Creating Partnerships in Field Experience

1. Creating Partnerships in Field Experience Chris Reising - San Diego County Office of Education Laurie Lorence – San Diego Mesa Community College Cindy Dunlevy – San Diego County Office of Education Cristina Trecha – Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

2. Overview • Vision of Collaboration • Unique Perspectives & Partners • Challenging Times / Creative Responses • Current Collaborative Efforts

3. Introductions • Name • Organization • Role • Why you are here

4. San Diego Collaborative Vision • Across the Educational Landscape • Pre K – 16 • Relationship Based • Shared Outcomes • Professional Development • Creative

5. SDCOE: Current Efforts • Future Educators Events • Communication to the Field • Serving on Boards • Presentations • Grant Application Support • Hire in Advance • Convening Rights • Making Connections • Unique Perspectives

6. San Diego Mesa College

9. K-12 Offered online Education 203: Field Experience Students will spend a minimum of thirty hours tutoring in a public school.

10. CANYON DAY

14. What existing mechanisms and/or partnerships are you overlooking?

15. Everyone A Reader Volunteer Program& Mesa Community College

16. Win/Win Partnership • MCC students • Experience • Contacts • Training • Established program • Variety of grade levels • Additional opportunities

17. Win/Win Partnership • Everyone A Reader • Tutors • Role models • Additional support • Continuing volunteer time

18. Thanks from the field • “Addie started tutoring  at OPE today and is really lovely! Thank you for sending her our way!”

19. Thanks from the field • “Cubberley students eagerly await their Everyone A Reader tutor; they’ve become a part of our school life.”

20. Thanks from the field • “The Mesa CC tutors are a huge benefit to our school, we have very few parent volunteers.”

21. Program Information • San Diego County Office of Education, Literacy Initiative 1995 • Additional support to struggling readers in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades • 150 schools • 2,000 tutors • 3,000 students • Goal – raise reading level

22. Thur. Tutor Student Mon. Tutor Tues.Tutor Wed. Tutor School Site Coordinator EAR Program SDCOE Everyone A Reader Structure

23. Tutor Student 1 Student 3 Student 2 Student 4 15 minutes with each student, 4 times per week Tutor time: 1.5 hours/week

24. Ed203 Students • Program modifications • Training • School sites • Background checks • Placement • Timing

25. Additional Opportunities • Service Learning • Math Tutoring, Every 1 Counts • Spanish • Other ideas? Brainstorm with a neighbor

26. What other institutions in your region work with teachers and future teachers? Who, at your own institution, can help you begin to think about partnerships for field experience in new ways?

27. Field Experience at the Fleet

28. Field Experience at the Fleet

29. Field Experience at the Fleet

30. Field Experience at the Fleet

31. September 2009-February 2011 145 Mesa students

33. How could partnering with another educational stakeholder in the community increase the quality of the field experience your program currently offers?

34. Take Home Messages • We can leverage existing education resources through community partnerships. • Community partnerships can enhance student field experiences and benefit all involved. • Your success can help someone else: share your story of partnership with your colleagues and the larger educational community.

35. Who We Are Cristina Trecha – ctrecha@rhfleet.org Cindy Dunlevy – cidunlevy@sdcoe.net Chris Reising – creising@sdcoe.net Laurie Lorencellorence@sdccd.edu