Standard 5.3

Professional education faculty members demonstrate scholarly work related to teaching and learning in general and in their fields of specialization. In addition to being master teachers focusing on teaching and learning, College of Education faculty are published scholars advancing research in the field and sharing their innovative practices with professional colleagues. Faculty have published articles in refereed journals at national and regional levels; they have written textbooks, chapters in books, and produced unpublished manuscripts for ERIC. They have also been active in making presentations at professional conferences on national, regional, state, local and collegiate levels. Workshops are also done by faculty members at state and local conferences and at P-12 schools in central Alabama. The Central Alabama Regional In-Service Center, which is housed on campus under the College of Education, provides staff development that is research-based for lifelong learning. These workshops are conducted by College of Education faculty and other consultants in eight counties and reaches more than 4,000 teachers and 150 administrators in 7 school districts in the state.

Professional education faculty are actively engaged in inquiry that ranges from knowledge generation to exploration and questioning in their teaching fields. Since the last NCATE visit, 18 or 39% of College of Education faculty have published articles in refereed journals, and 6 or 13% of College of Education faculty have published books or chapters in books. Most full-time faculty members, 96% or 44, have made presentations at professional conferences and workshops at the national, regional, and local levels. Presentations and active participation in professional conferences and workshops provide opportunities for faculty to evaluate the effectiveness of their approaches to teaching candidates and to using performance-based assessments. Faculty are also active in proposal writing; seven (7) proposals have been funded which either provide tuition waivers, a service and/or a partnership(s) with P-12 schools. A description of these grants can be found online.

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