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Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life Changing

PSU Graduate School of EducationState of the School presentation and Annual Report

September 2008


Friends of the GSE

Richard & Heide ColeRick HardtBetty HittleJane MorrowLevonne Sedgewick


PSU Foundation Board

Doug GoeEva KripalaniTony LeineweberJon MitchellKen Thrasher


GSE Emeriti

Steve BrannanColin DunkeldRick HardtMary Kinnick


Leaders RoundtableJay BloomSho Dozono Ron GouldKaren Gray Ron HitchcockTerry HoaglandJohn Sygielski Maxine ThompsonKen Thrasher


Advisory Council Julia Brim-EdwardsGale CastilloJackie CookeMarvin KaiserTerry KneislerFred MillerJane Morrow

Bruce SamsonMaxine ThompsonMarta ThrasherCarol TurnerCourtney Vanderstek


Consortium Members Micki CaskeyTatiana CevallosJulie Esparza-BrownDeb MillerYuki MonteithMark MoserPaula StanovichJackie TempleKelvin Webster

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingOther Distinguished GuestsSwati Adarkar: Executive Director, The Children’s InstituteDan Ryan : Executive Director, Portland School’s FoundationDon Frisbee: Community LeaderJim Francesconi: Board of Higher EducationNina Lindstrom: AlumJoy Spalding: PatronDon Hendrickson: BoeingPam Caldwell: BoeingDave Johnston: BoeingRandy Choy: Oregon Community FoundationBill Bigelow, Teacher and HonoreeLinda Christensen, Director of the Oregon Writing ProjectJohn Spathas, Alum

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingPSU

Wim Wiewel: PresidentMarvin Kaiser: Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Science Kevin Kecskes: Director of Community University PartnershipsKristin Coppola: Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations


Graduate School of Education

Award of DistinctionCongratulations

Bill Bigelow


President Wim Wiewel



September 2008

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life Changing Thank You, Steve



September 2008


Major units in the GSE

•Educational Leadership and Policy•Special Education•Counselor Education•Curriculum and Instruction•Continuing Education•Child Development and Family Services


International, National, and State Context


Every day 3000 new books are published.

The amount of technical information in the world doubles every two years


Oregon ranks• 40th among states in the number of

high school graduates going directly to college (33%)

• 44th among states in the percentage of college students continuing into their sophomore year.

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingNumber of people

graduating from college in 2004 •India •China •United States

•3.1 million•3.3 million•1.3 million


We have a moral obligation to help all students reach their full potential as workers, as citizens, and as human beings.


We need to markedly alter the way learning occurs in our schools. That transformation will require a new commitment to research, to professional preparation, and to ongoing professional development.

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingTransformation is Within Our Reach


Transformation is within our reach when we see diversity in our student population and English Language Learners as an asset rather than a burden.

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingTransformation is within

our reach if Congress can reach consensus for students. …and put more resources in education research to match the political rhetoric about research-based practices.


Transformation is within our reach as Oregon reinvests in education from preschool through graduate school


PSU’s Graduate School of Education holds four accreditations: NCATE, CORE, CACREP, and NAEYC

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingTransformation is

within our reach when policy and business leaders join hands with education leaders across the age spectrum to address our challenges and opportunities.

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Strengthen community engagement and field experiences

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Advisory CouncilMorgan AndersonJulie Brim-EdwardsGale CastilloJackie CookeAlgie GatewoodTerry KneislerRob LarsonFred MillerJane MorrowMarvin KaiserBob Turner

Bruce SamsonCarol ThomasMaxine ThompsonMarta ThrasherCarol TurnerCourtney VanderstekYvette Webber-DavisDuncan Wyse


Consortium MembersChris Griffith, ChairHeather BartosMicki CaskeyTatiana CevallosKelly CutlerDaphne DukesJulie Esparza-BrownLiz Fouther-BranchCynthia GilliamChris GutierrezLisa Kane

Deb MillerYuki MonteithMark MoserK.D. ParmanEllen ReulerAnne RyanFrank ScottoPaula StanovichJackie TempleRobert TinninKelvin Webster

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingField Experience

Changes • Students “clustered” in schools to create “learning communities”.

• More time in schools and more supervision.

• Support to better engage GSE faculty in the schools and P-12 teachers with GSE.

• Partnerships for mutual benefit and improvement.


Improve productivity and administrative efficiency

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Degrees awarded increased 98% from 1999 to 2007 despite the very higher tuition for graduate students, highest among our peer institutions. GSE produced 12% of all degrees at PSU in 2006-2007. GSE produced 38% of all masters degrees.


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Thirty-eight percent of all graduate degrees awarded by PSU are from the GSE.

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingCounselor Education

Programs Received Eight-year Accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs


Rehabilitation Counseling program ranked 24th in the nation by US News and World Report

Dr. Hanoch Livneh


Promote diversity and social justice

Priority


•Every graduate prepared to work effectively with a diverse populations.•Commitment to helping all students and clients reach their full potential.•Diverse faculty.•Diverse student population.

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingPSU Providing

LeadershipOregon Teach to Diversity Awards

Portland Teacher Programs

$34,000

$253,000

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingMinority Students

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“Where the rubber meets the road is in the classroom.”

Preston Pulliam

President, PCC

Member, Board of Higher Education


“I believe strongly in the mission of the Graduate School of Education, and in the necessity of social justice education. By becoming a high school teacher I hope to have a direct impact on the young people I teach, helping them to see their own worth along with the value of community engagement and collective action, and its potential to make the world a better place.”

Brian HansonRecipient of a Janette Drew Scholarship

Secondary Dual Educator Program


“I know from the bottom of my heart that my autistic brother’s life today would be more productive and fulfilling if he had been given access to his peers and community while he was growing up and receiving his education. I am completely devoted to inclusive education as a practice that promotes acceptance, diversity and equality.” Elaine K HudsonRecipient of Special Education ScholarshipInclusive Elementary Educator Program


Improve student and program assessment

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Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingAssessing Our

EffectivenessCandidate performance at…

Admission Midpoint(s) Completion

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What We’ve Learned

Positives:Addressing diversityHighest area on exit surveyHigh ratings on work samples

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2008 Exit Survey: Program Quality

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What We’ve LearnedPositives:Employers like our graduates

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What We’ve LearnedPositives:Our candidates have an impact on student learningN = 349 students

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Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingEduventures’ AnalysisOverall, the findings demonstrate that teaching candidates are proficient, if not exemplary on their pedagogical content knowledge, professional and pedagogical knowledge, student learning skills, and professional dispositions. Candidates were also satisfied with their overall programmatic GTEP experience. According to candidates, PSU’s GTEP program overall has provided an inclusive environment.


Eduventures’ AnalysisCandidates were rated most highly in their professionalism, and more specifically in the honesty and integrity that they exhibited. Candidates were rated lower on their analyzing research-based curricula, their technology integration, reflection, and leadership. In student teaching experiences, candidates exhibited improvement from the midterm to the end of the student teaching experience, and from the first to second student teaching experience.


What We’ve LearnedNeed to improve:

Instructional use of technology

Better coordination of information to students

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingImprove the use of

technology for instruction, assessment, and scholarship

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Instruction•Approximately $35,000 from OIT Student Tech Fee money and money from the GSE for new or replacement equipment•New equipment available for faculty and students to check out•Laptops for faculty office and field work•Portable wireless laptop labs for classroom use•Upgrade of all GSE classrooms to include built-in technology


Scholarship• Web access to the MISL catalog • Improvements to access and

organization of shared network files for collaboration

• Improved navigation and content on the GSE web site

• Updated research software in MISL


Assessment• Use of Tk20 to collect and

share data from assignments, surveys and field experiences

• Creation of electronic document room for TSPC and NCATE visits

• Improvements in navigation and content on the GSE web site based on feedback from faculty, staff and students


Build the research infrastructure to support faculty and student research

Micki Caskey Hanoch Livneh Ann Fullerton

Priority

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingSupporting GSE Research

Two full-time employees to help write proposals and manage grants.

Appointed a Director of Research.Start-up grants for new faculty.Five small grants to support faculty

research and proposal writing.

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingSeeking external

fundingSubmitted 22 external proposals.•17 have been reviewed,•6 are still pending review•7 were not funded•Out of the 17 that have been reviewed,•10 were funded for a total of more than $3.6 million over a five-year period


GSE Funded Research Expenditures: Grants and Contracts

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Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingCollaborative program

combines students, family, school, home

Ruth Falco’s Collaborative Professional Education Project to provide collaborative interdisciplinary services for children with significant multiple disabilities.

Roberto has Down syndrome and hearing impairment.


New technology study focuses on braille literacy for early childhood

James Bickford project, “Technology for Early Childhood Braille Literacy”.


Carnegie Grant Dr. Sue Lenski, PIRedesign the teacher preparation and initial teaching experience of math and science teachers in PPS in order to promote adolescent reading comprehension in math and science.

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingCreate a more student

friendly place and better market our programs

Better communicate to constituents and friends the value of the work we do

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Improvements• Web site• Newsletters• Annual report• Brochures• Environment


Annual harvest festival

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingGSE Use of Gifts: Sampling from

2007-2008• Scholarships • Technology in our classrooms• Math/science educational technology• Special education materials• Conference attendance by students

presenting work• Early childhood education workshops for

Head Start parents• Learning gardens curriculum development• Transcribe research data• Additions to book collections


Philanthropic Fundraising• Scholarships• Professorships• Programs: enhance resources &

support best practice research

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life ChangingProjects: like the resources we have obtained

for math and science teachers—thank you Boeing, Intel and Vernier

Professorships: Educational Administration, Math and Science, Environmental Education


Bryan Henderson • The top 1997 graduate of Ridgefield High•three bachelor’s degrees from the University of Washington in physics, astronomy, and philosophy•minor in applied mathematics•master’s in physics from PSU•Postsecondary, Adult, andContinuing Education (PACE) •Ph.D. student at Stanford

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life Changing Elizabeth

OldhamGTEP student Elizabeth (Liz) Oldham, a Reynolds High School valedictorian, won the PSU Presidential scholarship consisting of five years full paid tuition. She majored and excelled in both theater arts and English while battling a serious heart condition.

Graduate School of Education Leading, Learning, Life Changing Kriss RitaSpecial Education graduate Kriss Rita has found her ideal position at the Centennial Transition Center. Ms. Rita, who has a degree in social work, enrolled in the GSE Special Educator licensure program with the goal of working in schools.


“I look forward to the opportunity to make a positive difference in a child’s life!”

Alejandro AlvarezRecipient of the Phyllis Edmundson Honorary Scholarship

GTEP


“It is a privilege and a joy serving as a high school librarian. I love placing books into the hands of students, teaching information literacy skills and library skills.”

Julie HandysideLibrary Media


“The future of education will depend on educators who teach to learn, and who are willing to continue to learn themselves. These values have been modeled repeatedly in the instructors I have had the great fortune of working with in my graduate program.”

Nathaniel MesserRecipient of a GSE Scholarship

Secondary Dual Educator Program


“In my classroom, I will work to expand students’ imagination and give them permission to use it. It is neither the right notes nor the difficult passages that create beauty; it is but the feeling in their heart that makes the music sing”.

Anna C. TrobaughRecipient of a Janette Drew Scholarship

GTEP



September 2008

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