Blogs
2010 Spring Meeting and Collaboration
Fri, 04/30/2010 - 3:39pm — assistantThe Spring Meeting was held on April 22 and the Spring Collaboration was held on April 23. Resources from some of the speakers are available below.
Notes from MACTE's President
Sat, 02/10/2007 - 9:31pm — admin
John Clementson, President
Gustavus Adolphus College
800 West College Avenue, St. Peter, MN 56082
tel. 507.933.7456(w)
fax. 507.933.6020
April 2010 MACTE Minute
Thu, 06/17/2010 - 4:27pm — assistant
Aligning K-12 and Teacher Education Standards
Currently, there are many ideas for improving teacher preparation and K-12 schooling currently being discussed in the legislature. Among them, concerns have been raised about whether teacher education
standards are aligned with student standards. In keeping with our status as a leader in education,
Minnesota has set our standards for both K-12 students and teacher education to align primarily with
national standards for professional specialty organizations in education. As national standards for students
have been made more rigorous, Minnesota has revised standards for K-12 students. Assuming that the
common core standards for math and language arts are adopted, new revisions to the K-12 standards will
occur very soon. Revisions to student standards have been followed by revisions to teaching standards at
both the national and state levels - in a continuous iterative cycle. Furthermore, professional standards for
teaching recognize the need for teacher competence in content, general pedagogy, and content-specific
pedagogy. See full posiition statement.
Institution Spotlight
Metropolitan State University
Established in 1972, Metropolitan State has acquired a national and international reputation for its successful approach to high-quality teaching and...[more]