GLOBAL
Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies. Teaching in the times of coronavirus
International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak – Call for Action on Teachers The International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 calls on all governments, education providers and funders – public and private – to recognise the critical roles that teachers play in the COVID-19 response and recovery.
UNITED STATES
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA) and COVID-19 Guidelines & Frequently Asked Questions 1Q. Will candidates still be required to complete a TPA? 1A. Yes. Completion of any TPA is required by law (Education Code Section 44259) for all Multiple Subject and Single Subject teacher candidates…
Education Week.
1) Map: Coronavirus and School Closures
2) Student-Teachers Caught in Middle by Shutdowns: Worries about unfinished work, licensing tests The widespread closures have caused a lot of uncertainty for student-teachers. Will they be able to finish their student-teaching assignments? If not, will they be able to meet the requirements for the performance-based licensing test edTPA?
Taos News. Early childhood documentary draws major crowd Valdez went on to describe how the UNM-Taos campus … provides a fully equipped learning lab where students who want to become pre-K educators and child care workers can come and get the credentials they need. He assured attendees who wanted to pursue such a career that the college has many financial aid opportunities available for that purpose.
US News. 2021 Best Education Schools. Teachers College: #2 in Elementary Teacher Education (tie), #2 in Educational Administration and Supervision (tie), #3 in Secondary Teacher Education, #3 in Curriculum and Instruction
Stanford Univ/edTPA. Request For edTPA Alternative Arrangements Virtual Learning Environment
Washington Post. In Chicago, schools closed during a 1937 polio epidemic and kids learned from home — over the radio As one report stated, “with the advent of broadcasting some 15 years ago there were prognosticators who expected radio to supplant the textbook — and even the teacher.” Yet, as the polio crisis showed, it had “become increasingly more apparent that the most radio can do in the teaching role is to stimulate thinking and to inspire further study.”
NEW YORK STATE
Governor Cuomo: 2021 Executive Budget. Master Teacher Program Those selected will pledge to engage in peer mentoring, participate in mental health professional learning communities, work closely with pre-service and early career teachers and counselors to foster a supportive environment for the next generation of educators…
New York State Education Department.
1) Guidance for Educator Preparation Programs on Clinical Experiences and Certification Impacted by the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency •Clinical Experiences •edTPA •Certification Exams •Mentoring During the First Year of Employment •Frequently Asked Questions
2) Office of College and University Evaluations. Regulatory Relief for Temporary Closure of an Institution Due to a Disaster
Section 52.2 (c) (4) (iii) of Commissioner’s Regulations defines a process to allow an institution to grant a semester hour of credit for fewer hours of instruction and study than those specified in subdivision (o) of section 50.1 of the Regulations when the state or local government temporarily closes the institution due to a disaster. In the event of such a disaster (as defined in section 50.1(w) of Regulations), the Commissioner may approve the institution to maintain a statement of academic standards that defines the considerations that establish equivalency of instruction and study. Institutions that close temporarily due to a disaster may request a change in the statement of academic standards for equivalency of instruction and study.
3) Office of Higher Education Educator Preparation Newsletter March 2020
- Future guidance related to program requirements will be posted on the Office of College and University Evaluation website and certification requirements will be posted on the Office of Teaching Initiatives website.
- Certification Test Centers Closed U.S.- and Canada-based Pearson VUE-owned test centers are currently closed until April 16, 2020.
- DASA Training. All approved DASA training providers, and institutions of higher education that include the DASA training in their educator preparation program curricula, have approval to offer the DASA training entirely online during the time period of the state of emergency declared by the Governor for the COVID-19 crisis.
