Yesterday was my first day . . . I was able to meet all sorts of people~even the President! The morning was spent on paperwork and purchasing a parking permit and beginning the long process of internet and email access (still none!)
Spent the afternoon reading through the actual grant itself to learn what it is we will be doing. Entitled "State of Iowa Teacher Quality Partnership Program" submitted by State of Iowa Department of Education and participating entities: Iowa Department of Education, University of Northern Iowa, and Stanford University School Redesign Network.
Mission: to increase the learning and achievement of Iowa PK-12 students by continuously developing more highly effective teachers from pre-service through the entire teaching career. A key innovation is development and implementation of an integrated technology platform to store digital artifacts documenting effective teaching.
Some key phrases from the grant: universal design for learning, teacher work samples, communities of practice (collaborative teams), and Performance Assessment of Iowa Teachers (PAIT).
For more information please see our website at www.uni.edu/tqp
Stacey, I tried to click on the website you provided but it doesn't seem to be hyerlinked, thus I didn't go anywhere :-(
ReplyDeleteLove it!!! I don't know if this will help at all, but this is a website I started.
ReplyDeletehttp://sites.google.com/a/mountvernon.k12.ia.us/fourth-grade-teachers-of-iowa/