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
1 Comments:
At 5:16 AM,
James A. Middleton said…
By "niches" I mean special knowledge and skill combinations that our graduates can develop that other programs don't provide.
Being a research extensive campus with a transdisciplinary model, our students should get the full benefit of being on this campus.
The administration are in favor of more and closer involvement of their education faculty. Some of the faculty are in favor of this. Some are probably not. It won't be an option, I suspect, with the attention that the High School Completion Initiative will place on it.
I also believe in dual-degree programs in elementary, dual majors, and 5th year options leading to Masters' Degrees. All of this should be on the table for all of our programs.
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