Secondary Education
I just had a great meeting with the Division Deans in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences regarding how we do Secondary Teacher Certification across campus. It was heartening to see that they are anxious to try new things, in particular developing opportunities for our students to create unique "niches" for themselves by combining dual-degree options, special sections and living/learning communities, and 5 year certification/Masters' programs.
The key message I received from their frank discussion was, "Go back to fundamentals and start over." They do not want to tweak what we already have, but want to make bold new program streams.
I will be putting together a white paper projecting potential opportunities and imperatives that I gleaned from this conversation. I will send it out soon for comment.
The key message I received from their frank discussion was, "Go back to fundamentals and start over." They do not want to tweak what we already have, but want to make bold new program streams.
I will be putting together a white paper projecting potential opportunities and imperatives that I gleaned from this conversation. I will send it out soon for comment.
posted by James A. Middleton @ 8:33 AM
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