wacte-field-directors-agenda-10-25-17

WACTE members include 23 Schools or Colleges of Teacher Education at more than 50 locations throughout WA: Antioch University (Seattle) Central Washington University (Ellensburg, Lynnwood, Lakewood, Moses Lake, Wenatchee, Des Moines, Yakima) City University of Seattle (Seattle, Everett, Tacoma, Renton, Vancouver, WA) Eastern Washington University (Cheney, Spokane) Gonzaga University (Spokane) Heritage University (Toppenish, Yakima, Seattle, Moses Lake, Tri-Cities, Wenatchee) Highline College (Des Moines) Northwest University (Kirkland) Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma) Pierce College (Lakewood) Seattle Pacific University Seattle University Saint Martin’s University (Lacey, JBLM) The Evergreen State College (Olympia) University of Puget Sound (Tacoma) University of Washington (Seattle) University of Washington (Tacoma) University of Washington (Bothell) Walla Walla University (College Place) Washington State University (Pullman, Spokane, Tri-Cities, Vancouver) Whitworth University (Spokane) Western Governor’s University (Online statewide) Western Washington University (Bellingham, Bremerton, Everett, Seattle) WACTE Field Directors Meeting Agenda October 25, 2017 10am - 12:00am Red Lion Seattle Airport, Olympic Room 10:00 - 10:05 a.m Brief introductions and welcoming of new members 10:05 - 10:10 a.m Group questions/considerations - Is there any interest in regional breakout sessions for the field directors? - Ely Vargas from UW Tacoma is gathering some data on common practices for evaluating mentor teachers If you have any documents to share or procedures to describe, please send them directly to Ely at elyv@uw.edu 10:10 - 10:25 a.m WEST-E/NES before student teaching: - Roadblocks/Challenges? - Structures/Facilitating Processes? (Ely – UW Tacoma) 10:25 - 10:40 a.m District/Admin Interviews of student teachers (Cathy - Gonzaga) - Dispositional Elements? - Affecting placement rates? 10:40 - 11:05 a.m Continuing conversation: Emergency certification during student teaching (Ian - CWU) 11:05 - 11:20 a.m Continuing conversation: BEST mentoring and a common Mentor Teacher training module 11:20 - 11:30 a.m Quick break 11:30 - 12:00pm Updates/feedback requested-Maren Johnson, PESB re proposed changes to pre-residency certification Lunch with WACTE (12:00-1:00pm) – All are welcome