Teacher Opportunity Corps (TOC) Program
School of Education
State University of New York at Oswego
Mackin Hall, 15 LOU 1B (temporary physical location)
175 Wilber Hall (mailing address)
Oswego, NY 13126
315.312.3098 (office)
315.312.3129 (fax)
nichole.brown@oswego.edu
www.oswego.edu/placement
81st Annual NYS AHPERD Conference November 14-17, 2018
The call for proposals is out for the 81st Annual NYS AHPERD Conference, in Verona, New York at Turning Stone Casino. I am looking for presenters to fill the Higher Education Section programs. Ultimately, they would like the section to sponsor 11 sessions. I would love for the bulk of these sessions to be geared toward issues we have in higher education so we can have some professional development opportunties beyond the TEA on Wednesday.
For more information on registration and submitting a proposal, check out this link NYS AHPERD Registration & Call for Programs
Finally, I would like to ask for ideas for our Higher Education Teacher Educator Academy (TEA) that will take place on November 14. I hope we will be able to continue our conversation with PE Directors to improve the way our future professionals are supported in clinical experiences and student teaching. If you have any additional ideas, please don't hesitate to send me an email at streadwe@brockport.edu
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