Teaching for America's Future: Quality Teaching in High-Priority Schools: The 2006 NCTAF Partners' Symposium

July 9-11 -- St. Paul, MN

Meeting Summary:

NCTAF Emphasizes Need for 21st Century Teaching and Learning

Full Meeting Agenda:

2006 Partners' Symposium

July 9th

Keynote Speakers:

• Stephanie Pace Marshall, Founder and President, Illinois Math and Science Academy
• Improving Mathematics Teaching: A Journey Beyond TIMSS Video, James Stigler, Professor, CEO and Founder of LessonLab
• Teaching for the Future, Tom Carroll, NCTAF President

July 10th

Plenary Session:

Clinical Teacher Preparation: Featuring the NCTAF/MetLife Urban Teaching Academies

• NCTAF-MetLife Foundation Announce Urban Teaching Academies

Concurrent Sessions:

Clinical Preparation Models and Comprehensive Induction Programs

• Facilitation and Support of Clinical Experiences in the Benedum Collaborative
• The NCTAF/GSU Induction Project, Ron Colarusso, Georgia State University
• NCTAF/GSU Induction Project Overview, Linda Black, NCTAF/GSU Induction Project

Organizing Schools for Success -- Building Learning Communities

• NCTAF's Teachers Learning in Networked Communities (TLINC)
• Case for Child and Adolescent Development, James P. Comer, Founder of the Comer School Development Program
• Asheville City Schools, Robert Logan and Carol Ray, Asheville City Schools

Rewarding Professional Career Paths

• Quality Compensation for Teachers or "Q Comp", Chas Anderson, Minnesota Department of Education

Building Statewide Coalitions that Align Teaching Standards and Student Standards

• Alabama Reading Initiative, Sherrill Parris, Alabama Reading Initiative
• Components of Building a Statewide Coalition

Using Student Performance to Assess Teacher Preparation Effectiveness

• Evidence in Teacher Preparation, Mona Wineburg, American Association of State Colleges and Universities

Using Value-Added to Improve Teaching Quality and Student Achievement

• Operation Public Education, Ted Hershberg, Center for Greater Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania

Emerging Issues Exchange:

M. Rene Islas, U.S. Department of Education:

• Teacher Incentive Fund

Cortney Rowland, Learning Point Associates:

• Meeting the Demand for Quality Teachers in Mathematics and Science
• NCCTQ National Issue Forum
• TQ Tips and Tools: Emerging Strategies to Enhance Teacher Quality

Laura Goe, Educational Testing Service:

• Planning Tool to Provide Evidence of Progress Towards Equitable Teacher Distribution
• Teacher Distribution Planning Tool

Heather Peske, Education Trust:

• Teaching Inequality

July 11th

Closing Remarks:

• The Charge to Meeting Participants by Secretary Richard W. Riley, Co-Chair, NCTAF Board of Directors