Basic Skills
Basic Skills Workshop - The first workshop was offered in October 2007. The workshop for the Basic Skills test is designed to prepare students who are in pre-service teacher programs. All pre-service teachers are required as part of the state certification for teachers to take the exam. Students are encouraged to take the enhanced Basic Skills exam prior to transferring to a university. IVCC students are encouraged to take the exam during their sophomore year (completion of 45 credit hours). This workshop is collectively developed by the English, Math and Education Programs as this exam assess students skills in high-level reading, language arts, college-level mathematics and analytical writing. The workshop is offer at IVCC in Oglesby, Il but the exam is not. To register for the workshop, call registration with the following information:
CPD-: Basic Skills Workshop-
Oct 27, 2007 8am-3pm all 224-0447
The
IVCC Basic Skills guidebook is available in the IVCC Jacobs Library. Interested
students can obtain an ICTS Registration Bulletin and Study
Guide in the IVCC Counseling Center or from the Illinois State Board of
Educations web site at:
www.isbe.net/teachers
www.icts.nesinc.com
May 2004 News Release
Consortium for Enhancing Teacher Education in the Community College
Grant: Teacher
Preparation
Five faculty members from IVCC’s Mathematics,
English, and Education department along with the department dean,
Marianne Dzik participated in the Consortium
for Enhancing Teacher Education in the Community College:
Teacher Preparation Grant with five other community colleges.
The colleges that participated in the Consortium for Enhancing
Teacher Education in the Community College focused on one goal, to
develop a model for Illinois community colleges to prepare their
pre-service teacher education students to pass the Basic Skills Test.
It also provided an opportunity to educate other faculty about
the exam as it aligns with the general education core
curriculum/outcome/assessment measure with the eighteen standards of
the exam.
Mathematics faculty, Linda Mudge and Cindy Schultz; English faculty
Tara Coburn and Kimberly Radek teamed up with Jill Urban Bollis,
Education faculty to develop an Enhanced Basic Skills Preparation
Workshop. This
workshop is for students who are preparing to take the Enhanced Basic
Skills exam. Passing of
this exam is a requirement for certification for teaching in the state
of Illinois.
The Enhanced Basic Skills Exam is one of three
professional exams prospective teachers will need to complete and pass
prior to being certified as a teacher in the state of Illinois. The consortium gathered program materials and strategies for
advising teacher education students.
For example, it was recommended that education students complete
this exam after successfully completing 45 college credits.
The consortium from various community colleges also collected
methods and materials that could be included in a model format for
conducting workshops to better prepare students for this exam.
One option is for students to attend a
workshop to refresh their skills in high-level reading, language arts,
mathematics and analytical writing.
In addition, the workshop could address test anxiety and test
taking strategies.
At IVCC the Enhanced Basic Skills Workshop will include
instructors from the various disciplines.
Students will be able to utilize the IVCC Enhanced Basic Skills
Workbook with practice questions to help refresh their reading,
writing, and math skills. The
guidebook will be available in the IVCC Jacobs Library. The first workshop
will be offered in October. Interested
students can obtain an ICTS Registration Bulletin and Study
Guide in the IVCC Counseling Center or from the Illinois State Board of
Educations web site at:
www.isbe.net/teachers
www.icts.nesinc.com
Further information on the IVCC Enhanced
Basic Skills workshop can be found on the IVCC Educators Academy web
page at www.ivcc.edu/educatorsacademy
or by calling the Education Program Coordinator, Jill Urban Bollis at
224-0429.