8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Welcome, Overview of Work Session, Report on State of the Partnership Project – Roger Pankratz

9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Benchmarking New Exemplars from the Harvest of Fall TWS with Emphasis on Middle and High School

·       Quick read activity

·       Organizing for scoring selected exemplars

11:00 – 12:00 noon

Sharing Session I

·       Eastern Michigan – “The Adaptation of the Renaissance Model to a Large-Scale Teacher Preparation Program”

·       Emporia State University – “ESU Potpourri”

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch (pre-orders taken for express lunch in restaurant)

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Advanced Scoring Training – Jack Newsome and Julie Birdsong

·       Identified difficult scoring decision examples will be addressed in real TWS contexts. 

·       Focus will be on analysis of student learning, assessment plans and reflection and evaluation

·       Participants will score examples, discuss scoring decisions and develop ground rules for difficult scoring areas

3:00 – 3:15 p.m.

Break

3:15 – 4:15 p.m.

Sharing Session II

·       University of Northern Iowa – “What Gets Measured Gets Treasured:  How Analytic Scores on Teacher Work Samples are Used to Look for Growth Areas and Provide Feedback to Faculty”

·       Middle Tennessee State University – “Mentoring Early Childhood Education Students”

4:15 – 5:00 p.m.

Special Meeting of Participants Who Will be Presenting at AACTE and/or ATE

8:30 – 9:30 a.m.

Sharing Session III

·       Idaho State University – “Pairing Practicum Students for Teacher Work Samples and Mentoring”

·       Millersville University – “Accountability and Data Management:  A Discussion of Issues and Challenges”

9:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Mentoring Manual Update – Georgea Langer, Julie Birdsong, Jeanie Behrend and Lillie West

·       A presentation, discussion and participant input on most recent draft materials of the mentoring manual

11:00 – 12:00 noon

Sharing Session IV

·       Longwood University – “Compressing TWS:  Teaching the Process”

·       Southeast Missouri State – “Training Teacher Educators, Arts & Science Faculty and School Practitioners for Teacher Work Samples:  Successes and Challenges”

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch (Pre-orders taken for express lunch in restaurant)

1:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Update on Assessment Tools Manual – Roger Pankratz

·       A presentation of the most recent draft of the Assessment Tools Manual.  Small group discussions and input to provide guidance for continuing development of manual and piloting of materials

2:45 – 3:00 p.m.

Break

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Sharing Session V

·       Western Kentucky University – “Program and Course Changes Related to TWS: Report on Data Collected from Faculty Across Renaissance Partnership Institutions”

·       California State Fresno – “Professional Ethics Related to Work Samples and NCATE Standards”

8:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Web Site Update – Yana Cornish and Roger Pankratz

·       Presentation of Recent Additions

·       Input on Expansion Areas (i.e., Q&A and Training Materials)

·       Assignments of Site Responsibilities for Updates and Expansions

9:00 – 10:00 a.m.

Performance Data Collection, Credibility Training at Local Sites and Research that Links Teacher Performance to P-12 Student Learning – Tony Norman, Peter Denner and Roger Pankratz

·       This session will include a presentation of recent work on research designs for future funding

10:00 – 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 – 11:15 a.m.

Forward Action Planning by Local Teams on Work Plans and Assignments

11:15 – 11:30 am.

 Work Session Wrap Up