Step 1: Apply for Cohort Position (Application completion, Application fee, Interview, Acceptance as a cohort member). Download the Program Schedule and Course Sequence for the big picture; Cohort Calendar for the detailed picture.

Step 2: EDTC 2000 Professional Development for TExES

November 10 AM – all certification areas; Nov. 10 PM and November 17- Bilingual only. Make-up sessions in Feb. Free service to new cohort; $75 fee for course March-April 2008. PPR and Generalist competency diagnostics and evaluation; Individualized support and remediation; self-study in identified competencies.

Step 3: Orientation

12/4/07, HBC, 6:00-9:00 pm. Program expectations; analyzing testing procedures/formats; technology assistance; starting out together.

Step 4: Employment Seminar

12/11/07, HBC, 6-9 PM. Free service to new cohort. Tips on effective employment; guest speakers.

Step 5: Apply to SBEC for online account and register for TExES exams

Step 6: EDTC 3000 (Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities foundation course)

1/8/08-5/13/08 6-9 PM TTh HBC 301 150 hrs/$1600

In-depth coverage of skills, foundations, technology, legal issues, and professional requirements provides fundamentals necessary for teaching in Texas. Modules include: Professional Development, Planning for Learner-Centered Instruction, Creating Learner Environments, Instruction and Communication, and Online Technology Applications. Students will demonstrate necessary skills, observe in local schools, prepare for state certification exams, participate in teams, and give teaching demonstrations. Minimum grade of 80 required to stay in program. Textbooks are required.

EDTC 3000 200 Pedagogy & Professional Responsibilities Evaluation - Please take the evaluation by May 26.

Step 7: Apply to at least 3 districts/Apply for Probationary Certificate/Hired at a school. We recommend that students wait for the results of their content exams to complete district applications, but applying early will provide opportunities such as being “hired unassigned” for a district. [This means that you are promised a position although you will still have to find a particular campus with an opening for the upcoming school year.] The downside of applying early is that if you do not pass the content exam, you will not be considered until you retake and pass that exam. Upon passing, update your resume and application to show that you are “highly qualified.”

Step 8: Summer Institute -EDTC 1021 (Bilingual) and EDTC 3027 (Math & Science) June 10-27

"I Survived the Summer Institute 2008"

Schapiro Panel contribution

Steps 9 and 10: Begin Teaching in the Austin area and take EDTC 3004 - Successful Teaching Practices - August 7-November 6. Intern course provides techniques to improve teaching practices through the examination of specific real-world teaching situations that occur in the classroom. 401 Aug 7-Nov. 6~ 6-9pm Th HBC 301 30 hrs /$400 - Staff, Supervisors. Prior to August 7, complete this training and bring the results with you to class on August 7. Late work will not be accepted. If you do not have a job by October 1, you will be dropped from the course and will need to retake it during the first semester of your teaching internship.

From Rubric to Gradebook ~ Training for teachers to grade student work and grading note. If the score sheet is not automatically generated, students can print screen, using the directions given with the technology standards last January OR Start a new word document for Rubric Assessment, go to the training page where the assessment score comes up, hit the keyboard print screen button, and paste to the document.If that doesn’t work, print the grading note (next to the grading training button), write in your scores on the teaching set, practice set, and testing sets. If you don’t make an 80 the first time, take the retesting set and submit scores.

• Speakers - August 7 : 1st class ~ TCTA (Texas Classroom Teacher's Association); Counselors Nancy Fitch and Holly Ingram; Jodie Leach, Sharon Duncan
• August 28- "How to Survive Your First-Year" , Presentation on the first-year cycle all new teachers experience. Also, guest speaker Kathy Balcer on how to prepare for your substitute teacher and emergency lesson plans
• September 18- Differentiation, Modification, Accomodation and anything else that ends in "tion!" Guest speakers Sharon Duncan, Jodi Leach, Nancy Riley, Abel Villarreal and Tina Waddy discuss how to work with all types of learners in the classroom.
• October 4: Saturday, 9-1:00- Induction Training for Interns, Mentors, Supervisors Online training
• October 23- Learn how to involve parents in the learning process. AISD Parent Specialist TA Vazquez and Jodi Leach will discuss how to reach out to parents and effectively involve them in the learning process.
• November 6- Share your success story and get a preview of the next steps to earning your standard certificate certificate! Dr. Mary Chipley will review the objectives, expectations and due dates of EDTC 3005.
• All documents available electronically at induction site
• Additional documents for download:

  Intern Schedule - due by September 15 (automatically sent to staff)

Principal Letter - Please give this letter to your principal. Course requirements take precedence over school activities since your certification depends on meeting program and course requirements.

From the Principal - Sept.

Interventions and Learning Centers - more information on learning centers and important interventions.

Please complete the evaluation for Successful Teaching Practices by November 14, 2008. EDTC 3004 Evaluation - Successful Teaching Practices

Step 10: EDTC 3005 - Supporting the Teaching Experience (online) January 15-April 15 (Intern ONLINE course that provides experience of peers and others to improve success and encourages retention in the classroom.) 20 hrs /$240 due December 15. Using EDTC 3004 and the following documents for download, you may start the course as soon as you pay for the class. Submit project template for all cumulative assignments. Late work will not be accepted. Instructor: Mary Chipley

Final projects (hard copy and electronic copy on a CD) may be submitted to the Teacher Certification office at HBC, the registration desk on the 4th floor (closes 7 PM on Thursday and 5 PM on Friday), or the officer's desk downstairs in the lobby (closes around 10 PM). Please have Dr. Chipley's name on the envelope or package so she can pick them up on Friday.

• EDTC 3005 Syllabus
• EDTC 3005 Rubric
• EDTC 3005 Overview
• Teacher Research Project Template
• Analyzing and Interpreting Data
• Teachers as Researchers
• NEW - behavior support

Please complete the evaluation below to receive 10 points credit: EDTC 3005 Online Evaluation 08/09 Cohort

Step 11: Standard Certification (upon receipt of mentor, principal, supervisor, and staff recommendations)

Step 12: Graduation Ceremony at ACC for Teachers, Mentors, Family - May 15, 2009