Midway College Teacher Education Program
Teacher Education Announcements

Field Placement
Please contact your site liaison or field placement coordinator if you have any questions regarding your field placement.   

Campus/Online: Bill Conrad
Cynthiana: Mary June Brunker
Louisville:  Michelle Patrick
Maysville: Jim Roe
Whitesburg: Helen Cooper
Somerset: Conley Manning
London: Larry Vanhoose 

Snow Plan for Midway College
Visit the following link in the event of inclement weather http://www.midway.edu/snow-plan

Community Outreach Project:
Midway College KEA-SP will celebrate Read Across America on February 26, 2010 at Northern Elementary in Scott County.  We need volunteers to make this a successful event. Several students have worked hard on leveling the books we already possess for this event. We need more books in order to give every child in the school a book to own. There are approximately 450 children grades P-5 in the school. A large Cat in the Hat costume has been reserved for the event. We need a volunteer to wear the Cat in the Hat costume as well as the Thing I and Thing II costumes. We also need volunteers to read to students, transport books, and set up/clean up on the day of the event. This is an annual event and those who have been involved in Read Across America can tell it you it is fun to be a reader and even more fun to see the excitement on the part of the children. 

KEA-SP Tee Shirts:
New this year, we have short sleeved tee shirts in a fashionable orange color for sale at $10.00 each. These shirts are on campus in Marrs.   

Clearance sale: KEA-SP Long and Warm t-shirts
Long sleeved Midway College KEA-SP tee shirts are available for sale in the Teacher Education Department on the second floor of Marrs. The shirts are brown with either pink or turquoise writing (S, M, L, XL).  The shirts originally cost $17.00, but to balance out our KEA-SP account, we are offering the remaining shirts for $7.00 per shirt (plus postage if the shirts are mailed). Limited sizes are available. Please contact acritchfield@midway.edu  or your site administrator if you want to buy one.  These shirts are an excellent way to show pride in your membership in the award winning Midway College KEA-SP! Also, we like to wear Midway apparel when we go to the schools for Read Across America.

KEA-SP Newsletter:
The KEA-SP Newsletter, latest edition is ready.  Thank you Nicole Ackerman for writing such a fine newsletter.  Please continue to submit articles, photographs, and pertinent information to her for the next edition (nackerman@midway.edu)

Upcoming Events:
Check your emails regularly for upcoming special events, checkpoint dates and other important deadlines, and professional development opportunities. The KEA-SP officers are working on PD requests and finding presenters. Several topics have been requested including math, social studies, and reading.

On April the 12^th, 13^th, 14^th  and 15^th the teachers are going to have a review for end of the year final exams given at CCMS (Carrollton Middle School).  They are in need of  “future teachers“  that would like to watch teachers teach, help students, run papers, and possibly take over for a portion of the time, so the teachers can run to the restroom etc.

The teachers are going to be teaching for four days without planning, so the students can get extra practice in their areas of need. This opportunity would be great experience for some of our “future teachers.” Midway College Teacher Education students may not be able to volunteer all day every day, but if some could commit to a whole day that would be very helpful in scheduling. Contact Lori Henderson at lhenderson@midway.edu if you are interested.

Spring Conferences:
KCTE/LA  http://www.kcte.org/
KMEA http://www.kmea.org/CONFERENCE/ 

There’s one for Engineering Education in June http://asee.org/conferences/annual/2010/index.cfm

KCM http://www.kentuckymathematics.org/kcmc2010/index.asp --it’s full but there’s a waiting list

DECA http://www.kydeca.org/
Head Start http://www.khsa.org/
KASA is in July http://www.kasa.org/index.html
And CKEC offers PD and workshops http://www.ckec.org/

Interested in working with students who have special needs?
The LBD Program might be a good fit for you! For more information contact Kera Ackerman

Praxis Testing
Visit www.ets.org if you are interested in taking the Praxis.

If you need to know what test you need for Praxis II, the test codes are on the Teacher Education website. Click on “Current Student,” then “Praxis II Requirements.”

The two tests needs for Praxis II completion for P-5 concentrations are: 
0522 Principles of Learning and Teaching
0014 Elementary Education Content Knowledge 
THERE ARE NO ADDITIONAL TESTS REQUIRED FOR P-5 MAJORS!

Praxis II® Test Dates and Deadlines

Praxis Computer-based Testing
Computer-based testing for the Praxis I® Pre-professional Skills Test (PPST) is offered continuously throughout the year.

You may take the computer-based test PPST only once per calendar month, and no more than six times within a 12-month period. This applies even if you canceled your scores on a test taken previously.

For dates and to schedule an appointment, call Thomson Prometric:

Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. ET, (excluding holidays)
1-800-853-6773
1-443-751-4859
1-800-529-3590 (TTY)

You may also call the test center directly to schedule your appointment.

ACT Testing
Visit www.act.org for more information on the ACT. Good practice material to help you prepare for the test is available at http://www.actexampracticetests.com/.

2009 – 20010 ACT Test Dates

Please email acritchfield@midway.edu if you have additional information/news for upcoming Teacher Education Announcements.