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Campus Review
Serving the CLAYTON STATE UNIVERSITY Community
Vol. 44, No. 6 | June 3, 3013
DREAMS. MADE REAL.
New Science Building Shines
Spotlight on Henry County
Legislative Delegation
by John Shiffert, University Relations
Teacher Education Unit Re-Accredited by NCATE
The Unit Accreditation Board (UAB) of
the National Council for Accreditation of
Teacher Education (NCATE) has re-
accredited the Clayton State University
Teacher Education unit for the next six
years, affirming the unit’s mandate to
make dreams real for both Clayton State
students and those students they will be
teaching in the future.
At its April meeting in St. Louis, NCATE
decided to continue the accreditation of
Teacher Education at Clayton State at the
initial teacher preparation level. This re-
accreditation decision indicates that the
unit and its programs meet rigorous stan-
dards set forth by the professional educa-
tion community.
According to Dr. Ruth Caillouet, Teacher
Education chair, her program has met all
NCATE standards for the second review
in a row. In particular, the Clayton State
Teacher Education unit was commended
for its strengths in Standard 2
(Assessment
System
and
Unit
Evaluation),
Standard
3
(Field
Experiences and Clinical Practice), and
Standard 5 (Faculty Qualifications,
Performance, and Development). The unit
was also commended for reaching the
Target level, the highest mark for
Standard 5; Faculty Qualifications.
The Standard 2 unit devotes considerable
time and effort to assuring fairness and
inter-rater reliability through its faculty
norming sessions. It utilizes assessment
data, video-based case studies, and role
playing to assure that all faculty assign
fair and unbiased scores. Where inconsis-
tencies arise, the faculty works tirelessly
to make changes in rubric terminology to
assure fairness.
Standard 3 addresses the practice of hav-
ing both content area and education facul-
ty observe candidates has improved the
performance of candidates and assisted
mentor teachers. Mentor teachers and
campus faculty are able to interact and
improve content area pedagogical per-
formance.
Standard 5 offers commendations on the
quality of its faculty as well as the facul-
ty's scholarly agenda.
“Special congratulations are in order
because the UAB cited no areas for
improvement relative to any of the stan-
dards,” wrote NCATE President James G.
Cibulka in a letter to Clayton State
President Dr. Thomas Hynes.
The addition of a new science building for
Clayton State University, a part of the
state’s FY 2014 budget for the University
System of Georgia (USG) approved May
7 by Governor Nathan Deal, will help
make dreams real for generations of stu-
dents from throughout the Southern
Crescent. Nowhere is this more true than
in Henry County, where no fewer than
3,681 Clayton State alumni of all ages
reside, and where 1,290 current students
call home.
Legislators from Henry County saw the
potential for the new $19.8 million build-
ing’s positive effect on local businesses
and students in the STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)
disciplines, as well as in nursing, health-
care management and dental hygiene.
Their efforts played a significant role in
the science building becoming a dream
made real.
The primary Henry County role-players in
forwarding this major step in future eco-
nomic development were: Sen. Rick
Jeffares, R-17th District; Rep. Andy
Welch, R-110th district; Rep. Dale
Rutledge, R-109th district; and Rep. Brian
Strickland, R-111th district. Other legisla-
tors with parts of Henry County in their
districts who also took part in supporting
the science building include: Rep. Sandra
Teacher Ed, cont’d., p. 10
Science Building, cont’d., p. 10