{"id":202797,"date":"2015-06-25T13:24:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T17:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=202797"},"modified":"2023-08-15T13:32:20","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T17:32:20","slug":"rene-roselle-named-to-national-commission-on-clinical-practice-in-teacher-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2015\/06\/rene-roselle-named-to-national-commission-on-clinical-practice-in-teacher-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ren\u00e9 Roselle Named to National Commission on Clinical Practice in Teacher Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0University of Connecticut\u2019s Neag School of Education<\/a>\u00a0is pleased to announce that Ren\u00e9 Roselle has been named to the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)\u2019s new Clinical Practice Commission (CPC). Ren\u00e9 Roselle joins the group of higher education and K-12 leaders from across the country, which will examine the state of clinical practice (commonly known as \u201cfield experience\u201d) in teacher preparation. The CPC is charged with identifying a set of criteria that define clinical practice, lifting up exemplary models in the field and ultimately publishing a set of recommendations for teacher preparation programs nationwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Neag School of Education here at the University of Connecticut has a longstanding commitment to preparing top-notch, dedicated teachers who go on to provide our nation\u2019s schoolchildren with every opportunity to thrive,\u201d says Richard Schwab, dean of the Neag School. \u201cEffective clinical practice is the heart and soul of successful teacher preparation programs, and we are proud that Professor Roselle is a national leader contributing to establishing a common understanding of best practices for schools and colleges of education to follow going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CPC, which includes representation from professional associations, institutions of higher education and K-12 school districts, will work over the next six months to develop a common understanding of effective approaches to field experiences. The group will develop a white paper, to be circulated broadly this fall for input from the field, and will also recommend ways to address common roadblocks to building successful district-university partnerships, such as transportation, funding and scheduling concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2010, the NCATE Blue Ribbon Panel on Clinical Preparation and Partnerships found that clinical preparation was a key lever to high quality teacher preparation,\u201d says Rodrick Lucero, AACTE\u2019s Vice President for Member Engagement and Support, who chairs the CPC. \u201cAlthough we know how essential classroom experiences are to a candidate\u2019s preparation, we also see a broad spectrum of practices being labelled \u2018clinical.\u2019 It is high time to create a shared and actionable definition of what high-quality clinical practice looks like to be able to continually improve individual programs and the field as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n

The clinical component of the Neag School of Education\u2019s Integrated Bachelors\/Master\u2019s (IB\/M) teacher preparation program prepares teacher candidates using a school\/university partnership model. Each teacher candidate is provided with a variety of clinical experiences in diverse settings, in which he or she works closely with exemplary teachers in professional development schools.\u00a0The Neag School of\u00a0Education has collaborated with many of its partnership schools for more than 20 years, affording relationships that promote simultaneous renewal in both the school and university setting. Multiple opportunities for supervised practice, and an intensive master\u2019s-level internship focusing on teacher leadership, are unique hallmarks of the IB\/M program.<\/p>\n

Current members of the CPC include educators involved in AACTE, the Association of Teacher Educators, the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, the National Association of Professional Development Schools, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the National Network for Educational Renewal, and K-12 schools:<\/p>\n

Rodrick Lucero, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (Chair)<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Alfano, Central Connecticut State University
\n<\/em>Nancy Dana, University of Florida
\n<\/em>Derek Decker, Poudre School District (Colo.)
\n<\/em>Christine DeGregory, George Mason University
\n<\/em>Danielle Dennis, University of South Florida
\n<\/em>Elaine Holmes, Poudre School District (Colo.)
\n<\/em>Marcy Keifer Kennedy, Ohio University
\n<\/em>Amanda Lester, State University of New York
\n<\/em>Audra Parker, George Mason University
\n<\/em>Jennifer Robinson, Montclair State University
\n<\/em>Ren\u00e9 Roselle, University of Connecticut
\n<\/em>Jennifer Roth, Poudre School District (Colo.)
\n<\/em>Lisa Stooksberry, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
\n<\/em>Cindy Stunkard, Kutztown University
\n<\/em>Diane Yendol-Hoppey, University of South Florida
\n<\/em>Kristien Zenkov, George Mason University
\n<\/em>Omar Davis and Tim Finklea, AACTE support staff<\/em><\/p>\n

For more information, visit\u00a0www.aacte.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The University of Connecticut\u2019s Neag School of Education is pleased to announce that Ren\u00e9 Roselle has been named to the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)\u2019s new Clinical Practice Commission. Ren\u00e9 Roselle joins the group of higher education and K-12 leaders from across the country, which will examine the state of clinical practice (commonly known as \u201cfield experience\u201d) in teacher preparation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":202798,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1855],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1878],"class_list":["post-202797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-neag"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 19:05:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202799,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202797\/revisions\/202799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/202798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202797"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=202797"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=202797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}