LATECH COE Represented Well in Baton Rouge

On Friday, March 6, 2015 at the invitation of the LDOE, Interim Dean of the College of Education, Don Schillinger, participated on a five person panel to discuss Louisiana Teacher Educator Preparation during the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) Policy Information Session in the Claiborne Building. The session was hosted by Louisiana State Superintendent of Schools, Mr. John White. Also in attendance were  Bryan McCoy, Interim Head of our Teacher/Leader preparation programs,  Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) President Chas Roemer  and BESE District 5 Representaive Mr. Jay Guillot, a resident of Ruston, Louisiana Tech University graduate, and a founding member of Hunt, Guillot, and Associates.

Louisiana Superintendent John White

The panel responded to a number of questions and prompts pertaining to ways University Educator Preparation programs could better serve students who would later be teaching in Louisiana schools. Questions such as the following, guided the conversation:

1. What should preparation programs be expected to teach?
2. What should qualify a preparation program to train teachers in Louisiana?
3. How can the quality of a program's experience/coursework, student teaching, et cetera- be measured?

BESE Member Mr. Jay Guillot

In addition, there was also mention of successful educational efforts taking place in the state. Specific acknowledgement of recent UTeachTech funding and Louisiana Tech COE success with the Louisiana Believe and Prepare program took place.

For more information about the meeting, the panel members, and the information provided by Louisiana Tech University College of Education representatives, please see the link below to the BESE video archives:

http://bese.louisiana.gov/meetings/live-streaming-and-video-archive