CONTENT

Pre-service Program (Residency Certificate)

First-year and second/third year induction period

Professional Certificate and beyond

•  WWU Performance Based Analysis (Grid of classes and how they connect to performance standards)

•  WAC Standards (180.78A.270)

•  WWU – Basic Skills Test for pedagogy, content and basic skills

•  Teaching Standards – WAC

•  INTASC – Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support 10 Principles

•  Critical areas of assistance have been identified in which mentors are to provide training, strategies, and guidance to new teachers:

•  Classroom Management

•  Discipline

•  Instruction and Assessment

•  Professional Conduct

•  EALRs

•  State Standards for Professional Certification:

•  Comprehensive Learning Instruction Plan

•  Positive Impact Plan

•  Family Involvement Plan

•  Classroom Inquiry Plan

•  Leadership Activities Plan

•  Professional Growth Plan and Record

Includes Indicators for 1 – 6

PROCESS

Pre-service Program (Residency Certificate)

First-year and second/third year induction period

Professional Certificate and beyond

•  WWU Students participate in a Field base student teaching experience

•  WWU Students participate in 2 field based practica for each course

•  WWU students must pass a content test in order to enter the Education Degree Program

•  Secondary WWU must develop a portfolio

•  Post Bac students have year long experience in one school

•  BSD, NVSD, and WWU will partner for 3 years to match the level of development with the standards

•  New Teachers attend orientation sessions before school starts

•  BSD provides New Teacher Monthly Seminars on district curriculum, assessment, policies, and practices

•  BSD and NVSD have mentor program that provides training, strategies, and guidance to new teachers

•  BSD and NVSD Mentors and new teachers have release time to observe each other

•  BSD Administrators have training about the mentoring program

•  BSD – Critical Friends Groups

•  BSD – 10 Elementary Schools have Teacher Leaders to support the development of teacher understandings about teaching and learning in literacy

•  BSD Lead Teachers

•  BSD and NVSD Mentor Academy training for mentors

•  BSD Core Courses, Inservices (DRA, DRP, Six Trait Scoring for Writing)

IDENTIFIED NEEDS/NEXT STEPS

Pre-service Program (Residency Certificate)

First-year and second/third year induction period

Professional Certificate and beyond

•  Clarify the State Standards for the large group  

•  Develop a common language and understanding of the standards.

•  Clarify for the Partnership the WWU Pre Service Program

•  Develop a process for meshing the theory with the practices in the classroom

•  Align the contents (standards and expectations) with the processes being implemented in BSD and NVSD

•  Examine Charlotte Danielson's rubrics

•  Clarify the Professional Certification Program for the large committee

•  Identify structures and contingencies (mentors, lead teachers, administrators, and WWU personnel) that need to understand and partner in order to implement the Professional Certification Program

•  Develop the roles and responsibilities of the partners

•  Align WWU Seminar Content with Content of mentor training