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Center
Activities:
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Establish
Center
within
organizational
structure
of Western
Washington
University. The Center
will be
housed
with the
Professional
Development
Resource
Center of
Woodring
College of
Education.
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Meet
with deans
and
directors
from all
Washington
educator
preparation
programs
to
describe
project
and invite
interested
faculty to
participate
in
curriculum
development
for
pre-service
and
administrator
certification. Form a
consortium
of
institutions
committed
to the
goals of
the
project.
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Create
web-based
clearinghouse
of
information
and
research
about
family
friendly
schools
practices,
educator
preparation
curricula,
and links
to other
organizations
with
valuable
accessible
information.
-
Meet
with
Woodring
College of
Education
(WCE)
faculty,
participating
institutions
faculty,
and
Achieving
Family
Friendly
Schools (AFFS)
consultants.
This will
entail
several
meetings
and will
utilize
technology
to further
the work
of the
consortium
(email,
video
conferences,
BlackBoard,
etc.)
Purpose:
a. Introduce
Family
Friendly
Schools
materials
and
curriculum
materials
already in
use by
participating
institutions;
b. Create
a standard
of
practice
and
competencies
in family
support
practices;
c. Begin
process of
planning
curriculum
development
to infuse
family
friendly
skills and
knowledge
into
existing
program
curricula.
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Pilot
materials
in courses
within
consortium
institutions
as the
materials
are
developed
and/or
adopted.
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Evaluate
effectiveness
of
curriculum
in
developing
knowledge,
skills,
and
attitudes
of
beginning
teachers
and school
leaders.
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Disseminate
the work
of the
Center to
professional
organizations
and other
educator
preparation
programs.
-
Facilitate
presentations
and forums
to bring
together
state-wide
constituents
for the
purpose of
planning
and
implementing
initial
work of
the Center
in other
areas of
impact:
schools,
community/business,
parents,
and policy
makers.
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