Accreditation - Teacher Education Unit Review
Michigan Technological University
Michigan State Board of Education/Michigan Department of Education
2004 INSTITUTIONAL REPORT
REPORT INDEX
Critical Accountability Factor V: Parent/Community Involvement
Quality Indicator 5: The institution prepares
teacher candidates to interact with and involve parents and community representatives
to support teaching and learning.
A | B
A.
Is there a clearly articulated plan for teaching the candidates how
to effectively interact with and involve parents and community representatives
to support student learning?
The Department of Education encourages pre-service
teachers in all clinical settings, including student teaching, to take
on the full role of professional teachers by participating in activities that
bring them into direct and regular contact with parents. Preparation for
these
activities occurs in the methods courses. In ED3110 students
learn about the role of parents in the evaluation of exception children, particularly
in the
development of IEPs (week 5). Students in ED/HU4140 learn
about discourse communities and communication with different “position-holders.” They
practice the appropriate manner for conducting parent/teacher conferences,
writing letter, and communicating with the public. Students in ED/SS4020 have
an extended class session focused on “public
relations,” which emphasizes how pre-service teachers should plan their
interactions with parents.
B.
How and when do candidates interact with parents in a clinical/school
setting? How is the candidate’s learning in parent/community
involvement assessed?
In all clinical settings, students are encouraged
to develop positive interactions with parents in order to facilitate student
learning. This takes primarily during student teaching. The Department,
through individual interactions with students and in the Student
Teaching Handbook, urges teacher candidates to become
fully involved in all school activities. They are required to attend parent
teacher conferences. Because
they typically take complete charge of their classrooms well before the
halfway point of student teaching, they become the principal point of contact
with
parents. They are also encouraged to be involved in extracurricular activities,
in which setting they typically encounter even greater interaction with
parents, particularly at the high school level. Student teachers discuss
these interactions
during the seminars held with the supervisors several times during the
student teaching experience. Student teachers are assessed, in part, on
their ability
to develop positive working relationships with parents (see student teaching
evaluation forms).
Student Teaching
Mid-Semester Evaluation and Grade Report
Student Teaching Final
Evaluation and Grade Report
REPORT INDEX
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