Third Party Comment

The College of Education at Grand Valley State University is scheduled for an accreditation review by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in February of 2012. Federal regulations require that accrediting agencies allow for public comment on the qualifications of institutions or programs under consideration for first accreditation or continuing accreditation.

Both NCATE and GVSU recognize graduates, parents, schools, and community organizations have valuable perspectives on the quality of the programs that prepare teachers and other school personnel. We invite interested parties to submit written comment on the College of Education to:

Board of Examiners
NCATE
2010 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036-1023

Or e-mail: callforcomments@ncate.org

Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of GVSU's professional education programs, and should specify the party's relationship to the institution (i.e., graduate, present/ former faculty member, employer of graduates). Copies of all correspondence received by NCATE no later than November 1st will be submitted to the College of Education prior to the February 2012 review. Anonymous comments will not be accepted.

Next Meeting ... December 2, 2011, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Doodle Poll | Brandon Center | Directions to Ann Arbor | Central Campus map | Restaurants

• Agenda
• Minutes from October meeting
• Treasurer's Report (finances | roster/dues
• PPD Update

On-site Internet Connection information:

To access the MGuest WiFi Network:

MGuest is a limited WiFi network for University of Michigan guests.

To access MGuest:

1. Connect to the MGuest WiFi network by clicking the following link: http://www.itcom.itd.umich.edu/mguest/login.php
2. Enter your email address and agree to terms to gain network access.
   

By using this resource, you implicitly agree to abide by the highest standards of responsibility. You are required to comply with all University policies, state and federal laws concerning appropriate use of information technology. Non-compliance is considered a serious breach of community standards and may result in disciplinary or legal action.

Teleconferencing information:

Teleconferencing participants can use a web application called Blackboard Collaborate to secure a live audio feed of this meeting and utilize a chat box to ask questions or make comments. A person planning to do this should plan to connect at least 30 minutes ahead of schedule (about 9:00 a.m.), so to secure the connection and adjust his/her audio feed.

To participate, use this link.

At that webpage, enter in your first and last name, and then click “Log In >>”. A box will appear, asking you to open the application with Java; you should click “OK”. You will need the latest Java client to use this application. Please be patient as it may take about a minute or two for the “DARTEP CONFERENCE” session to load.

Once in the session, you should see your name appear in the top left “Participants” box. A person teleconferencing in will not be able to participate via their microphone, only by using the chat box. To ask a question or make a comment, you will type in the bottom left chat box, which is the thin horizontal text field. Any text you input will be visible to all teleconferencing participants and to our moderator.

We encourage you to test out the link to see if you can connect to this application in advance of Friday morning. It will go live tomorrow, Thursday, December 1, at 1:00 p.m. for testing. If you experience difficulties connecting, please contact Ron Miller and Nick Grundler for assistance.

This Friday’s meeting’s audio will be recorded and archived for reference after the conference.

Hopefully, these instructions are clear and we look forward to "seeing" and "hearing" from you on Friday.