Re: Beginning ProfDev Before the Start!!
Frank Watson (fwatson@zoo.uvm.edu)
Wed, 2 Apr 1997 20:42:10 -0500 (EST)
Ellen:
I spend 16 years at the University of Vermont running a highly
successful, award winning pre-service teacher education program. I would
be pleased to talk with you about the program.
Frank J. Watson
Executive Director
Vermont Institute for Science, Math, and Technology
Waterbury Center, VT 05677
802-244-8768 -- fax 802-244 - 1923
On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Ellen
Miyasato wrote:
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> > A logical plan is for undegraduate teacher candidates being trained in
> > an environment that prepares them to come into schools ready to go,
> > not only with skills, but also methods of utilization that are current
> > and relevant. This requires coordination between the schools and the
> > teacher preparation institutions to plan for what will be desirable,
> > and then to design the courses that will meet the goal. Sounds simple
> > enough, but the reality of it may prove much more complex, as it calls
> > for cooperation and coordination across many traditional boundaries,
> > perhaps even the breaking down of a few kingdoms' walls!
> >
> Am most interested in anyone who has successfuly worked with
> pre-service institutions. Am thinking also, that beyond the technology,
> consider reframed conceptions of practices, policies and organizational
> settings for teacher learning. The Hawaii Education & Research Network
> (HERN) will be collaborating with the University of Hawaii's College of
> Education Masters in Education Program this summer as participants in
> summer school inviting teachers to submit "best practices" proposals as
> stheir summer offerings. Would be interested in talking to others who
> have had experiences in this area.
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