On June 14th and 15th the St. Cloud State University Teacher Preparation Initiative (TPI) is hosted a two-day summer event for all university and P-12 faculty, staff and administration, co-sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

The Teacher Preparation Initiative (TPI) at St. Cloud State University is a ten-year initiative to collaborate across campus and with P-12 partners and the community to strengthen our teacher preparation program.

The goals of the event are to learn more about the TPI, hear from 3 national experts in teacher preparation, and build relationships with people who are passionate about teacher preparation.

TPI Overview

This 14 minute video gives a detailed background on the Teacher Preparation Initiative and its accomplishments to date.

Voices of Novice Teachers

This 6 minute presentation highlights the comments and feedback regarding a collection of novice teachers' feelings about their pre-service teacher education experience.

Teachers for a New Era

The national context regarding teacher education and highlights his work at Michigan State University with the Teachers for a New Era project.

Redesigning Teacher Education

The background, vision, principles and process of a recent teacher education redesign project at the University of Utah.

Teacher Quality of Life

Data were collected from 17 central Minnesota school districts for 5 years asking for their professional development needs. This 4 min. presentation highlights the opinions and feedback from that survey regarding the state of education.

The New Normal

Recent economic and demographic realities that will dramatically impact the role of education.

The UTeach Story

Describes the history, background and results of the UTeach Natural Sciences program at the University of Texas at Austin.