Meetings And Events
Major events in the development of the Renaissance Teacher Work Sample Model includes:    
Date Event   Location   Description   Additional Information  
April 6 – 8, 2005 Renaissance Group Spring Conference Holiday Inn – Bowling Green, KY Conference on the use of teacher performance data for program improvement and accountability
February 20 – 23, 2005 AACTE Annual Conference Washington, DC Annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education:
  • Pre-session on teacher work samples
  • Symposia on Renaissance Partnership initiatives
February 12 – 16, 2005 ATE Annual Conference Chicago Hilton and Towers Hotel – Chicago, IL Annual meeting of the Association for Teacher Educators. Presentations and symposia on Renaissance Partnership initiatives
November 15 – 18, 2004 TQE Director’s Meeting Wyndham Phoenix Hotel – Phoenix, AZ Meeting of all directors of Teacher Quality Enhancement Title II Programs to share information and program successes
June 16 - 19, 2004 Renaissance Partnership Year 5 Final Partnership Work Session Nashville Airport Wyndham - Nashville, TN Final work session of the Renaissance Partnership Title II Project to share program successes, training materials and plans for networking after project ends
June 10 - 11, 2004 Third Annual Teacher Work Sample Workshop Kansas City Airport Hilton A two-day training event with concurrent sessions on teacher work samples, mentoring and unit accountability systems that address NCATE Standard 2
February 15 - 18, 2004 ATE - Annual Conference: Promoting Quality and Professionalism Dallas Hyatt-Regency Several Partnership members will be conducting symposia and delivering presentations, including validity and reliability studies on teacher work samples
February 7 - 10, 2004 AACTE - Annual meeting of the American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education Chicago Hilton More than 15 Renaissance Partnership colleagues will be making presentations and conducting symposia on project results and experiences
January 17, 2004 ymposia for writing Title II proposals St. Louis Airport Hilton A training and planning session for Partnership members planning to submit Partnership proposals in 2004
January 15 - 16, 2004 Year 5 Renaissance Partnership Work Session St. Louis Airport Hilton Work sessions on:
  • Accountability systems
  • Assessment tools for teachers
  • Mentoring manuals
  • Research
  • New Partnership grants
September 24 - 26, 2003     8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Renaissance Group Annual Conference Washington Wyndham Hotel Washington, DC Renaissance Partnership Institutional Coordinator Meeting  
June 19 - 21, 2003 Semi-Annual Renaissance Partnership Work Session St. Louis Airport Hilton St. Louis, Missouri Working session on current high priority development programs:
  • Mentoring Manual
  • Assessment Tools Manual
  • Evidence of Impact on P-12 Student Learning
  • Modified Teacher Work Sample Model
  
June 18, 2003 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Mentoring Coordinator Meeting St. Louis Airport Hilton St. Louis, Missouri Work session on the revision of the mentoring manual  
June 18, 2003 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Assessment Coordinator Meeting St. Louis Airport Hilton St. Louis, Missouri Work session on:  
  • Data Management Systems
  • Performance data on teacher work samples
  • Research linking teacher candidate performance to P-12 student learning
  
April 2-4, 2003 Renaissance Group Dean's Meeting Radisson Plaza Hotel, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina One-half day symposium on date management systems that address NCATE Standard 2   
February 17, 2003
2:15 - 3:05 P.M. 		ATE Jacksonville, FL
River Terrace 1 - Adams Mark Hotel 		Developing and implementing a accountability system which includes the documentation of teacher candidates impact on P-12 student learning.  
February 17, 2003
2:15 - 3:05 P.M. 		Jacksonville, FL
River Terrace 1 - Adams Mark Hotel 		Connecting teaching performance to student achievement: A generalizability and validity study of the renaissance teacher work sample assessment.  
February 17, 2003
8:00 - 8:50 A.M. 		Jacksonville, FL
River Terrace 1 - Adams Mark Hotel 		Using critical performance to document teacher candidate progress within a standards based program.   
February 16, 2003
9:00 - 11:15 A.M. 		Jacksonville, FL
Orlando-Adams Mark Hotel 		A performance assessment of teacher candidate's quality and their impact on student achievement.  
January 25, 2003
7:45 - 9:00 A.M.		 AACTE New Orleans
Grand Salon, Section 10, Street Level		 Session 1:  More Than a Bakers Dozen: What teacher educators at four institutions have learned in three years experience using teacher work samples. Overview
January 25, 2003 
10:30 - 11:45		 New Orleans
Grand Salon, Section 9, Street Level		 Session 2: Evidence of teacher work sample impact on P-12 student learning, teacher performance and teacher preparation programs.  Overview
January 25,  2003 12:30 - 1:45 New Orleans
Grand Salon, Section 19, Street Level		 Session 3: Structures and processes essential to the development of a performance assessment and unit accountability system:  What six renaissance partnership institutions have learned in their quest to address NCATE Standard II. Overview
January 25, 2003 12:30 - 1:45 New Orleans
Grand Salon, Section 3, Street Level		 Session 4:  NCATE Assessment System: Assessing student learning using the teacher work sample. Overview
January 25, 2003 3:15 - 4:30 New Orleans
Grand Salon, Section 10, Street Level		 Session 5: Mentoring structures and processes that produce high levels of performance in teacher candidates. Overview
January 16 - 18, 2003
8:30 a.m. Thursday - 11:30 a.m. Saturday		 Renaissance Partnership For Improving Teachers Quality Work Session St. Louis Airport Hilton   Agenda
June 13 - 15, 2002
8:30 a.m. Thursday - noon Saturday		 Teacher Work Sample Update and Advanced Scoring Work Session St. Louis Airport North Holiday Inn Project teams from all ten sites will:
  • Discuss TWS development success and challenges
  • Receive updates on scoring and benchmarking procedures
  • Share training strategies and challenges
 To be posted after meeting
Wednesday, June 12, 2002
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.		 Assessment Coordinators meeting St. Louis Airport North Holiday Inn 
  • Assessment Coordinators meet to share accountability data, discuss scoring challenges and plan update work session
 To be posted after meeting
March 24, 2002 12:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. and March 25, 2002 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Arts and Sciences Deans meeting with Institution Coordinators and University Provosts Wyndham Hotel, Washington, DC
  • Discussion of strategies for greater involvement of arts and science faculty in teacher preparation and resources for supporting arts and sciences faculty
 To be posted later
March 24, 2002 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Institution Coordinators meeting at Fall Renaissance Group Conference Wyndham Hotel, Washington, DC
  • Discussion and planning for implementation of Year 3 work plan
  • Report on expectation of Title II program
  • Update on Year 3 budget guidelines and possibilities
 To be posted later
February 22 - 26, 2002 American Association for Colleges of Teacher Educators (AACTE) 2002 Annual meeting New York City
  • Institution Coordinators meet on Friday, February 22, to discuss project progress and implementation concerns
  • A project team will participate in a pre- session Friday, February 22, to present progress on teacher work samples
  • Several project teams will conduct symposia and present papers on teacher work samples, accountability systems and team mentoring
 To be posted later
February 2 - 6, 2002 Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) 2002 Annual Meeting Denver, Colorado
  • Several Renaissance partnership project teams will make presentations on progress with accountability systems and teacher work samples
 To be posted later
January 10-12, 2002
8:30 a.m. Thursday through noon on Saturday		 Teacher Work Sample Update and Advanced Training St. Louis Airport North Holiday Inn Project teams receive:
  • Advanced training in scoring
  • Updates on TWS benchmarking
  • Revisions of scoring procedures
  • Update on performance data collection and reporting
  
January 9, 2002
8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.		 Assessment Coordinators meeting St. Louis Airport North Holiday Inn
  • Discussion of accountability data collection and management systems
  • Update on TWS scoring and data collection
  • Report on research projects results
  
June 14-16, 2001 Teacher work sample benchmarking and scoring work session St. Louis, Missouri Airport North Holiday Inn A two and one half day work session to benchmark performance levels of teacher work samples and develop scorer reliability for teacher work sample  “Summary of Assessment Coordinators Meeting and Teacher Work Sample Work Session"
June 13, 2001 Assessment Coordinators Meeting St. Louis, Missouri

Airport North Holiday Inn

 One day meeting of Assessment Coordinators to review scoring and benchmarking process Power Point presentation for this seminar
April 23, 2001 Project Site Deans Breakfast Meeting San Marcos, California

Quails Inn Resort

 Deans breakfast at Renaissance spring meeting to report on project progress and discuss issues related to future program development Summary is coming soon
March 1, 2001 Institution Coordinators Meeting Dallas, Texas

Dallas Hyatt in conjunction with the 2001 AACTE Annual Meeting

 A one day meeting to discuss progress on project objectives and address program issues and concerns Notes from the Institution Coordinators meeting in Dallas
January 17-20, 2001 Work session for all sites to revise teacher work sample prompt and rubric St. Louis, Missouri Airport North Holiday Inn A two and one-half day working session to revise and design the teacher work sample materials for use in spring, 2001  “Products of the January 17-20 St. Louis Meeting” and “Renaissance Teacher Work Sample Model, January 2001”
January 17, 2001 Assessment Coordinators  Meeting St. Louis, Missouri

Airport North Holiday Inn

 One day meeting of Assessment Coordinators to review progress on teacher work samples and plan the two and one-half day work session that would follow  “Summary of January 17 Assessment Coordinators Meeting”

January 2001

 3 ½ day development St. Louis Developed a draft of a Prompt, Teaching process and Rubrics View the Prompt           

Conference photo album

November 17, 2000 Assessment Coordinators Meeting St. Louis, Missouri

Airport North Holiday Inn

 One day meeting to assess progress of teacher work samples and plan for the January TWS work session See recap of “What Will Happen Before Christmas to Get Ready for St. Louis in January
September 27, 2000 Institution Coordinators Meeting Washington, DC

Renaissance Fall Conference

 One day meeting to address progress and strategies for Year 2 See summary of “Discussion at the Institution Coordinators Meeting, Washington, DC, Wed, September 27
Fall 2000 Pilot implementation of initial work sample Prompt All ten sites      
July 2000 Assessment Coordinators’ Meeting        
June 2000 Mentoring training Ashville      
May 2000 Mentoring training St. Louis      
March 2000 Assessment Coordinators’ Meeting        
January 2000 Two-day training session Salem, Oregon      
December 1999 Assessment Coordinators’ Meeting        
October 1999  Two day orientation training University of Northern Iowa