Digital Portfolio Project
Applying for the MCOATT

Michael S. Meloth

What must I do to apply for the M-COATT?

1. Send an email using the above link, indicating you are interested, and start making plans to use technology during your student teaching!
   
   
2. Go to the COATT website and begin to fill out an online application; applications can be initiated and changed at this time until the Spring of your graduation year. You will need to provide the URL where the portfolio can be found; you can start work on your own, but be sure to see the Ferguson Center Director (use the email link above) about this URL.
   
   
3. You will submit your packet in web-accessible format to the Ferguson Center Director (email above) on a Zip, Imation, Orb, or CD-ROM, along with a $20.00 fee, by the first of May of your graduating year. The Director will check your packets and alert you to any gross mistakes. Your cooperating teacher will have to sign your application to signify that you did actually teach the unit in their classroom.
   
   
4. If the Director can certify that the packet is of sufficient quality (i.e. thinks it will fly), it will be sent along with the fee to COATT; otherwise, it will be returned for "polishing"--if you turn it in earlier than May 1, you may still meet the deadline; if not, remember it can also be submitted with more work for an in-service COATT endorsement.
   
   
5. A panel of reviewers from other teacher education institutions and professional organizations in Michigan will look at your packet, and make a decision whether to award you the M-COATT or not.
   
   
6. Awards will be announced the Summer of graduation; if selected, your name will be placed on the COATT web site, you will receive a certificate (which you should put into your full portfolio), and you will be invited to a special awards ceremony. You are also welcome to mention the award on your resume.

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   How will I know what to put on my portfolio? How would someone assess it?

   What is the Michigan Certificate for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching with Technology (M-COATT)? How can I earn the M-COATT?
   

   As an Albion education student, what must I do to apply (application deadline is March 23, 2001)?http://www.coatt.org/prerubric.html

   What resources can I use or look at to help me get started?

   Can I see an example of one of these things?