On July 27th, I blogged about NCTQ’s study which severely criticized the state of clinical experiences (i.e., student teaching) in America’s university-based teacher preparation programs. The President of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) has now issued a response to the findings of the NCTQ study. NCATE cites five areas of the Read more about NCATE President responds to NCTQ Student Teaching Study[…]
In 2007, Indiana adopted a new teaching fellowship program, established by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, to recruit professionals with STEM expertise. Fellows, whether mid-career or fresh out of college, were set to work in secondary schools serving disadvantaged populations. The program seeks to not only address the shortage of STEM teachers, but to Read more about Fellowship Program Aims to Change Teacher Prep[…]
Last week, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) released a new study on teacher education programs, and determined that three-fourths of all student teaching programs, including those at top universities, are inadequate. NCTQ named 19 standards that they believe each program must meet in order to be successful, but only five were considered “critical Read more about Reviewing (Trashing?) Student Teaching[…]
In a recent Education Week article, Stephen Sawchuk turns to teacher residency programs. These programs apprentice teacher-candidates to a mentor teacher in a high-need school for one year. Funded in part by the USDE’s Teacher Quality Partnership grants, residents receive stipends for their on-the-job training and take coursework concurrently. The goal is to better align Read more about Teacher Residency Programs: Successes and Barriers[…]
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has released the final draft of the InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards: A Resource for State Dialogue.These new model core teaching standards outline what all teachers across all content and grade levels should know and be able to do to be effective in today’s learning contexts. They Read more about InTASC Standards Released[…]
The InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards will be released at the end of April in conjunction with the Council for Chief State School Officers’ State Consortium on Educator Effectiveness (SCEE) Summit (April 28-30) and the National Teacher Recognition Week. The plan is to use the release of the final updated standards to launch the SCEE Read more about New InTASC Standards to be Released this Month[…]
When one thinks of virtual field experiences for pre-service teachers, one often conjures an image of teacher candidates watching a video of a teacher presenting a lesson and then talking about his/her practice. But TeachME changes the concept of Virtual Field Experiences entirely! In an article in Education Week’s most recent edition of the Teacher Read more about Virtual Field Experiences[…]
In two rounds of competitive proposals, the U.S. Secretary of Education awarded RTT funds to 11 states and the District of Columbia. A recent paper from the Center for American Progress describes and analyzes one component of the RTT proposals in these 11 states and D.C.—namely, state plans to promote improvements in teacher quality through Read more about Race to the Top and Teacher Preparation[…]
The New America Foundation’s Early Education Initiative released a report that highlights problems nationwide with the licensing and preparation of teachers who work with young children in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first-, second- and third-grade classrooms. The report, “Getting in Sync: Revamping Licensure and Preparation for Teachers in Pre-K, Kindergarten and the Early Grades,” by Laura Bornfreund Read more about Revamping Licensure and Preparation for Early Grades Teachers[…]
Analysts Chad Aldeman, Kevin Carey, Erin Dillon, Ben Miller, and Elena Silva of Education Sector examine the way the United States currently prepares teachers and offer some specific suggestions on how to improve it. Over the next five years, more than a million new teachers will enter public school classrooms. Analysts from Education Sector claim Read more about A Measured Approach to Improving Teacher Preparation[…]
Last week, a joint letter from the chancellors of The California State University, the University System of Maryland, and the State University of New York was delivered to Brian Kelly, Editor of U.S. News and World Report. The letter was among many that have been submitted by colleges and universities in protest over a proposed Read more about Controversy: Teacher Preparation Program Ranking[…]
On January 18th, I posted on the upcoming NCTQ and US News & World Report study/ranking of teacher preparation schools. There were lots of questions about what standards would actually be used and if they would be aligned with the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards that guide teacher preparation program accreditation. Read more about NCTQ Standards for Teacher Preparation[…]
U.S. News & World Report and the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) today announce the launch of a landmark survey of more than 1,000 schools of education across the country. Unprecedented in its scope and comprehensiveness, the project will rate the quality of teacher training programs currently producing over 200,000 teachers every year. The Read more about Teacher Preparation Ranking[…]