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The University of Mississippi professional education faculty regularly and systematically
collaborate with colleagues in K-12 settings, faculty in arts and sciences, and
colleagues in the broader professional community with the goals of improving teaching,
candidate learning, and professional education. For example, faculty from the College
of Liberal Arts serve with unit faculty and school partners on the Teacher Education
Committee that reviews and approves all curricular changes and recommends policy
for the educator preparation programs. The following offices and other activities
are in place to promote and support collaboration including:
- Center for Educational Research and Evaluation (CERE) was established
in 1999 as a resource for UM and for external agencies, such as state departments
and local school districts. CERE has provided grant writing support, analysis of
student outcomes, curriculum audits, evaluation design and analyses, etc. to public
and private agencies including: Barksdale Reading Institute, Mississippi Department
of Education, University of Hawaii, National Science Foundation. (Exhibit 5.5.4)
- Faculty in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the College
of Liberal Arts, and K-12 school partners received No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Improving
Teacher Quality Grants (Mathematics/Science) the past three years to assist middle
and high school classroom teachers with skills in reading, mathematics, and science.
Approximately forty-five teachers have participated in projects during the past
two academic years.
- Faculty also collaborate with candidates, especially in advanced
programs, which provides an additional learning opportunity for candidates. For
example, in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, several candidates in
advanced programs have published in the area of mathematics and science. The Counselor
Education faculty have published with several candidates, and candidates have made
regional and national presentations. Two faculty members and K-12 teachers who participated
in the Summer Institute for Reading presented at the Mississippi State Department
of Education Summer Conference 2006.
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