June IMPACT Meeting Held
By Dr. Jane McKee, COEHS Associate Dean for Academic Programs
For more information, contact Dr. Jane McKee at 696-2859 or via e-mail at mckeej@marshall.edu.

06.13.2001

The Marshall University IMPACT Team participated in a conference on "Performance-based Assessment: IMPACTing Student Learning" held in the John Deaver Drinko Library on the Huntington campus Monday and Tuesday, June 11-12.

Sessions were held concerning ways to demonstrate the impact of teacher candidates and their work in the classroom on student learning. Sessions included looking at demonstrating student progress through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) process of portfolio assessment; through videotaping in the classroom; and through the Teacher Work Sample Methodology proposed in the Renaissance Project.

Murrel Hoover and Susan Huggins, National Board certified teachers, and Gail Pukall, who is working toward National Board Certification, joined the group to present the session on NBPTS. Marshall University Graduate School will host a three-day institute on National Board Certification in June (see the College of Education and Human Services web page).

The IMPACT Team welcomed new members from special education: Dinah Ledbetter, Wayne County Schools; Elaine May, Vinson Middle School; Susan De Fazio, Milton Elementary School; and Melisa Reed, Assistant Professor at Marshall; and from English: Dr. David Hatfield, Chair of the English Department at Marshall. Carter Chambers, Coordinator of the ARSI Project, has also become a member of the Team. Robert Harrison, West Virginia Department of Education liaison, was a participant for several sessions.

During the final session, participants received a draft copy of the Marshall University School of Education Performance-based Assessment System. The participants gave input and made suggestions for improving teacher preparation throughout the conference.

Jane McKee, Marshall University IMPACT Facilitator, announced that Marshall had received a $5,000 IMPACT grant to create an electronic middle level education course to assist teachers all over the state to achieve middle school certification.

The theme for IMPACT study in 2001-2002 will be Contextual Learning.

 

Marshall University IMPACT Team

Updated on December 11, 2002

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