Oregon State University Report

June 2015

2015 Educator Preparation PD Series

Acronyms Used

Key Terms

LEAP: Lane Equity Achievement Project – A grant to bring together African American youth in Lane County

PLC: Professional Learning Community – the name given to groups of teachers and/or learners

CRT: Culturally Responsive TeachingELP Standards: English Language Proficiency…STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, ART, and MathLSAMP: Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

The Transformational Team committed to rotating attendance at the five-part PD series included: Nell O’Malley, Elizabeth White, Stacey Lee, Rynda Gregory, Sara Wright, Felicia Reid-Metoyer

The series allowed us to spend team time increasing diversity and cultural competence as we integrate EdTPA, INTASC Standards and the new licensure framework into our programs.

We added the Summer Institute early in the series as a planning goal and a way to apply our learning.

Initial Goals and Attendance

Based on our time in the PD series, we have committed to the following:Use CRT activities to anchor EdTPA and ELP Standards

development across licensure programs throughout all upcoming PD (Summer Institute and beyond).

Offer a 2015 Summer Institute for our local field partners to further CRT in academic language development in schools and teacher preparation.

Choose learning goals for 2015-16 asking Summer Institute participants to focus on one Common Core goal and track CRT development through a pre and post assessment (September and June).

Infuse CRT into planned EdTPA PD for Licensure Faculty 2015-16

Applied Learning

June 17 & 18, 2015Enacted teaching broadened focus to include

Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT), Academic Language Development and STEAM learning for LEAP Participants

Shorter experience (than 2014) targeted for limited geographic area

Included guest speaker/specialists including Dr. Jeff Zwiers on Academic Language, CRT and ELP Standards

Reunited LEAP students with LSAMP mentorsSet goals for 2015-16 data collection through focus on

one common core goal progression September - June.

Summer Institute 2015

Quotes from Teachers and Faculty: “Dr. Zwiers method is extremely useful” There were so many wonderful things packed into the last two

days…the art/math lessons and how to make ideas and communication ‘stronger and clearer.’”

“This work here was superb” “Tied ideas to proficiency strategies” “The enacted teaching caused me to reflect on ELP Standards…

and support differentiated instruction” Assisted me in learning the latest…related to ELP instruction

and standards” “Loved the art activities” “Gave me strategies that could be immediately implemented” “Excellent ideas generated”

Feedback from Summer Institute

Follow up with Summer Institute participants to collect data on learning outcomes

Infuse academic language goals and CRT in faculty PD

Develop individual and program “creeds”Conduct bias review on all syllabiLook for funding to continue Summer

Institute

Goals for 2015-16