SPEAKERS SHARE PRESENTATIONS ON LINE C. Emily Feistritzer, President and CEO, National Center for Alternative Certification, Washington, DC: Overview of Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification Catherine Cormany, Higher Education Associate II, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Helen W. Loeb, Director of Education Programs, Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania, et al.: Accelerated Certification of Teachers: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: What we thought we knew, what we learned, and what really works Michelle Dunkle, Project Manager, Maryland State Department of Education; George Funaro, Project Evaluator: Using Data to Inform Program Modifications in an Alternative Preparation Program Marta B. Cambra, Director, Educator Quality Team, Vermont Department of Education, Montpelier, Vermont; Wendy Peppe-Anderson, Peer Review Consultant, Vermont Department of Education, Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont’s Alternate Licensure Route (Peer Review) Thelma K. Leenhouts, Program Manager, Transition to Teaching, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education: Update on Transition to Teaching Grant Competition Irma Marshall, Senior Coordinator, Alternative Teacher Certification and Novice Teacher Initiatives, Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas: E-Mentoring Program: Support for Novice Teaching in a System of High Accountability Virginia H. Pilato, Director of Certification and Accreditation, Maryland State Department of Education: Understanding Reciprocity a/k/a License Portability Pam Grossman, School of Education, Stanford University, Don Boyd, Hamp Lankford, Susanna Loeb, and Jim Wyckoff: Examining Teacher Preparation: Does the Pathway Make a Difference? Judy Cifone, Manager, Office of Licensure and Credentials, New Jersey Department of Education: New Jersey’s Alternate Route to Teacher Certification: The Provisional Teacher Program Leandro Miranda, Transition to Teaching 2002 Grant Project Specialist, Northside Independent School District (NISD), San Antonio, Texas; Jennifer Murphy, Grants Manager, Grants and Recognitions, NISD; and Stella Tenorio-De La Garza, Coordinator, Master of Education Non-Traditional Certification Program, College of Education, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio: Trying to Grow Your Own: The Challenges of Implementing a Transition to Teaching (T2T) Grant from a Local Education Agency’s (LEA) Perspective Stephen P. Plaskon, Associate Professor, Elementary Education Program Coordinator, University of Virginia, Curry School of Education, Charlottesville, Virginia: A Best Practices Model: Successfully Linking On-campus to Off-campus Elementary PreK-6 License Programs Judith L. Hayes, Director, Transition to Teaching Program, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas: The Route to Success Begins with a Map Program Handouts for Judith L. Hayes NAAC_INTASC Principles.doc NCAC_Assessment Table_Route to Success.doc NCAC_Program Assessment Table 1 1-10-05.doc Ennio Cipani, Professor, Department of Special Education and Technology, National University, Fresno, California: Evidence-based Practice in Classroom Management: Developing Teacher Competence Peter Matthews, President, Clinton Consulting and Counseling, Project Consultant, Western States Certification Consortium (WSCC), Monument, Colorado, and Michele Spires, Program Director, WSCC, Peyton, Colorado: Alternative Routes to Special Education: An Investigation of Opportunities, Challenges and Resources in the Western Region of the U.S.A. WSCC-SPED Presentation Handouts.pdf David A. Almeida, Associate Professor and Chair, Education Department, Stonehill College, North Easton, Massachusetts. Stonehill Brockton Alt Licensing Collaboration.ppt Becky Washington, Associate Director, Educator Certification Program, Region XIII Education Service Center, Austin, Texas; and Catherine Haynes, Curriculum Design for Instructors, Educator Certification Program, Region XIII Education Service Center, Austin, Texas: Designing Quality Curriculum to Prepare Quality Teachers. Eileen Wetmiller, Coordinator, Alternative Certification for Teachers Program, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida; and Winnie Wilson Sunquist, Assistant Coordinator, Alternative Certification for Teachers Program, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, Florida. Lessons Learned: The Pitfalls of Assuming Computer Competency. Steve Tonelson, Grant Director, The Commonwealth Special Education Endorsement, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia. The Commonwealth Special Education Endorsement Program: A Distance Learning Approach. Alice Flores, Regional Center Academic Director, CalStateTEACH, Seaside, California; Molly Parks, Learning Support Faculty Member, CalStateTEACH, Seaside, California, and Victoria Peyton, Regional Center Academic Director CalStateTEACH, Seaside California. Dancing with Data and Faculty Development. Pam Roland, Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Schuyler, Virginia. University of Virginia Career Switcher Program: What We’ve Learned in the Past Five Years. Robert MacDonald, Executive Director, Western States Certification Consortium and Michele Spires, Program Director, WSCC. Beyond Reciprocity: The WSCC Pathway to Portability of Programs and Licensure WSCC Presentation-Handouts.pdf Peter Sipe, 4th grade teacher, Brighter Choice Charter School, Albany, New York: Why Do Fellows Stick Around? An Inquiry into the New York City Teaching Fellows Program David W. Saba, Chief Operating Officer, American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence (ABCTE), Washington, DC: Effective Partnerships in Teacher Recruitment Michelle Rhee, President and CEO, The New Teacher Project, New York: High Quality Alternative Certification Programs

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