Accountability

Accountability- The PDS accepts the responsibility of and is accountable for upholding professional standards for preparing and renewing teachers in accordance with Redesign of Teacher Education.

A. -- IHE and school faculty collaborate on the development of intern performance assessments; B. -- The teacher education program requires that interns be assessed through a standards-based portfolio. C. -- PDS partners develop and implement a collaborative agreement regarding exit standards for interns. D. -- IHE and school faculty solicit and use feedback from interns to modify the teacher education program. || **Continuing Professional Development** A. -- PDS partners assess the collaborative professional development provided in the PDS; B. -- IHE and school faculty collaboratively prepare to mentor and supervise interns; C. -- PDS partners work together to meet one another's professional development needs; D. -- PDS partners recognize one another's accomplishments. || **Research and Inquiry** A. -- PDS partners collect, analyze and use data for program planning and implementation. B. -- PDS partners use the results of research and inquiry to inform future practice with in the PDS || **Student Achievement** A. -- PDS stakeholders assume responsibility for improving PreK-12 student achievement. B. -- PDS partners collaborate to determine the impact of PDS on student achievement ||  || UMBC personnel presented at mentor meetings at each school. One of the topics of these meetings was writing recommendations and providing feedback. Artifact: Sentence Starters for Writing Recommendations || (A) This survey was created by a UMBC professor and completed by all professionals (HCPSS, UMBC, Robinson Nature Center, and Taiwan Ministry of Education) all of whom participated in professional development at our summer learning institute. The data collected was used to make planning and implementing decisions for the upcoming 2014-15 school year. || (A) This artifact is an e-mail from the RST at THES to the intermediate teachers regarding an upcoming meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss English Language Arts assessment, understand the PARCC demands and their uses for instruction in the classroom. The teachers and UMBC interns in all three grades attended these meetings. This is one sample artifact but these meeting occur monthly in each grade and UMBC interns on each team are actively involved in both Phase I and Phase II. ||  || UMBC ELED PDS Partnership presented at Maryland State PDS conference in May 2014.
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 * (D) Site Liaison created a checklist for fall and spring interns to assist them with support in the classroom.[[file:Intern Checklist 2013.docx]] || (C)

||  || This artifact is an e-mail from the RST at THES to the intermediate teachers regarding an upcoming meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss English Language Arts assessment, understand the PARCC demands and their uses instructionally in the classroom. The teachers and UMBC interns in all three grades attended these meetings. This is one sample artifact but these meeting occur monthly in each grade and UMBC interns on each team are actively invovled in both Phase I and Phase II. ||  ||