Embracing the Glass House: Using Data to Shape Policy and Public Perception

AACTE Annual MeetingFebruary 18, 2012

M. Jayne Fleener, DeanMichael J. Maher, Director of Professional Education

Malina K. Monaco, Director of Knowledge ManagementErin Thomas Horne, Asst. Director of Professional Education

North Carolina State University

Grand Challenges of K-12 Education

1. Teacher Effectiveness & Teacher Preparation Program Effectiveness• Improvement & Documentation• Addressing the critics (NCTQ)

2. Utilize information, communication and collaboration technologies to enhance teaching and learning

3. Select, prepare and support adaptive educational classroom and school leaders4. Update the K-12 education workforce to

• address new internationally-benchmarked curriculum standards,• employ new technologies and assessments,• use data to customize teaching and learning, • work with increasingly diverse student populations

5. Support schools in making the necessary transformations to prepare students for the rapidly changing world of their futures

6. Utilize research and analyses to inform policy decisions

North Carolina’s Response

1. UNC Tomorrow – UNC System’s Coordinated Response2. Redesign of Teacher and School Administrator

Preparation Programs3. Race to the Top

Teacher EffectivenessIHE Report Cards

4. Governor’s Education Task Force CommitteesStandards and Assessments

5. Teacher Effectiveness Research (UNC-GA, CIPP)Stayers & LeaversPortal Analyses (entry pathways)Redefining Enrollment Projections

How the NC State College of Education Engaged Stakeholders

Spring 2008 we convened a series of focus groups which included:

TeachersSchool AdministratorsCommunity MembersBusiness LeadersParentsTeacher Education FacultyTeacher Education StudentsState Department of Public Instruction

Stakeholder Themes

During our focus groups we asked “What should teachers in North Carolina know and be able to do in 2012 and beyond?” “How can a pre-service teacher education program help them to develop that set of knowledge, skills, and dispositions?”

What emerged:1. Assessment 4. Field

Experience2. Collaboration 5. Globalization3. Diversity 6.

Technology

Developing Program Blueprints

Included Components:

Redesign Elements

Program Parameters

NC Professional Teaching Standards

21st Century Skills

Curricular and Field Experience Changes

Evidence Artifacts

Implementing the Blueprints

Implementing the Blueprints

Implementing the Parameters

Building the Glass House

Data Requests:NCTQUNC-GATitle IINCDPINCATE/CAEP

KMA/OPE Officesprocess request

Report and Raw Data housedin the Dean’s DashboardFinal Report distributed

and housed on the accreditation webpage

Disruptive Innovationsand Changing Ecologies

• threats• and opportunities

– … adaptive change– … technology– … collaborative cultures– … internationalization– … interdisciplinarity– … creativity– … scholarship

Christensen, C.M., & Eyring, H.J. (2011). The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

CED

Policy

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Work- force

K-12

Thank You!