Authentic Teaching Alliance

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Authentic Teaching Alliance and You
Or.What is everybody really going to have to do?
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ATA Fellows

• Spend 10 hours/week in the school
  classrooms Fall - 2 weeks observing in each
  classroom
• Spring work with team developing authentic
  activities

• Authentic Teaching course Fall term
• Authentic Teaching Seminar Spring Term

• Assist in designing, creating, and
  implementing authentic learning activities
• Assist with technology incorporation and
  implementation

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Project Coordinator Terri D. Scott

• Maintain communication with teachers, faculty,
  and Fellows
• Act as their point of contact for general
  questions and concerns
• Organize and coordinate aspects of the program
  at the schools
• Establish Fellows in the schools
• Assist with Fellows course
• Meet monthly with each teacher-Fellow team
• Observe each Fellow at the school site at least
  once per month
• Monitor teacher/Fellows team progress
• Collect the appropriate assessment materials
• Prepare a monthly report regarding the progress
  of each team.

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University Folks Mark Nanny, Mary John OHair,
Teri Reed Rhoads

• Maintain and run the overall program
• Organizing the Fellows course and seminar
• Mentor Fellows
• Provide technical and scientific resources for
  developing activities (Two other
  science/engineering faculty also will assist in
  this)
• Presentations reports to NSF
• Publicize ATA and connect it with other programs

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Program Assessment Teri Reed Rhoads

• Monitor and evaluate progress of ATA
• Assess effectiveness of ATA for all participants
• Prepare and distribute evaluation tools
• Evaluate and analyze assessment data and results
• Prepare reports and make recommendations
• Maintain IRB requirements

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Teachers

• Allow open access to your classroom according to
  school guidelines
•  Attend 90 of the bi-monthly planning meetings
  and multi-site visits
• Mentor and nurture Fellows as future educators
• Demonstrate professional and effective teaching
  practices to Fellows
• Allow and encourage Fellows to participate in my
  classroom activities
• Lead in designing, creating, and implementing
  activities with Fellows
• Turn in assessment forms promptly
•  Complete Fellow evaluations in a timely fashion
• Periodically attend the Fellows course for
  guest appearances
• Assist in the evaluation of Fellows projects
• Present the collaborative projects at academic
  conferences
• Commit 12 months to the program

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Principals

• Allow access to school for all ATA participants
  according to school policies
• Allow teachers to attend bi-monthly planning
  meetings, conferences, and multi-site visits
  during the school day (approximately 6 per
  year funding is allocated for substitute teacher
  costs)
•  Promote the ATA within and outside of the
  district
• Continue to promote and encourage authentic
  teaching methods and assessment, i.e., continue
  to support and follow the principles of O.N.E.
• Allow the students and teachers to participate
  in field studies (funding is allocated for
  substitute teacher costs)
• Provide critical feedback about the program and
  its effectiveness in your school

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Principals

• Actively work with teachers, Fellows, and ATA
  faculty to develop and implement solutions to
  any problems and issues related to ATA
• Act as a resource for the teachers and fellows
  as they are designing, creating, and
  implementing their projects.
• Turn in necessary assessment information
  promptly
• Mentor Fellows