MASTER SCHEDULE
NCATE/DC CONTINUING ACCREDITATION VISIT FOR THE
MARCH 1 – 3, 2015
NCATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS
DR. JOHN W. RHODES, CHAIR
MR. JOSEPH M. BONILLO
DR. CONNA BRAL
MS. ELIZABETH SHEVLIN
DC BOARD OF EXAMINERS
DR. AGNES CAVE, CHAIR
MR. ORMAN G. FERES, III
DR. THOMAS BULLOCK
DR. PAMELA H. LAWTON
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
DR. SARAH IRVINE BELSON, DEAN
MS. JULIE SARA M. BOYD, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF TEACHER EDUCATION, NCATE COORDINATOR
MS. DANIELLE G. SODANI, DIRECTOR OF PROJECT DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNITY OUTREACH, NCATE COORDINATOR
PROGRAM DIRECTORS
DR. SARAH IRVINE BELSON, SPECIAL EDUCATION
MS. JULIE SARA BOYD, ELEMENTARY, K12 AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
DR. VIVIAN VASQUEZ, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
CAEP STAFF
JENNIFER E. CARINCI
MONICA CROUCH
NCATE WEBSITE (INCLUDING ALL REPORTS AND EXHIBITS)
http://www.american.edu/cas/seth/ncate
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Saturday, February 28, 2015
Time
7:15pm
Activity/Meeting
Location
3228 Wisconsin
Avenue NW
Dinner at Café Deluxe for out of town BOE Team
NCATE
Team Members
John Rhodes
Conna Bral
SETH
Members
Dean Sarah Bolson
Julie Sara Boyd
Danielle Sodani
NCATE
Team Members
Dr. John Rhodes
Dr. Agnes Cave
SETH
Members
Sacha Sharp
Logistics
SETH team members
will pick up NCATE
team at 7pm from
Savoy.
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Time
Activity/Meeting
12:00pm
Chairs to meet in the Savoy Suites Conference Room (7th floor)
12:00pm
Local team members check-in at Savoy Suites
12:30pm
Travel to American University
1:00pm –
2:00pm
2:00pm –
3:00pm
BOE team chair, and state co chair in joint visits, provides an
orientation for team members that includes:
! Current issues and recommendations from BOE Update and
other correspondence from NCATE
! BOE Style Guide
! Team work, code of conduct and confidentiality
! Conduct of the Onsite visit (See Appendix for details)
! Validating that standards continue to be met
! Resolving any areas of concern noted by Offsite BOE Team
! Providing feedback on the unit’s progress toward the target
level on one or more standards
Orientation by the Institution and State
! NCATE/State protocol
! Orientation to unit conceptual framework, assessment system
and other areas as appropriate
! Orientation to exhibit room website
Location
Rm. 710/711
Capital Meeting Rm.
Savoy Suites Lobby
Savoy Suites Lobby
MGC 330N
All
MGC 330N
All
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Escorted by Sacha
Sharp
AU Leadership
available in MGC
330L (Danielle
Sodani’s Office), if
needed.
Dean Sarah Belson
Julie Sara Boyd
Danielle Sodani
Logistics
Van to AU Tunnel
Lunch: Roti
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Time
Activity/Meeting
3:00pm –
5:00pm
Team Meeting
! Discuss findings on documents reviewed after offsite meeting
and prior to arrival at the onsite visit:
! Institutional Report (IR)
! Offsite BOE Report
! IR Addendum (institution’s response to Offsite BOE Report)
! Updated exhibits
! Results of national program review reviewed by Specialized
Professional Associations (SPA) and relevant state reports
since the offsite meeting
! AACTE/NCATE Annual Reports recently submitted
! Third party testimony
! New information in NCATE’s Accreditation Information
Management System (AIMS)
4:30pm –
4:45pm
Leadership Meeting
Interviews
5pm – 6pm Interviews Session I (Standards 3 & 4)
Interview Room I: P12 Administrators
Interview Room II: Cooperating Teachers
5:00pm –
7:00pm
7:15pm
7:30pm
Interviews
6pm – 7pm Interview Session II (Standards 1, 2 and 3)
Interview Room I: Supervisor Leads and Supervisors
Interview Room II: Alumni
Team leaves AU campus for Savoy Suites.
NCATE
Team Members
All
SETH
Members
AU Leadership
available in MGC
330L (Danielle
Sodani’s Office), if
needed.
MGC 330L
Danielle Sodani’s
Office
Reception:
MGC 200
Interview Room I:
MGC 245
Interview Room II;
MGC 247
Reception:
MGC 200
Interview Room I:
MGC 245
Interview Room II:
MGC 247
MGC 330N
Dr. Agnes Cave
Mr. Orman Feres
Dr. John Rhodes
Dean Sarah Belson
Julie Sara Boyd
Danielle Sodani
Reception:
Julie Sara Boyd
Savoy Suites
All
Location
MGC 330N
Team Dinner and Meeting
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Logistics
Escorted by
Danielle Sodani
Reception:
Julie Sara Boyd
Escorted by
Danielle Sodani
All
Escorted by Sacha
Sharp
Van to Savoy
Dinner delivered to
Savoy Conference
Room.
Monday, March 2, 2015
Time
6:30am –
7:30am
8am –
8:30am
10am
10:30am
Activity/Meeting
Location
Savoy Suites
Leadership Team Meeting (Leadership Team Only) via Skype
Unit Head, NCATE Coordinator(s), NCATE Chair(s), State Co
Chair and State Consultant (when appropriate) meet to discuss
progress and needs of the accreditation visit.
Team members going to school visits will be picked up at Savoy
Suites.
Team members not going to school visits will take van to AU.
MGC 330L
Danielle Sodani’s
Office
Chairs
Dean Sarah Belson,
Julie Sara Boyd,
Danielle Sodani
Savoy Suites Lobby
All
Savoy Suites Lobby
All
Dean Sarah Belson
Dr. Amy Simonsen
Escorted by Sacha
Sharp
10am Dean Belson
to pick up team at
Savoy Suites
Each site will visit and interview P12 administrators, cooperating
teachers, teacher candidates and alumni. (Standards 3 & 4)
School Visits Group 2
Wilson High School, escorted by Amy Simonsen
12:00pm1:00pm
1:00pm –
1:45pm
Logistics
Van to AU Tunnel
10am Amy
Simsonsen to pick
up team at Savoy
Suites
Each site will visit and interview P12 administrators, cooperating
teachers, teacher candidates and alumni. (Standards 3 & 4)
11:00am12:00pm
SETH
Members
Breakfast (Individual)
School Visits Group I
Lab School, escorted by Dean Belson
10:00am12:00pm
NCATE/DC
Team Members
11am Gamze Zeytinci, Associate Dean for Budget &
Administration, College of Arts and Sciences (Standard 6)
Battelle 269
11:30am Dean Peter Starr, College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Ximena Varela, Chair of Education Policy Committee
(Standard 6)
SETH Curriculum Committee (Standards 2 & 6), Faculty Council,
Teacher Education* Committee (Standards 5 & 6)
Interview Group I Conceptual Framework Alignment
Standard 1
Dr. Vivian Vasquez
Battelle 200
Gray Hall
Bentley Lounge
MGC 205
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Escorted by
Danielle Sodani
Fantastic Frio: AU
Catering
Escorted by
Dr. Vivian Vasquez
Monday, March 2, 2015
Time
1:45pm –
2:30pm
1:00pm –
1:45pm
1:45pm –
2:30pm
2:30pm –
3:30pm
2:30pm –
3:30pm
3:30pm –
4:30pm
3:30pm –
4:30pm
4:30pm
4:45pm
Activity/Meeting
Location
NCATE/DC
Team Members
SETH
Members
Escorted by
Julie Sara Boyd
Interview Group II Stakeholder Involvement
Standards 2 and 3
Julie Sara Boyd, Dr. Jennifer Durham, Dr. Amy Simonsen
MGC 205
Interview Group III Assessment System
Standards 2, 5, 6
Danielle Sodani / Julie Sara Boyd (Overview / Assessments)
Dean Sarah Belson/ Sacha Sharp / Valerie Rauenzahn (SETH Unit
operations)
Gray Hall Bentley
Lounge
Escorted by
Julie Sara Boyd
Interview Group IV Qualification of Faculty
Standard 5
Dean Sarah Belson, Associate Dean Stacey Snelling
Gray Hall Bentley
Lounge
Escorted by Dean
Belson
Session open for candidates and graduates
Session open for institutional faculty and P12 partners
MGC 205
Escorted by Julie
Sara Boyd
GoEd Drop-In Session
Gray Hall Bentley
Lounge
Escorted by
Danielle Sodani
Standard 2 Follow-Up Interview
Gray Hall 120
Meeting with Dean Belson
Gray Hall 117
Danielle Sodani
Julie Sara Boyd
Dean Sarah Belson
Team travels back to Savoy Suites
MGC 330N
Team Meets and Dinner
! Discuss findings from review of data, exhibits and interviews
! Identify remaining areas of concern and areas for
improvement related to standards
! Work on first draft of the BOE Report
Savoy Conference
Room
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Joe Bonilla
Escorted by Sacha
Conley
Logistics
Van to Savoy
Dinner, delivered to
Savoy Conference
Room
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Time
6:30am –
7:30am
8:00am–
11:00am
9:00am –
10:00am
11:00am –
12:00pm
12:00pm –
1:00pm
1:00pm –
1:30pm
2:00pm
Activity/Meeting
Location
Breakfast (Individual)
Savoy Suites
Team Meeting
! Requests for materials and/or interviews regarding “areas of
concern” and/or “areas for improvement” (if any)
! Status on Draft BOE Report
Savoy Suites
Follow-Up Interviews On Campus, if needed
• Team finalizing sections of the BOE Report at Savoy Suites
Review of the BOE Report and Confirmation of
Recommendations on Standards
! Review, revision and approval of the BOE Report (Teams
members must make these written responses available for all
team members to review in AIMS)
Working Lunch
MGC 330N
Exit Report
! The BOE team chair, state team chair, and state consultant
meet with the unit head and NCATE coordinator and other
institutional representatives (such as the president and chief
academic officer) to present a summary of the team’s
findings and describe the next steps in the accreditation
process, including the unit head’s review of the draft report
for factual errors and submission of the rejoinder. The team
chair(s) also reminds institutional representatives that the
team is making recommendations to the Unit Accreditation
Board (UAB), but the UAB makes the final decision about
whether standards are met and the areas for improvement
(AFIs) to cite.
Team Departs
President’s Office
NCATE/DC
Team Members
SETH
Members
Logistics
Savoy Suites
Savoy Suites
Savoy or Jetties
Dr. Agnes Cave
Mr. Orman Feres
Dr. John Rhodes
President and
Provost
Uber pick-up at
Savoy for 12:30pm
Car service to
airport provided.
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Interview List*
Sunday, March 1
P12 Administrators
BASIS DC: Head of School Cameron Louis
Key Elementary (DC): Assistant Principal Bryan Riley**
Thurgood Marshall Academy PCS (DC): Academic Dean LaRita Williams**
Wood Acres Elementary (MD): Assistant Principal Travis Wiebe**
Cooperating Teachers
Sarah Bax (Hardy MS, Math)
Josh Biedermann (Thurgood Marshal Academy PCS, SS)
Nicole Scifo** (Lab School)
Christopher Zukoski (Bethesda ES)
Supervisor Leads and Supervisors
Susan Stewart (Supervisor Lead)
Debbie Kleinbord (Supervisor Lead)
Susan Jaffe (Elementary Methods Lead)
Kim Block
Yvonne Coates
Betty Shamwell
Amy Kemper-Moore**
** = Alumni
Alumni
Molly Beyer (G, ESOL)
Madeline Burkett (UG, ELED)
Alex Capestany (G, ELED)
Josh Halpren (UG, SS)
Ariel Kramer (G, Math)
Kristen Luppino (G, ECE)
Kathy Pomernek (G, ELED)
Robin Schneider (UG, ELED)
Nicole Scifo (G, SPED)
Ariel Villano (UG, ELED)
Christine Zink (G, ECE)
* Sign in sheets and nametags will be provided
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Monday, March 2
School Visit Group 1: Deal Middle School and Wilson High School*
Deal Middle School, escorted by Hilary Gates (Adjunct Faculty, Supervisor)
8:15am – 10:30am
1st- 8:45-9:35, Homeroom- 9:35-9:50, 2nd- 9:54-10:44
If teachers are not in the classroom, 6th grade performance in the auditorium.
Time
8:15am
8:30am – 9am
1st Period
Homeroom
Homeroom
2nd period
2nd Period
P12 Members
Amy Trenkle, Adjunct Faculty
James Albright, Principal
Hannah Whitaker (TC)/ Jan Schuettpelz (CT)
Keelan LoFaro, Adjunct Faculty
Brett Imamura (TC)/ Michael Martini (CT)
Location
RG03
Front Office
W200
W101
C130
Megan Huber, Alumni
E306
Wilson High School, escorted by Dr. Amy Simonsen, Field Placement Coordinator
10:45am – 12pm
Time
P12 Members
10:45am
Tenille Bowser, Assistant Principal
329
11:15am
Alex Hitchens (TC) / Gabrielle Riesner (CT)
224
11:30am
Mustafa Nustrary (TC) / Mark Fioril (CT)
215
11:45am
Dylan Coster (TC) / Jacqueline Beliveau (CT)
406
12pm
Katie Doughtery, alumni
427
Location
School Visit Group 2: Horace Mann Elementary School and The Lab School*
Horace Mann Elementary School escorted by Caryn Ash (Adjunct Faculty, Supervisor)
8:30am – 10am
Time
P12 Members
Location
8:30am - 8:45am
Welcome from Principal Whisant
Atrium and Art Gallery
8:45am - 9:00am
Conversation with Katie Rincon (TC), Feven
Art Gallery
Ghebremedhin (TC) and Matthew Koh (TC)
9:00am - 9:10am
Visit with Feven Ghebremedhin (TC) / David Magee
229
9:10am - 9:15am
(CT)
Conversation with Dave Magee (in the hallway)
9:20am - 9:30am
Visit with Matthew Koh (TC) / Megan Ullo (CT)
201
9:30am - 9:35
Conversation with Megan Ullo (in the hallway)
9:40am - 9:50am
Visit with Heather Clark and Katie Rincon
146
9:55am –
Conversation with Heather Clark (CT) and Molly
154
10:00am
Martling (Alumni)
The Lab School, escorted by Dean Sarah Belson
10:15am – 12pm
Time
P12 Members
10:15am
Emily Treiber (TC), Hali Lapidus (TC)
10:30am
Tour
11am
Charlotte Crowley (CT), Kira Sonberg (CT), Amanda
Palmer (CT)
Dr. Jennifer Durham, Curriculum and Technology
Coordinator: AU Intern Supervisor, Adjunct Faculty
Katherine Schantz, Head of School
11:30am
TC = Teacher Candidate (Student Teacher)
CT = Cooperating Teacher
* Sign in sheets and nametags will be provided
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Location
Lab School
Foxhall Campus
Lab School
Foxhall Campus
Lab School
Foxhall Campus
Lab School
Foxhall Campus
Morning Interviews, 9am – 12pm*
9am – 9:45am Gray Hall: Bentley Lounge
SETH Curriculum Committee
Dr. Vivian Vasquez, Chair
Dr. Elizabeth Cotter
Dr. Dara Ford
Dr. Thomas Nassif
Ms. Amelia Tseng
Dr. Elizabeth Worden
10am – 10:45am Gray Hall: Bentley Lounge
SETH Faculty Council
Dean Sarah Belson
Associate Dean Stacey Snelling
Dr. Alida Anderson
Dr. Cathy Crocker
Ms. Marilyn Goldhammer
Mr. Alex Hodges**
Dr. Illana Lancaster**
Dr. Lauren McGrath
Dr. Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Mr. Jason Snyder
Dr. Jennifer Steele
Dr. Charlie Tesconi
Ms. Amelia Tseng
Dr. Stephen Vassallo
Dr. Vivian Vasquez
Ms. Rebecca Wilner
Dr. Elizabeth Worden
Ms. Avery Luck** (Teacher Candidate): Ms. Luck is the student representative on the Teacher
Education Committee. She will be in the Gray Hall Lobby, outside of the Bentley Lounge interview
room. She is available to be interviewed during the 10am time or the 2:30pm Open Session.
* Sign in sheets and nametags will be provided
** = Teacher Education Committee member who may be interviewed separately after the SETH
Council
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NCATE Visit: Monday EPP Course Meeting Times
Course Number & Title: EDU-251-001: Math for Elementary School Teachers II
Professor: Cathy Crocker
Class Meeting Time: Monday 2:35-3:50pm
Location: SPRT 235
Description: With EDU-250, a two-semester sequence for prospective elementary teachers.
Extends the foundational ideas of mathematics and conceptual understanding of topics
typically taught in elementary school classrooms, including numbers and numeration,
fractions, decimals, ratio, proportion, percents and integers. Usually offered every spring.
Prerequisite: EDU-250.
Course Number & Title: EDU-371-001: Foundations of Reading Instruction
Professor: Tracey Marks
Class Meeting Time: Monday 8:55-10:10am
Location: SPRT 235
Description: This course explores the fundamentals of literacy instruction. Attention is given
to research that informs reading instruction, looking specifically at models and theories of
reading over time. Special attention is given to constructing ways of supporting learners
from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. Usually offered every spring.
Prerequisite: EDU-205, EDU-321, and EDU-420.
Course Number & Title: EDU 542-001/906: Methods, Materials, and Management in
Secondary Education II: Mathematics
Professor: Sareeta Carter Schmitt
Course Number & Title: EDU 542-002/900: Methods, Materials, and Management in
Secondary Education II: Social Studies
Professor: Trenkle, A.
Course Number & Title: EDU 542-003/907: Methods, Materials, and Management in
Secondary Education II: Science
Professor: Garcia, M.
Class Meeting Time: Monday 5:30-8:00pm
Location: Woodrow Wilson High School
Description: This course is the second in a two-part sequence designed to develop
knowledge and understanding of effective instruction and classroom management in
secondary education. The course focuses on the development of instructional
methodologies, research skills, content area knowledge, and inquiry strategies used to
understand assessment and evaluation in the classroom. Usually offered every spring.
Prerequisite: EDU-540.
Course Number & Title: EDU 604-001/900/901: Teaching Science in the Elementary School
Professor: Mark Hannum
Class Meeting Time: Monday 5:30-8:00pm
Location: Asbury 226
Description: Strategies, materials, methods, and classroom management for teaching
science in elementary schools. Examines pedagogy and best practices for effective
science education for diverse learners. Includes practical application in local elementary
schools. Usually offered every spring.
Course Number & Title: EDU 625-001/900/901/902: Advocacy in Early Childhood Education
Professor: Carol Felderman
Class Meeting Time: Monday 5:30-8:00pm
Location: TBA
Description: The development of collaborative and mentorship skills to work effectively with
families, communities, professionals in the field, and other adults in connection with early
childhood education and schooling. Usually offered every fall.
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