GLOBAL
Courier Mail. Focusing on teacher OP requirements misses big picture Almost every year, questions are raised about the quality of graduate teachers in Queensland as universities reveal their Overall Position cut-offs for teacher education courses.
Tes [UK]. Ofsted: Teachers taught to rate grades over knowledge Some teacher training providers are encouraging trainees to plan the curriculum ‘backwards’ from Year 11, warns Ofsted
The Times of India. Bharathiar University’s physical education programme derecognized. The National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE)… has withdrawn recognition to the Bharathiar University’s department of Physical Education for conducting Bachelor of Physical Education (B.P.Ed) course from the next academic session.
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) AACTE 72nd Annual Meeting Atlanta Feb. 28-Mar. 1 (registration deadline Jan. 24)
2) FY2020 Appropriations Bills Released
Key Programs Important to Educator Preparation:
| Teaching Quality Partnership Grant program | $50.1m | (Increase of $7m) |
| Special Education Personnel Preparation | $89.5m | (Increase of $2.5m) |
3) WMU enrollment is up in teacher preparation programs Despite a national trend toward declining enrollment in teacher preparation programs, Western Michigan University’s enrollment is up this year by about 9% in these majors…
AACTE/EdPrepLab. AACTE and partner, Educator Preparation Laboratory (EdPrepLab), an initiative of the Learning Policy Institute (LPI) and Bank Street College of Education, will host the second of a series of four webinars, Preparing educators for diverse, equitable, and inclusive classrooms, on January 30.
AACTE/SCALE. 2020 National TPA Implementation Conference: Keynotes and Presenters
Center for American Progress. Graduate School Debt: Ideas for Reducing the $37 Billion in Annual Student Loans That No One Is Talking About Regarding teacher training, states must step up to the plate and ensure that programs at public colleges are both of high quality and affordable. The former should entail ensuring that teacher credentials impart the skills and knowledge that make teachers more effective in the classroom. This can include extended clinical practice, particularly for alternative certification master’s degrees, and increased emphasis on coaching or mentoring, content, and pedagogical knowledge.
Chalkbeat. In Illinois state board’s $9.64 billion budget ask: more money for teacher recruitment, testing To address a dire teacher shortage, the board seeks $44 million for recruiting bilingual educators, mentoring new teachers and principals, offering a path for career and technical education teachers, and other investments into teachers.
Education Week.
1) Here’s What Gen Z Teachers Around the World Want in Their Jobs Early-career and preservice teachers also said they wanted to increase the focus on social and emotional learning and devote more teaching time to global issues like climate change.
2) Louisiana Needs Literacy Coaches in Every School, Commission Urges Teacher-preparation programs are a target of change in the report, too. It notes that at Louisiana colleges and universities, there are no common instructional materials for literacy methods. (This isn’t unusual in teacher-prep programs nationwide.) The commission urges the state to “invite” the faculty of its teacher- and administrator-preparation programs to literacy trainings. It also proposes reevaluating its K-5 teacher licensure procedures, presumably for possible revision that includes demonstrating mastery of research-based literacy instruction.
InsideHigherEd. Jury Awards Ex-Professor $800K Newman University in Kansas discriminated against a former professor of elementary education because she is a woman and now owes her $800,000, a federal jury decided Monday.
Montclair Local. New Jersey Gets Low Grade On Sex Education, Group Says Teachers needd better training and support to teach sex education with a comprehensive approach, Goldfarb said. Those topics need more emphasis in teacher training courses at colleges and universities, she said.
New York Times. The New York Times Teaching Project, 2020-21 Apply now for a new program that will bring together a select group of educators who teach with The Times. This opportunity begins with a three-day summer institute in New York City, travel and lodging included.
Trine University. Trine to launch state’s first Montessori teacher education program Building on the strength and growth of its Franks School of Education, Trine University will launch Indiana’s first Montessori teacher education degree program to help meet the growing need for teachers with Montessori credentials.
Washington Monthly. Master’s of None Teachers across the country earn grad degrees to get raises. Turns out those degrees don’t improve student learning—they just fatten universities’ bottom lines.
Washington Post. This is the student loan problem that no one talks about: Graduate school debt Many social workers and teachers, for instance, must complete graduate coursework to keep their jobs or increase their pay, but their compensation falls short of what’s needed to pay off debt.
NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Board of Regents January meetings
Higher Education Committee
- Proposed Amendments … Relating to the Addition of Subject Areas to the Limited Extension and Statement of Continued Eligibility (SOCE) for Certain Teachers of Students with Disabilities …
- Update on the Implementation of the edTPA Teacher Certification Requirement in New York State
- New Minimum Cut Scores [NOTE: cut scores rolled back unexpectedly during meeting]
- Proposed Amendment to Section 80-1.6 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education to Allow a Time Extension for the Initial Reissuance and Provisional Renewal
NEW YORK CITY
New York University. NYU Teacher Residency Launches Part-Time Option, Continues to Expand Now in its fourth year, New York University’s year-long teacher residency program is adding a part-time or “half-day” residency option to support more nontraditional students. The master’s program, which traditionally includes a full-time teaching requirement in concert with online coursework, will allow graduate students to choose the kind of program that best fits into their lives.
