Spring Meeting and Collaboration

Spring Collaboration, Friday, April 23, 2010

Location:  Crowne Plaza, 2200 Freeway Boulevard, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Register now for the Spring Meeting and Collaboration 

MACTE's 2010 Spring Meeting Agenda

8:30 a.m.   Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m.   Welcome and introductions

9:15 a.m.    Five minute updates and announcements

                  - Day on the Hill
                  - AACTE annual meeting
                  - Legislative activity
                  - PEDS reporting
                  - TPA

9:45 a.m.    Susan Heegaard, Bush Foundation

10:15 a.m.   Break

10:30 a.m.   John Melick, Educator Licensing

11:00 a.m.   Karen Balmer, Minnesota Board of Teaching

12:00 noon  Lunch

12:45 p.m.   Caucus meetings & elections

1:30 p.m.     Caucus report out

1:45 p.m.     Five minute updates
                     - Budget
                     - MACTE  goals
                     - Fall Congress

2:00 p.m.      Jennifer Godinez, Vanessa Abanu
                     (Minnesota Minority Education Partnership)

3:00 p.m.      Overview of Spring Collaboration Agenda

3:15 p.m.      Meeting Adjourned

MACTE's Spring 2010 Collaboration

By working together, we learn more about what's hot and what's not about Minnesota's teacher preparation programs.

Large Groups
These major sessions begin with a presentation and then allow time for dialogue.  The sessions will be repeated giving the opportunity to attend two of the three presentations.

TPA (Teacher Performance Assessment)
PERCA (Program Effectiveness Reports for Continuing Approval)
Mentoring & Induction

Round Tables:  What Works; What Doesn't
Share what you know, ask questions, and learn from one another.  Depending on interest, tables will be available for the following topics along with a few tables open so a group can develop their own topic.

NCATE or TEAC:  What's the difference? Does it matter?
Testing our METL:  Plans and Procedures by Pearson
Race to the Top:  Round Two
Technology Standards:  Plug-in, Turn-on, Teach
Teachers of Color:  Find, Recruit, Support, Retain, License
Licensure Initiatives:  STEM, Media Arts, On-Line, Immersion, G&T
Developing Academic Skills:  Reading, Writing, Math
Internationalization:  Study and Teaching Abroad
Student Organizations:  Ed Club Redux
Show and Tell:  What's hot in your spot?

Following the guidance offered by MACTE members during our spring 2009 meeting, we've designed a new kind of "congress" that will provide more opportunities to share and learn from each other.  Large group sessions will be repeated twice to enable more to hear and share, while topical round tables will provide informal conversation on topics of mutual concern.

Rooms are available at the Crowne Plaza- Minneapolis North by calling the hotel directly at 763-566-8000.  To guarantee receiving the contract's conference room rate, reserve your room at least three weeks in advance and mention MACTE's special discount rate. Reservations at the MACTE discounted rate are now available online:  MACTE February Meeting Crown Plaza Reservations.

Please note our registration policy:   "All MACTE meeting and congress registration cancellations must be made in writing to the executive assistant one week prior to the event.  Due to meeting and congress costs incurred, refunds cannot be issued within the week prior to the event.  Registrations may be transferred within each institution.