On Thursday I met with Jody Stone and we worked on a crosswalk between the Iowa Teaching Standards, the Iowa Core's Characteristics of Effective Instruction, and the AACTE Teaching Standards. What interesting work. We were not able to get very far partially due to time but also because of the rich discussion that engaged us.
I also spent some time getting to know Ksenia and Zeina. K is from Russia and working on her EdD here in Curriculum and Instruction. She had taught in an elementary school in Russia before coming here. Z is from Lebanon (we had fun talking about Tripoli (ee) and Tripoli (la)). She is working on her doctoral degree in Educational Psychology.
Today I have been reading and continuing to wrap my mind around the tasks ahead. And a friend from my summer after high school graduation and a parent from my years of teaching at Fredericksburg, Linda Rosulek, was walking through the hall and saw me and stopped in. How fun to see her!
This afternoon UNI's College of Education is hosting a Leaders in Education Lecture Series in the Maucker Union, Old Central Ballroom. Mary and Nadene have both been quite involved with the planning of this. The featured keynote is Sharon Robinson who currently serves as the President and CEO of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Her topic is "Envisioning a Premier Pre-K through 12 Teacher and Educational Leader Preparation Program: An Institutional Commitment". I am excited to hear her and hopefully meet her as well.
Following her talk a reception is planned to welcome the new College of Education dean, Dr. Dwight C. Watson.
If you are in the area and have an interest in teacher preparation, please plan to join us from 3:30 until 6 pm.
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