[CaTEACH-SMI] GSOE Colloquium -- 3/19/07

[Leslie Bushong]

Graduate School of Education

Invites you to attend a colloquium by

Cynthia Grutzik, Ph.D.
Director of  Teacher Education Program
Pacific Oaks College, Pasadena

“A Role in the Cycle: Our Observable Impact on 
Students, Schools and Communities”

Monday, March 19, 2007
1:30-2:30 p.m.
Sproul Hall 1215
(Education Conference Room)


A university is a vibrant presence in a 
community, and the Teacher Education Program at 
UC Riverside is no exception.  Consider the cycle 
that occurs if we do our work well in preparing 
teachers and leaders for public schools. Children 
go to school – our candidates become their 
teachers and principals. Students go to college – 
our teachers and principals are among the 
greatest influence on students in making this critical step.
College students join a teacher education program 
–departments across the campus articulate with 
the Teacher Education Program to ensure a pool of 
candidates with diverse skills, interests, and 
backgrounds .Our teachers and principals move out 
into schools – we follow our candidates and offer 
support, track their students’ learning, 
investigate the kinds of strategies they are 
using. Children go to school – our candidates are 
there. Aspects of this cycle are observable, and 
demonstrate the impact that a dynamic 
professional preparation program can have on a 
community.  This implies that we are using best 
practices with our candidates, conducting 
research on each step of the cycle, and taking 
our role seriously as shapers of children’s 
education.  In my talk, I will discuss these 
issues, and their implications for how we work 
with pre-service and practicing teachers and school leaders.





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Leslie Bushong
Staff Director
California Teach-Science/Mathematics Initiative (CaTEACH-SMI)
1104 Pierce Hall
University of California, Riverside
voice: (951) 827-4970
fax: (951) 827-4971
website: http://smi.ucr.edu



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