June 2008 Palo Alto Convening
Focus
Welcome to Palo Alto! Across the landscape of higher education the issue of the professional practice doctorate is of much importance. At a time of economic uncertainty and renewed accountability expectations for higher education, the necessity of transforming doctoral education for the preparation of teacher and school leaders is high on everyone's list of priorities. We go about this work for many reasons, from the quest for higher rankings to the necessity of connecting in new ways with partner schools and the education profession, graduate schools of education are determined to improve every facet of their work. While organizations of graduate deans contemplate the future of the professional practice doctorate and regional accrediting association impanel study groups to consider ways of assessing doctoral programs, the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate (CPED) is focused on its meaning for the preparation of professional practitioners for schools and colleges and other learning organizations.
The twenty-five member institutions of CPED are leading the effort with the promise that there will be much to share with colleagues in both this country and abroad. What is interesting is that the challenge of addressing the needs of teacher and school leaders is not just something happening in the US, rather it is a matter of much importance for higher education systems in Europe, Australia, Canada and many countries in Asia. The work that is being done at the colleges and universities that comprise CPED has implications far beyond the individual campuses; dozens of colleges and universities beyond the Carnegie Project are undertaking similar work but eagerly awaiting the product of our efforts to shape their own practice degrees in education.
What is of particular interest is that while professional societies and federal panels seek to define the professional practice doctorate for education, members of CPED are hard at work using concepts derived from work of Lee Shulman and his Carnegie Foundation colleagues to establish standards and outcomes, benchmarks and capstones, course designs and practicum experiences. The promise of connecting our work with efforts of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards or to the renewed efforts of a merged professional accrediting system makes our individual initiatives and collective actions more important than even we knew three or four years ago. We are about important work that has important implications for the profession of education.
Palo Alto marks the Third Convening of CPED. It will be three days of contemplation and consideration of the most exciting and best ways of transforming professional practice degree programs. We will learn from one another by sharing promising initiatives and considering big ideas. We will consider the progress made by one CPED member and share our expectations for graduates of all of our programs. We will celebrate the contributions of Lee Shulman to our efforts and welcome new Carnegie Foundation President Tony Bryk to our conversation. We will reexamine the concepts that ground our work, particularly the notion of stewardship, but also deal with the realities of thesis requirements and committee composition, admission requirements and course designs. We will have rich conversations and meaningful experiences.
Details
For CPED members only.Registration forms have been posted to the Google Group. Below is the general information, agenda and pre-work for our June Convening.
When:
June 4-6, 2008We will start on Wednesday, June 4th at 2:00pm PST and end at after lunch on Friday, June 6th.
Who:
Again we are asking that each institution send teams of two people—one faculty/administration and one graduate student. It is preferable that the team members who participated in the 2007 Convenings return.Where:
Palo Alto, California at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching & the Cabaña Hotel Palo Alto, A Crowne Plaza ResortHotel:
4290 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306
Direct Line: 650-628-0103 Fax: 650-628-0195
Single and double room rates $179/night + 12% tax and $.26 tourist
Deadline for booking is May 5, 2008
Airport Shuttle:
Mr. Shablis Azar
Silicon Valley Airporter
Tel: (800) 400-2365 or (650) 922-7340
You will be responsible for your airport transportation.
Meals: All breakfasts, dinner on Wednesday, lunches on Thursday and Friday are covered by CPED.
Agenda
Wednesday, June 4th
By 2pm Team put up posters for poster session in hotel
2:00pm Opening: David Imig
2:30pm Case study: Virginia Commonwealth University Ed.D. in Leadership, Presentation by Henry Clark & Charol Shakeshaft
3:45pm Case Study Group discussion
6:30pm Cocktails & Dinner to Honor Lee Shulman
Thursday, June 5th
7:30am Poster presentations by Graduate student or campus team member
8:15am Envisioning Stewards Opening Dialogue with Lee Shulman & Chris Golde
3 Door exercise by focus group: Defining the levels of performance
12:30pm Lunch at hotel
1:30pm Share out morning results by focus group & response
3:30pm Define list of common elements of performance for PPD
4:15pm Wrap – Up Evening Free
Friday, June 6th
8:15am Defining a Path to the Steward of Practice - We have a definition of Steward. How do we get there?
10:30am Campus teams report on definitions
11:30am Wrap – Up:
- Getting ready for October at USC
- Expectations for coming months
Pre-work
- Complete Progress reports on-line first week April, due May 31
- Poster of Progress: create a poster (no larger than two poster boards) that includes:
- brief description of program, core components
- overview of steps taken to introduce and create change in EdD/PDD
- accomplishments and program progress with design concepts, core curriculum, and outcomes
- next steps
- Read
- Formation of Scholars (2nd book from CID project)
- Review chapters 1 (Golde) & 6 (Bass) in Envisioning the Future of Doctoral Education
- VCU proposal (see attached)
Outcomes
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
| VCU EdD in Leadership-GC Copy.pdf | 510.44 KB |
