Building Strong University-School-Community

Partnerships for Noyce Scholar Success

Kevin Carr, Pacific University College of Education, Woodburn, Oregon

Tara Connelly, Christa McAuliffe Expeditionary School, Framingham, MA

NSF Noyce National Conference

Washington, DC – May 29-31, 2013

STEM Teacher Preparation Model

Noyce scholar + best practices

in STEM teaching

= Successful STEM Teacher

Inputs

Outcome

STEM Teacher Preparation Power Model

Noyce scholar + best practices

in STEM teaching

∧

Applied Grit

= Successful STEM Teacher

Exponential Drivers of Success

Applied Grit

• Realize that your students are not like you

• Learn the culture of the students, family and community in which you teach

• Know yourself and do the hard work of examining your own beliefs and assumptions

• Desire, persistence, hope

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Evolution of Pacific Noyce Partnerships

• 2009—traditional school district/university arrangements

• 2010—develop partnership with STEM teachers and administrators in one specific high-needs district (Woodburn, OR)

• 2011—clustering of Pacific Noyce Scholars in Woodburn, delivering program in community using a full-time clinical model

Emerging Data

Evolution of Woodburn Community Teachers Program

• 2012—establish a branch campus site in the Woodburn community

Evolution of Woodburn Community Teachers Program

• 2013—build a consortium of community stakeholders around teacher education, including– School district administration, HR, and teachers

union reps– Building principals and mentor teachers– City administrators and other public services– Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste

CAPACES Leadership Institute

Community-Based Teacher Education

Community-Based Examples• Mentor teachers participate in interviewing Noyce candidates and subsequently

modifying interview protocol• Mentor teachers and university faculty co-teach university teacher preparation

courses• Mentor teachers and candidates participate together in a 2-day professional

development about co-teaching• University faculty, community members, teachers, and Noyce scholars participate

in monthly STEMinars held at community site• Scholars work with public library staff develop and deliver summer teen reading

program events at local library• Scholars, mentor teachers, and students develop and implement STEM service

learning projects at Wyffles Park, a city environmental restoration project• PCUN CAPACES leaders teach Scholars about the history of local Latino activism

and create service opportunities for Noyce scholars to “mentor” Latino youth leaders

Woodburn Grow Your Own Teachers

Woodburn Grow Your Own Teachers

Exponential Drivers of Success

Ability to flexibly adapt

• Realize that your students are not like you

• Learn the culture of the students, family and community in which you teach

• Know yourself and do the hard work of examining your own beliefs and assumptions

• Desire, grit, persistence, hope

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What Are Strong Partnerships?http://www.napds.org/nine_essen.html

1. A comprehensive mission that is broader in its outreach and scope than the mission of any partner and that furthers the education profession and its responsibility to advance equity within schools and, by potential extension, the broader community;

2. A school–university-community culture committed to the preparation of future educators that embraces their active engagement in the school community;

3. Ongoing and reciprocal professional development for all participants guided by need;

4. A shared commitment to innovative and reflective practice by all participants;5. Engagement in and public sharing of the results of deliberate investigations of

practice by respective participants;6. An articulation agreement developed by the respective participants delineating

the roles and responsibilities of all involved;7. A structure that allows all participants a forum for ongoing governance,

reflection, and collaboration;8. Work by college/university faculty, P–12 faculty, and community partners in

formal roles across institutional settings; and9. Dedicated and shared resources and formal rewards and recognition structures.

Building Strong University-School-Community

Partnerships for Noyce Scholar Success

Dr. Kevin Carr, Pacific University College of Education, Woodburn, Oregon

Tara Connelly, Christa McAuliffe Expeditionary School, Framingham, MA

NSF Noyce National Conference

Washington, DC – May 29-31, 2013