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Wyoming's NNER Presentation

Team members contributing to Wyoming's NNER presentation were: (seated) Rosie Castaneda, Meredith McLaughlin, Allen Trent, (standing) Tim Blum, Deb Parkinson, Pat McClurg, Kay Persichitte and Jeasik Cho.

   An eight-person faculty team shared lessons learned in their ongoing effort to implement the Agenda for Education in a Democracy in the Wyoming Teacher Education Program during the 2004 National Network for Educational Renewal (NNER) conference.

   In a session titled, “Democracy in the Wyoming Teacher Education Program: What Does It Look Like?", faculty from the College of Education and the University Lab School offered their perspectives, experiences and visions for democratic education. Team members led a series of small group discussions focusing on various aspects of Wyoming’s work in this area: Democracy in the Teacher Education Classroom, Administrative Perspectives, Public School Perspectives and Democracy in Pre-service Teacher Field Experiences.

   The workshop provided an opportunity to discuss Wyoming’s accomplishments and a chance to receive feedback from colleagues who share similar experiences, according to session leader Allen Trent. The planning process also proved valuable in helping team members articulate the ways in which democratic classrooms are modeled daily in the WTEP.

   Presentation team members were: Tim Blum, middle school teacher; Rosie Castañeda, assistant professor of educational studies; Jeasik Cho, assistant professor of educational studies; Pat McClurg, College of Education dean; Meredith McLaughlin, middle school teacher; Deb Parkinson, assistant professor of elementary and early childhood education; Kay Persichitte, director of teacher education; and Trent, assistant professor of educational studies.