Locating Quality in the Dynamic Educator Preparation Landscape

Preface

1. Introduction to a Contrarian Celebration
Mark LaCelle-Peterson
AAQEP

2. Teacher Education Was Always Alternative
Stephanie Schneider
State University of New York at Old Westbury

3. Situational Responsiveness: One Teacher Education Program’s Riposte to a Wicked Problem
Patricia Rand and Catherine Snyder
Siena College

4. Pathways to Quality: CSUB Residency Programs
Debbie Meadows, Holly Gonzales, Adriana Cervantes-Gonzalez, and R. Aaron Wisman
School of Social Sciences and Education California State University, Bakersfield

5. Nationally Connected, Locally Rooted: The Teach for America Hawai`i Alternative Route to Certification
Lia Rozmiarek and Joshua Lee
Teach for America, Hawaii

6. Place and Personhood: Context and Humanity as Foundational to the Journey Toward Excellence
Michelle L. Page
University of Minnesota-Morris

7. From Vision to Action: An Education Department’s Journey Toward Culturally Responsive Teaching
Wendy Miner and Jocelyn A. Stevens
Truman State University

8. Preparing to Teach All Students: An Example of Ongoing Collaborative Inquiry
Adele Ashley, Alexandra Gribovskaya, Maria Hartman, Amanda Mazin, and Jessica Riccio
Teachers College, Columbia University

9. Serving Students Individually: Learning Through Competency-based Teacher Education
Barbara Sunderman, Linda Wendling, and Verna Lowe
Western Governors University

10. Contextual Responsiveness: Leveraging Context to Create Quality Programs
Christine DeGregory and Karen Lowenstein
AAQEP

11. From Silver Bullets Toward a New Gold Standard
Mark LaCelle-Peterson, Christine DeGregory, Karen Lowenstein, and Stephanie Schneider

About the Authors

Index

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Christine DeGregory

Christine DeGregory, Ph.D. began her career in education as a middle and high school English teacher, having the opportunity to serve as department chair and school improvement co-chair. She received her terminal degree from George Mason University in Teaching and Teacher Education where her research interests focused on pre-service teachers, veteran teachers’ motivations to mentor first year teachers, and new teacher induction. Her time at GMU was highlighted by serving as a graduate research assistant, university supervisor, and as an intern for the American Association for Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Before coming to AAQEP, she was a member of the West Point Schools School Board and taught at the United States Military Academy Preparatory School (USMAPS) at West Point, NY. In this role, housed in the Center for Enhanced Performance, she worked with cadet candidates to strengthen their academic skills as they prepared to enter the United States Military Academy (USMA).

As Director of Professional Learning for AAQEP, Christine is highly invested in preparing and supporting reviewers and providers throughout the quality assurance review process and finds great joy in connecting members so to collaborate in their continuous improvement efforts.

Mark LaCelle-Peterson

Mark LaCelle-Peterson is the founding President and CEO of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP), an accreditation agency founded in 2017 to strengthen P-20 education through excellent, innovative preparation of educators. He has worked in higher education and accreditation for four decades, serving in faculty and leadership roles at several educator preparation programs in public and private institutions of higher education. He served as President of the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) and in senior leadership at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). He enjoys teaching courses in assessment; the historical, social, and cultural foundations of education; research methods; and Anglo Saxon and Old Norse literature (proving that even Scandinavian Studies majors can be ‘gainfully employed’). A native of Minnesota, he holds degrees from the University of Minnesota and from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. He lives in Rochester, New York.

Karen Lowenstein

Karen Lowenstein is the Director of Member Services at the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP).

Stephanie Schneider

Stephanie Schneider is an Associate Professor in the department of Childhood Education and Literacy in the School of Education at SUNY Old Westbury.