CNM Community College

1
CNM Community College

• Alternative Teacher Licensure Program
• Preparing Professionals to Educate and
  Collaborate with Diverse Communities

2
Core Beliefs

• Professionalism We advocate that our students,
  many currently working in the field, must be
  recognized as professionals and in turn will
  validate such recognition by understanding and
  upholding the moral, ethical and behavioral
  guidelines for their chosen profession.
• Diversity We respect the diversity that
  students bring to the classroom and as such model
  inclusive teaching and learning practices in
  which students diverse needs are not only met
  but also celebrated as integral to meaningful
  learning experiences.
• Multicultural Perspectives We embrace the
  various cultural perspectives that shape the
  diverse communities in which we live and thus
  emphasize a knowledge of how multicultural
  perspectives shape the context of our
  interactions with community and our construction
  of meaning, and skills for working in
  multicultural environments.
• Collaboration We believe in the value of
  collaboration with colleagues, students,
  families, and communities and build skills needed
  to engage in effective and authentic
  collaborative relationships.
• Critical Reflection We model and support
  critical reflection upon personal beliefs, core
  values, actions, and reactions, which is integral
  to the growth that is necessary as a professional
  seeking to educate and collaborate with diverse
  communities

3
Programs

• Elementary
• Secondary
• Special Education (Spring 2008)
• Early Childhood (Fall 2008)
• TESOL/Bilingual (Minor/Endorsement)

4
Current Profile

• Spring Elem/Sec Cohort
• 18 students
• Elementary 7
• Secondary 11
• Summer Elem/Sec Cohort
• 28 students
• Elementary 19
• Secondary 16

5
Program Coursework

• Elementary/Secondary
• Foundations of Education (3)
• Teaching Learning Theory (3)
• Curriculum Development, Assessment Evaluation
  (3)
• Effective Teaching Methods Materials (3)
• Foundations of Reading (3)Elem only
• Elementary Reading Methods Materials (3)Elem
  only
• Reading Writing Across the Curriculum (3)Sec
  only
• Supervised Field Experience (3)

6
Program Coursework

• Special Education
• Overview of Exceptionalities Placement (3)
• Evaluation Individualized Education Plans (3)
• Reading for Student with Special Needs (3)
• Classroom Behavior Management for Students with
  Special Needs (3)
• Methods Materials for Special Education (3)
• Collaboration Inclusion (3)

7
Program Coursework

• Early Childhood
• Foundations of Early Childhood Education (3)
• Teaching Young Children (3)
• Developmentally Appropriate Early Childhood
  Multicultural Curriculum (3)
• Observation Assessment of Young Children (3)
• Emergent Literacy Theories Principles (3)
• Emergent Literacy Methods Materials (3)
• Early Childhood Classroom Field Experience (3)

8
Application Requirements

• Education History
• Transcripts
• Employment History
• Reference Forms
• Letter of Intent
• Philosophy of Education

9
Screening Process

• Competitive Screening
• Licensure/content area
• Related teaching experience
• Letter of Intent
• Philosophy of Education
• Reference forms
• GPA
• Information Session Attendance

10
Additional program requirements

• 6 credit limit during first semester
• Passing scores on Basic Skills by the end of the
  first semester
• Minimum of 6 credits in math and science for
  elementary licensure students
• Completion of core coursework pre-requisite to
  Supervised Field Experience
• Passing scores on Content Exam pre-requisite to
  Supervised Field Experience
• Acquisition of Intern, Substitute or Educational
  Assistant License pre-requisite to Supervised
  Field Experience

11
Field Experience

• Field-based assignments required in all courses
• Supervised Field Experience 150 hr. min.
• Application required in previous semester
• Working with APS and RR Human Resources to make
  appropriate placements
• Weekly Seminar
• Assessment Aligned to NM Teaching Competencies

12
Program Assessment

• Educational Philosophies
• NMTA exams
• Exit packetEntry Level Competencies and Core
  Beliefs
• EBI Teacher Education Assessment
• Instructor Quality
• Education Knowledge Skills
• Administrative Support
• Peers
• Career Services
• Institutional specific questions
• Benchmarking against other institutions

13
Highlights

• Large pool of applicants
• Institutional Data
• Commitment to have students experience a
  different instructor for every course
• Perkins grant for CTE teachers
• Advisory Board
• Division support

14
Program Challenges

• Field Experience
• APS does not have the shortages of some districts
  and does not hire on intern licenses (SPED the
  exception)
• Almost all students will need to be placed with
  cooperating teachers (no summer FE)
• Priority given to UNM placements
• Competing with compensation offered by other
  institutions
• High stakes of NCLB potentially making placements
  challenging
• High instructor cost of field experience

15
Program Challenges

• Large pool of applicants
• Too many candidates seeking Secondary
  English/Social Studies
• Recruitment of special education candidates
• Recruitment of bilingual/TESOL candidates
• Part-time faculty engagement
• Serving multi-campuses
• Labor-intensive program

16
Next Steps

• Focused recruitment of math/science, special
  education and bilingual/TESOL
• ALP faculty meetings to explicitly articulate,
  implement, assess core beliefs within the
  curriculum
• APS collaboration
• Curriculum
• Field Experience