MIFRANDO OBACHPRESIDENT, 2010 – 2012

OHIO ASSOCIATION OF PRIVATE COLLEGES OF TEACHER EDUCATION 2012 GENERAL MEETING

CROWN PLAZA HOTEL

DUBLIN, OHIO

Change is the “new normal”

Within: Leadership flux

Without: State-level flux

Within: Leadership flux

President resigned after one year due to new job

Election of officers and delegates out of sync

President-elect resigned after one year due to new job

Without: State-level flux ODE educator preparation program

oversight transferred to OBR House Bill 1 Ohio Educator Preparation Metrics Teach for America, National Council for

Teacher Quality Common Core Standards NCATE and TEAC merging as CAEP Ohio Ethics Commission ruling on stipends

for cooperating teachers

Accomplishments Stabilized leadership Increased level of members’ participation in the

monthly meetings Greater collaboration with SUED and OACTE on key

teacher education policies Close cooperation with the Office of Academic Quality

and Assurances of the Ohio Board of Regents on accreditation and program review mechanisms

Ohio Educator Preparation Metrics Took a position on accreditation, teacher

accountability, NCTQ and TfA Endorsed TPA Liaised with the Ohio Education Leadership Forum Liaised with AILACTE, our national counterpart

After-thought

Be firmly rooted and bend without breaking!

Rootedness

OAPCTEStay rooted in our long history of collaboration and

cooperation with our public counterparts

Individual MembersStay rooted in your individual institutional charism

This is your tap root!

Teacher EducationStay rooted in the concept and process of “learning”

This is the tap root for teacher education, not “schooling”!

Flexibility

OAPCTE

Attend to the signs of the times

Nurture awareness by being engaged in the dialogue on “learning”

Work closely with SUED, OACTE, and AILACTE

Individual Members

Keep your finger on the pulse of the education marketplace

Data, data, data

Live with complexity by being agile programmatically

Flexibility (continued)

Teacher education

Boldly go where no one has gone before!

Embrace learning as an open system (“open minds”)

Facilitate connected learning (“linked hands”)

Create a feedback loop to guide higher order decision-making (“deeply conscious”)

GratitudeAble support of Jennifer, Linda, Carol, Judy and

the regional delegates

Collegial support from Renee and Paul of SUED, and Mike of OACTE

Openness of Tom and Sheryl of OBR in working with us on key issues

Finally, special thanks to Judy who is stepping down as treasurer for all the work she has done for OAPCTE all these years.