SoE Credential Advisory Council Holds Fall Meeting at UCI

The School of Education's Credential Advisory Council held its fall meeting on Friday, November 3, in the Dean's Conference Room at UCI. Present were representatives from Capistrano USD, Fountain Valley USD, Huntington Beach USD, Irvine USD, Los Angeles USD, Newport Mesa USD, Orange County Department of Education, Saddleback Valley USD, Santa Ana USD, UCI's Division of Continuing Education, and faculty from the School of Education.

UCI Director of Teacher Education Virginia Panish welcomed members and provided updates on the following five topics:

• First School of Education magazine
• First Capstone conference
• Revision of Multiple Subject program placement model
• Individual Induction Development Plan pilot
• Pending master's degree in Instruction Leadership 

New business included presentations and discussion of the following:

• Mentor Teacher Professional Development Modules
• Google Grant for integrating computer science and computational thinking
• Opportunity to enroll in UCI's Computer Science Teacher Free Four-Course Certificate program 
• Training options for new teachers for dealing with emergency and traumatic situations

​The Advisory Council will hold its 2018 Spring meeting in April.
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