Events
- Annual Convention
- Great Teaching Round-up
- Leading from the middle
- fall conference for faculty leaders
- The Texas Network
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Events: 2012 Teacher Preparation Schedule
Teacher Preparation Summary
Friday, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
"RtI a Pathway to Enhanced Collaboration for Leadership"
Speaker: Mary Ruth Coleman, Senior Scientist for the FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Friday, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
"Using iWebfolio to Accelerate the Adoption of ePortfolios in Teacher Education"
Speaker: Scott Johnson, Vice President of Sales, Nuventive
Friday, 4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
"Burger Flipping or Brain Surgery? Career Indecision and Today’s College Student"
Speaker: Barbara Eckenfels, Faculty Counselor, Lone Star College-Montgomery
Saturday, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
"Preparing Teachers to Meet the Needs of Their Students: Modeling Differentiated Instruction in College Classes"
Speaker: Mary Ruth Coleman
Friday, March 2nd, 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
"RtI a Pathway to Enhanced Collaboration for Leadership"
Speaker: Mary Ruth Coleman, Senior Scientist for the FPG Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
This session will discuss leadership for building a framework for collaborative practice within RtI approaches. This interactive workshop will examine the changing roles of exceptional educators as leaders and collaborators within professional learning communities. Participants will engage in a process of guided reflections on leadership for an integrated, collaborative approach within a tiered framework and will gain the knowledge necessary to empower others to better instruct special needs students within today's schools. Because, today, more than ever, exceptional educators are being called on to find solutions for struggling students. Let's hear the call, rise to the challenge, and lead the way.
Biography:
Mary Ruth Coleman, Ph.D. is a Senior Scientist at the FPG Child Development Institute, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She directs Project U-STAR~PLUS (Using Science, Talents and Abilities to Recognize Students – Promoting Learning in Underrepresented Students). Her projects have included: ACCESS (Achievement in Content and Curriculum for Every Student’s Success, a National Significance Project funded by OSEP and applications of RtI for young children through the Recognition & Response Project sponsored by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. Dr. Coleman has numerous publications including the 13th Edition of the seminal textbook, “Educating Exceptional Children” by Samuel A. Kirk, James J. Gallagher, Mary Ruth Coleman, and Nicholas J. Anastasiow (2010). She has served three terms (9 years) on the Board of Directors for the Association for Gifted (TAG), one of which she was President; three terms (9 years) on the Board of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC); and two terms (6 years) on the Board of Directors for the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). She was president of the CEC in 2007.
Friday, March 2nd, 2:30 - 3:45 p.m.
"Using iWebfolio to Accelerate the Adoption of ePortfolios in Teacher Education"
Speaker: Scott Johnson, Vice President of Sales, Nuventive
Most educators view portfolios as an indispensable component of Teacher Education, however resistance from faculty and students often occurs when evaluating or implementing an electronic portfolio program. Nuventive’s solution, iWebfolio, provides unique support for adoption, assessment and review of e-portfolios. Learners easily compile evidence of self-assessment and reflection while managing how their portfolio is shared among peers, educators and potential employers. With iWebfolio, faculty enjoys oversight into portfolio development, benefitting from workflow tools including templates, keywords, and email notifications that assist in managing portfolio review.
Learn how teacher preparation improves when iWebfolio is used to document and promote student progress.
Biography:
Scott Johnson is vice president of the commercial operations of Nuventive and leverages over 20 years in the software industry bringing extensive global operations, sales, marketing and consulting experience to Nuventive’s leadership team. Johnson leads Nuventive’s market and growth strategies and has worked closely with Nuventive’s customers in Europe, Australia and throughout North America. Johnson is a regular speaker on using technology in assessment and has presented at conferences in Australia, France, UK and Dubai as well as North America. Johnson’s prior industry experience includes managing international operations in addition to starting, building and expanding business units in North America, Europe, and Latin America.
Friday, March 2nd, 4:00 - 4:45 p.m.
"Burger Flipping or Brain Surgery? Career Indecision and Today’s College Student"
Speaker: Barbara Eckenfels, Faculty Counselor, Lone Star College-Montgomery
Many students are clueless when it comes to career selection and college majors. Even those who have “declared” a major and career choice often cannot tell you how the career fits their personality, interests, or values or even describe the duties they would perform on a typical day. Students who are undecided are more likely to drop out. Come learn practical activities to help students clarify career goals and research their career options.
Biography:
Barbara Eckenfels is a Faculty Counselor at Lone Star College-Montgomery and teaches Learning Strategies, a student success course. Along with counseling students who are undecided about their career paths, she helps coordinate a Math Coaching Program for at-risk developmental math students. Before coming to Lone Star, she taught student success classes at Houston Community College and held a counseling position at San Jacinto College-South. She has a passion for counseling students who are undecided about their careers as they are at a higher risk for dropping out.
Saturday, March 3rd, 10:30 - 11:45 a.m.
"Preparing Teachers to Meet the Needs of Their Students: Modeling Differentiated Instruction in College Classes"
Speaker: Mary Ruth Coleman
Teachers in today’s classrooms face a range of student’s academic and social needs. Differentiating instruction can help to ensure that all students have appropriate opportunities to learn. This session explores how we can model differentiation in our college classes with strategies to encourage our students to take ownership for their learning.
Teacher Preparation Section Chair:
Mary Ann Jackson, Lone Star College–University Park