Minnesota Association of Colleges

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1973 - 2003

• Minnesota Association of Colleges
• for Teacher Education
• Collaboration.Communication.Commitment

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1973 1974
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February 1973

• Moved to affiliate with AACTE
• Appointed representatives to state committees
• Returned dues to members no longer eligible
  (MASSP, MESPA)
• Lowell Gillett steps in as director
• Proposed membership from each campus president,
  dean or chair, faculty

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Spring 1973 Meeting (Southwest State University)

• Officers elected
• Voted that members of the legislative committee
  could spend up to 20 on any one occasion for
  lobbying

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Fall 1973 Meeting (College of St. Teresa, Winona)

• Request to collaborate with MnATE on a research
  project on competency based teacher education
• Elected committee members to Legislative,
  Workshop, Inter-institutional, Research,
  Accreditation

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Winter 1974 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Legislative Report
• Panel of college presidents

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Spring 1974 Meeting (Gustavus Adolphus College)

• Addition of sixth member to the Executive
  committee
• Organizational business

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1974 1975
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Fall 1974 Meeting (Hamline University)

• BOT Report scheduling the first round of
  program reviews
• Presentation by Walter Mars (AACTE)
• Report of Minnesota Professional Standards
  Commission
• 50 attendees

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Winter 1975 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Reports on legislation that affects education
• How will MACTE respond?
• Action items call for a review by the
  legislature of all agencies with responsibilities
  for teacher education

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Spring 1975 Meeting (Arrowwood Resort,
Alexandria)

• Workshop on performance based teacher education
  set for summer
• Contact with Senator Mondale planned
• MACTE representatives to sit on Board of Teacher
  Standards and Certification

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1975 1976
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Fall 1975 Meeting (Moorhead State University)

• Position statements developed on coaching
  license, opposition to permanent certification
• Liaison to MnATE appointed
• Annual dues raised from 50 to 75
• Conference registration of 10 added

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Winter 1976 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Legislative Committee reports
• Position statement affirmed to support making it
  mandatory for all reviewing bodies to coordinate
  their review schedules
• Call for a standing subcommittee of deans

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Spring 1976 Meeting ( Bloomington)

• Presidential Conference on Teacher Education
• Speaker Edward Pomeroy, AACTE
• Session Topics Commission on Education Report,
  Who Makes Policy for Teacher Education in
  Minnesota?, Board of Teacher Standards, Forum
  with Legislators
• Nominations for officers accepted
• 101 attendees

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1976 1977
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Fall 1976 Meeting (University of
Minnesota-Duluth)

• Position statements presented on Coaching,
  Administrative Licensure, Life licenses, Teacher
  Education Approval and Review Process
• Status of Committee of 21
• Reports State Board of Education, Continuing
  Education, Accreditation
• Committee structures established

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Winter 1977 Meeting (Saint Paul )

• Statement to endorse MN Code of Ethics
• Position statement drafted on Teacher Centers
• Committee Reports

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Spring 1977 Meeting (University of
Minnesota-Morris)

• Theme Mainstreaming
• Reports of the various committees and liaisons to
  agencies
• Will Salesses to be higher education
  representative to the BOT
• Judy Wain working with BOT on program approval
• Registration 28

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1977 1978
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Fall 1977 Meeting (Arden Hills)

• Amendments to Bylaws distributed
• Priorities Developing a relationship with BOT
• Registration 17.50
• Dues 75

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Winter 1978 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Theme K-12 Perspectives on the Preparation of
  Teachers
• Proposal for an Executive Secretary presented
• Representative to Executive Committee from
  Presidents institution added
• Executive Committee proposal Advocate to AACTE
  to hold its meetings in states which have
  approved ERA

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Spring 1978 Meeting (St. Olaf College,
Northfield)

• Keynote address Hazel Reinhardt, State
  Demographer
• Topics Teacher Placement, Educator Licensure,
  Reorganization of the State Department of
  Education

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1978 1979
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Fall 1978 Meeting (St. Cloud State University)

• Report from HECB
• Proposal to hire an administrative assistant
  instead of an Executive secretary
• Higher Education representative to the BOT
  replaced
• All committees to report at Winter meeting
• Registration 20
• Dues 100

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Winter 1979 Meeting (Arden Hills)

• Speaker Harold Hodgkinson
• Administrative assistant proposal approved
• Topics Program Review, Teacher Centers

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Spring 1979 Meeting (Southwest State University)

• Speaker Lyn Gubser, NCATE
• Discussion on concerns about how to prepare
  position statements without confrontation with
  the BOT
• Nominations for Director

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1979 1980
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Fall 1979 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Theme Licensure and Accreditation
• Purpose Development of an integrated and
  coordinated process of licensure and
  accreditation
• Call for occasional papers on teacher education
• Reports from the committees, liaisons
• Request from AACTE to co-sponsor a multicultural
  workshop
• Registration 25

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Winter 1980 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Theme Strategies for influencing legislative
  decision making
• Discussion items Special Education licensure
  task force Institutional Review cycle Actions on
  pending bills, Role of HECB
• Registration 30

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Spring 1980 Meeting (University of
Minnesota-Twin Cities, Saint Paul Campus)

• Nominations approved
• Call for an organizational directory
• Committee reports
• Discussion item ACSR challenging AACTE

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1980 1981
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Fall 1980 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Theme Increasing the quality of public
  education through improved programs of teacher
  education
• Change as a learning process
• Call for a working paper, Who is MACTE?
• Seeking a system of reporting from the BOT
• Established new task forces and abolished the
  research committee
• Dues 200

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Winter 1981 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Plan to distribute occasional papers, position
  statements
• Call from the Legislative Committee to
  legislators to be more pro-active on future
  legislation

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Spring 1981 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Paper on MACTE history being prepared
• Reports on ongoing studies and research projects
  presented

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1981 1982
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Fall 1981 Meeting (Brooklyn Park)

• Speaker John Goodlad
• Teacher education and greater quality in public
  education
• Proposal to change meeting structure
• Proposal to commission a brochure for promotional
  and public relations purposes
• Brainstorm crucial issues facing MACTE
• Dues 200

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Winter 1982 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• NCATEs new standards
• Report from BOT New rules
• Committee reports
• Discussion Supply and Demand for Teachers
• Registration 30

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Spring 1982 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Discussion on the possibility of paying mileage
  for out state institutions
• Recognition of retiring board members
• Committee and liaison reports

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1982 1983
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Fall 1982 Meeting (Minneapolis)

• Committee formed to amend Constitution and Bylaws
  to qualify for tax exempt status
• Committee reports
• Years meeting dates set
• Discussion of travel reimbursement
• Dues 200

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Winter 1983 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Maintaining Quality in Teacher Education
• Speaker Harlan Cleveland, Humphrey Institute
• Formation of task force on prior experience
• Report on available grants
• BOT report focused on rulemaking questions
• Proposed budget reviewed
• Nominations for Executive Committee taken

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Spring 1983 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• New members welcomed
• Discussion of NCATE/AACTE accreditation process
• Workshop on Institutional Approval Process
• Committee Reports

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1983 1984
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Fall 1983 Meeting (Bloomington)

• Theme Technology and Teacher Education
• Minneapolis being considered as a site for AACTE
  convention
• Revised Constitution discussed
• Established a Commission for Excellence in
  Teacher Education (future meeting planning to
  reflect commitment to plan)
• Representatives list distributed
• Committee and liaison assignments formalized
• Dues 200

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Winter 1984 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Theme Dialogue with Legislators
• Summary of current education reports
• Presentation of Commission for Excellence timeline

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Spring 1984 Meeting (Alexandria)

• Joint conference with MnATE Partnerships in
  Education
• Keynote address MN Teacher of the Year
• Endorsed support for Commissions study of
  teacher education
• A system of data collection is needed

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Summer Workshop Interactive Learning
Technologies

• University of Minnesota-Duluth

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1984 1985
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Fall 1984 Meeting (LaCrosse, WI)

• Joint conference with WI AACTE
• Institutional presidents invited greetings sent
  from both governors
• Audit of records requested
• President Matson recognized for his work in
  gaining visibility for MACTE as a strong voice
  in matters of teaching preparation
• The possibility of an Executive Director discussed

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Winter 1985 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Commission for Excellence report received
• Call for nominations for service awards

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Spring 1985 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Amendments to Bylaws reviewed
• Survey of critical issues distributed
• Outgoing presidents report
• Proposal for statewide study presented (Will
  Salesses)
• Topics Testing, Program Approval
• Tour of new Capitol Square Building

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1985 1986
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Fall 1985 Meeting (Moorhead, MN)

• Nominations for BOT Task Force on Teacher
  Examinations
• Resolution presented supporting Bill Gardners
  AACTE presidency
• Topics Legislation, Post Secondary Enrollment
  Options, Competency Testing, NCATE Redesign
• Registration 30

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Winter 1986 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Theme International Teacher Education
• Speaker Ines Bosworth, ETS
• Speaker Jack Merwin, Measurement of Teacher
  Knowledge
• Call to reinstate preparation of occasional
  papers
• Teacher Testing Task Force formed
• Workshop MN Educational Effectiveness Program
  (St. Cloud)

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Spring 1986 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Theme The Making of a Teacher
• Craig Kissock appointed as the higher education
  representative to BOT
• Request for categories of information already
  being collected on students entering teacher
  education programs
• Topics Educating students for the 21st century

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1986 1987
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Fall 1986 Meeting (St Cloud State St.
Bens/St. Johns)

• Theme Teachers for the Future
• Speakers Judith Lanier, Holmes Group Ruth
  Randall, MN Commissioner of Education Elizabeth
  Heublein, HECB
• Replacements for Executive Committee members
  sought
• Request for participation in a study of
  educational malpractice (University of Iowa)
  denied
• Registration 30

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Winter 1987 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Theme Internationalizing Teacher Education
• Speaker Governor Rudy Perpich
• Overseas programs highlighted
• Data collection projects reviewed
• Topics Internationalizing the teacher education
  curriculum

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Spring 1987 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Awards presentation
• Discussion of initiatives
• Themes for upcoming meetings proposed
• Discussion on hiring an executive secretary

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1987 1988
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Fall 1987 Meeting(Minneapolis)

• Theme Partnerships the preservice component
• Discussion on new fee structure
• Discussion on hiring a lobbyist or legislative
  consultant

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Winter 1988 Meeting (Minneapolis)

• The Teacher Education Knowledge Base
• Nominations to BOT committees considered
• Resolutions to AACTE and BOT presented
• Request to meet with BOT on PPST testing
• Collaboration with 6M Group

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Spring 1988 Meeting (Minnesota State-Mankato
Gustavus Adolphus College)

• Theme Collaboration in the reform of teacher
  education
• BOT and Committee reports
• Topics Implementing support systems for
  beginning teachers

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1988 1989
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Assessing Beginning Teacher Performance

• Speaker Linda Darling Hammond
• September 23, 1988

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Fall 1988 Meeting (Minneapolis)

• Theme Minority Recruitment in Teacher Education
• Speaker Eugene Eubanks, AACTE
• Minority Representation in the Teaching
  Profession
• Topics Issues educating the minority child,
  statewide institutional efforts

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December 1988 Meeting

• Proposed Rules for Teacher Education

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Winter 1989 Meeting (College of Saint Thomas)

• Theme Implications for MEEP for Teacher
  Education
• Formation of MACTE Policy Committee

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Spring 1989 Meeting (Minneapolis)

• Theme Setting policy direction for our
  association
• BOT Report
• Topics Recruitment, admission and retention,
  curriculum, clinical experience, exit standards
  and licensure, research and development
• Awards presented

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1989 1990
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Fall 1989 Meeting (St. Olaf College, Carleton
College)

• Keynote address Penny Earley
• AACTE report from Marilyn Guy
• Discussion on membership and representation
• Action Planning Mission and Goals

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Winter 1990 Meeting (Bloomington)

• Topics Instructional Materials from the
  Minnesota EXXON Project, Alternative Licensure
• Position statement being prepared on Governor
  Perpichs proposal on alternative licensure
• Registration 30

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Spring 1990 Meeting (Brooklyn Park)

• Speaker new Education Commissioner, legislators
• Voted support for the adoption of the new
  licensure rules
• MACTE becomes a corporation (legal assistance
  from Mr. Guy)
• Lowell Vaughn appointed as legislative observer
• Constitutional review requested

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1990 1991
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Fall 1990 Meeting (Bloomington)

• Preparing Quality Teachers for the 1990s
• Joint with MnATE
• BOT and Committee Reports
• Amendments to Bylaws and Constitution discussed
• Topics Teacher placement demographics, research
  on the connection between methods courses and
  student teaching

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Winter 1991 Meeting (Eagan)

• BOT Legislative Initiatives Ken Peatross
• Topics Internships, Fifth Year Programs

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Spring 1991 Meeting(Saint Paul)

• Speaker Ken Howey
• Outcome Based Education
• ETS Presentation Redesign of the PPST
• Treasurers Report
• Speaker Mary Dietz
• Assessment and the Use of Portfolios in Teacher
  Education
• Registration 30

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1991- 1992
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Fall 1991 Meeting (Bloomington)

• A Forum on Critical Issues facing Minnesota
  Teacher Educators
• Maintain legislative liaison
• Discussion on hiring an Executive Director
• Discussion of HECB report
• Dues 200

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Winter 1992 Meeting (Bloomington)

• Celebrating Teacher Education in Minnesota
• Speaker David Imig
• Banquet in honor of Bill Gardner and Marilyn Guy
• Mixed caucus meetings

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Spring 1992 Meeting(Saint Paul)

• America 2000
• Speaker Bob Glennen, Renaissance Group
• Discussion of meeting structure
• BOT granted authority to issue licenses
• RD pilot sites project discussed
• Call to determine a legislative platform

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1992 1993
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Fall 1992 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Assessment in Teacher Education
• Board nominations
• Representation at BOT meetings discusses
• Topics Legislative Update, Praxis, BOT Update,
  the Kentucky Model of Assessment
• Dues 200

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Winter 1993 Meeting(Minneapolis)

• Assuming a Leadership Role in Minnesota Teacher
  Education
• Policy committee report
• MNATE report
• Topics Setting an action agenda for MACTE

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Department of Children, Families and Learning
Established

• March 1992

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Spring 1993 Meeting(Saint Paul)

• Speaker Penny Earley
• Implementing MACTEs Vision to Action
• Task force and committee reports
• Publication In Partnershipcompleted
• Strategic Planning Process continued

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1993 1994
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Fall 1993 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Proposal for letterhead design
• Strategic Planning
• Proposal for an educational compact among the
  teacher preparation institutions in the state
• Appointed working committees (licensure,
  accreditation, assessment)
• Topics implementing the legislative process, the
  national agenda

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Winter 1994 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Speaker Linda Powell, Commissioner of Education
  Panel of legislators
• Position statement to BOT on residency,
  restructured licensure system
• Report from System Lobbyists
• BOT Report
• Registration 50
• 40 attendees

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Spring 1994 Meeting (Minneapolis)

• Report from Judy Wain Licensure issues
• Discussion Make up of visiting teams, position
  on residency, NCATE partnership
• Registration 50
• 20 attendees

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1994 1995
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Fall 1994 Meeting (Shoreview)

• Joint with MNATE
• Topics Assessment, Partnerships, Professional
  Development
• Budget approved
• Directory project approved
• Mission and Goals statement approved
• Dues 250

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Winter 1995 Meeting (Saint Paul)

• Speaker Sen. Larry Pogemiller
• Position statement on licensure structure
  reviewed
• Administrative assistant to be replaced

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Spring 1995 Meeting (Bloomington)

• MN Graduation Rule and Licensure Redesign
• Committee nominations for BOT, representatives
  for licensure committees
• Plans for contacts with institutional presidents
• Development of a MACTE survey

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1995 - 1996
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Fall 1995 Meeting(Saint Paul)

• Speaker Ann Schluter, Commissioner of Education
• Updates Licensure Rule, Graduation Standards
  Pilot Sites
• Legislative Task Force appointed
• Request for MACTE Representation to BOT
  committees
• Action Plan MACTE Involvement in Licensure
  Redesign

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Winter 1996 Meeting(Saint Paul)

• BOT Report
• Dialogue with BOT Licensure Committee
  Representatives
• Position statements developed on Graduation
  Standards, Licensure Rule
• Topics Strategies for Accreditation
• 37 attendees

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Spring 1996 Meeting(Saint Paul)

• Updates BOT, New Professional Teacher Project,
  RD Sites
• Topics Performance Assessment, Clinical
  Experience, Implementing Specialty Area Standards
• Executive Committee nominations accepted

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1996 - 1997
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Fall 1996 Meeting(Minneapolis)

• Minnesota Educators Coming Together to
  transform the Profession
• Joint with MnATE
• National and State Update
• Dialogue with Legislators
• Position statement to affirm BOT Mission
  Statement
• 31 attendees

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Macte-l_at_gac.edu

• Our listserv hosted by Gustavus Adolphus College
  comes online

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Winter 1997 Meeting(Brainerd)

• First Teacher Education Congress
• Topics MACTEs Involvement in Rulemaking
• Position statements developed on Teacher
  Assessment, Flexibility in Field Experiences,
  Scope of Practice

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Spring 1997 Meeting(Minneapolis)

• Topics Teacher Preparation in Urban Schools,
  Teacher Education Standards and Assessments
• BOT Update
• Workshop Schedule for Summer
• Registration 80

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1997 - 1998
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Fall 1997 Meeting(Minneapolis)

• Goals for the Year
• Role of the BOT Ann Fleener
• INTASC to Practice Panel
• Environmental Scan Alice Thomas

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Winter 1998 Meeting(Minneapolis)

• Teacher Education Congress II
• Discussion Education Industry study, Continuing
  Licensure
• Action Planning

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Spring 1998 Meeting(Minneapolis)

• Discussion with Legislators
• Topics Ethical Standards for Pre-Service
  Teachers, Program Approval Process, Service
  Learning Initiatives
• Updates Graduation Standards, R D sites

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Summer 1998

• Superintendents Dinners
• Workshops on Scope of Practice, Graduation
  Standards, Institutional Planning
• First Minnesota Alliance for Education meeting

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1998 - 1999
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Fall 1998 Meeting(Minnetonka)

• Minnesota Educators Partnering for Success
• Joint with MnATE
• BOT Report
• Discussion Quality Task Force
• Action Planning

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Winter 1999 Meeting(Minnetonka)

• Teacher Education Congress III
• Topics Graduation Rule, Standards-based
  Practice, New Licenses
• Critical Issues round tables
• Discussion Ethics and Quality
• Registration 60

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Spring 1999 Meeting(Minnetonka)

• Speaker Joyce Haskins, Assistant Commissioner
  for Education
• Dialogue with Superintendents Principals
• BOT Update
• Topics NCATE, Quality, Legislative Initiatives

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1999 - 2000
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Fall 1999 Meeting(Minnetonka)

• Teacher Education Congress IV
• Topics Diversity, Scope, Program Structure,
  Media Training, Assessment
• Lunch with Minnesota Alliance for Education
  members
• Responsibilities of MACTE Representatives
  discussed

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Winter 2000 Meeting(Minnetonka)

• Updates BOT
• BOT Report Walter Roberts
• Work Group Reports
• Caucuses

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And so it continues

• Teacher Education Congresses
• Representation at State and National levels
• Collaboration with the BOT