GLOBAL
Brookings. The case for more international cooperation in education In sub-Saharan Africa, only 62 percent of primary school teachers and 45 percent of secondary school teachers are trained to teach. In some countries, the need for teachers represents half of the entire projected number of graduates from university. A challenge of this scale—including expanding teacher training programs, supporting public policies to build a skilled and motivated teaching force, and equipping educators with technologies to improve teaching and reach more students—is ripe for greater international cooperation.
International Education News. A view from Nairobi, Kenya: Deborah Kimithi on school closures and the pandemic Dignitas uses an innovative training and coaching approach to empower schools and educators in marginalized communities to transform students’ opportunities…. trained over 1,000 educators, and have another 450 educators enrolled for 2020.
The Irish Times. Irish schools and racism: Do we have a problem? After arriving in Ireland as a 14-year-old, she went to secondary school in Tallaght and trained as a teacher at Trinity College Dublin. She has been teaching at Le Chéile for the past three years. “Yes, I think there is a racism problem in Irish schools but not just Ireland, it’s everywhere. It’s across all of society,” she says.
The Times of India. Goa: Education department mulls home visits by teachers to start academic year “…the methods taught in the teacher training by DoE should be used for synchronous and asynchronous learning,” Rao has said. As the third phase of online training is still on for teachers, Rao has asked schools to relieve computer teachers and others involved, early from school so they can attend training sessions.
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Survey Shows Widening Gap in Supply of Teachers Coming in the Fall “Our survey examines the critical demands in teacher preparation as we continue to navigate the global health pandemic and prepare for the academic year beginning in the fall,” said Lynn M. Gangone, AACTE president and CEO.
2) Updates to AACTE’s COVID-19 Educator Preparation Policy Tracker Map
Chalkbeat. Fired KIPP founder Mike Feinberg should keep teaching license, Texas admin judges say The judges’ ruling is only a recommendation to Texas’ State Board for Educator Certification, which will ultimately decide whether Feinberg can maintain his teaching license. Its next regular meeting will take place in July.
Chronicle of Social Change. Black Male Teachers a Rare and More Precious Resource in Wake of George Floyd Killing CSU is the largest four-year college system in the U.S., and the five campuses in the Los Angeles-area (Los Angeles, Long Beach, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, and Northridge) collectively had just 85 black male students enrolled in their teacher and educator preparation programs during the 2019-20 school year, according to a CSU spokesperson.
EdWeek. Attention School Leaders: Students Are Demanding Anti-Racist Curriculum and Instruction As massive social-justice demonstrations continue after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, students in cities around the country are organizing to demand that their school and district leaders provide them with anti-racist curricula and instruction.
InsideHigherEd. Colleges Must Take a New Approach to Systemic Racism …especially in recent years, programs such as criminal justice, education/teacher preparation and public administration have been increasingly updated to include courses on multiculturalism, race relations, privilege, and diverse identity experiences.
McDonough County Voice. ISBE updates teacher licensure requirements amid COVID-19 Illinois institutions that have teacher education programs can file for the COVID-19 teacher education completion exemption on behalf of their students. They can also apply for the edTPA waiver through the ISBE educational licensure information system.
Mursion. How can simulations be integrated productively within mathematics and science teacher education courses? [June 9 Webinar recording]
NEAToday. Welcome to the Education Profession, Class of 2020! The NEA Aspiring Educators program and its leaders recently held a Zoom celebration to honor and welcome college graduates who are entering the education profession, and it was a star-studded event, with special guests Erin Gruwell, a teacher, an education activist, and the founder and original teacher of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.); and U.S. Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.).
NYTimes.
1) Teaching Ideas and Resources to Help Students Make Sense of the George Floyd Protests
2) The Only Way to Save Higher Education Is to Make It Free The United States also once financed education as a public good. In 1888, the College of William & Mary, in Williamsburg, Va., began to forgive tuition in exchange for two years of teaching in Virginia’s public schools. Federal land grant universities established after the Civil War were free for decades, and remained low cost until the 1980s. The City University of New York was free until 1976.
Washington Post.
1) From Zoom to the streets, students and schools find teachable moments in protests of police violence But John B. King Jr., [TC Ed.D. ’08, M.A.’97] secretary of education under President Barack Obama, says more change should follow. He points to a raft of structural changes that districts should consider, including the recruitment and retention of teachers of color and equal access to advanced classes and extracurriculars that serve as a bridge to success later in life.
2) Resources to teach the history of policing in America that you won’t find in textbooks
Westport News. Schools still need to hire dozens of teachers amid pandemic Jean Filetti, director of the teacher preparation program at Christopher Newport University, said that they normally hold an in-person career fair. This spring, the Center for Career Planning set up a virtual fair. They had 15 district participate and coordinated 30 interviews.
NEW YORK STATE
NYSED.
1) Board of Regents and State Education Department Announce Regional Reopening Task Force Meetings Each regional task force will have individuals representing teachers, parents, administrators, school board members, non-instructional school personnel, experts and stakeholders from the fields of health and education.
2) Board of Regents Acts on Third Series of Emergency Regulations to Ease Burdens on Educators, Students and Professionals in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Higher Education
*Teaching Assistant Certificate Extension.
*Teaching Assistant Experience
*Certificate Extensions
NYSED Board of Regents June meeting
1) Proposed Amendments to Sections 60.10, 80-1.2, 80-4.3, 80-4.4, 80-5.6…
Higher Education
0 Teaching Assistant Certificate Extension.
0 Teaching Assistant Experience
0 Certificate Extensions
2) Proposed Amendments to Sections 52.3, 52.21, 57-4.5, 70.4, 74.6, 75.2, 75.5, 76.2…
Higher Education
o Sections 52.21, 57-4.5 and 80-1.13 are amended to permit the Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) training to be conducted entirely online …
o Section 80-1.5(1)(c) is amended to create an edTPA safety net for candidates in registered educator preparation programs (EPPs) who complete a student teaching or similar clinical experience during the Spring or Summer of 2020 terms and cannot complete their edTPA as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, holding them harmless. These candidates would be able to take and pass either the ATS-W or edTPA. Eligible candidates who choose to take the edTPA but do not pass it, could take and pass the ATS- W, or pursue the edTPA Multiple Measures Review Process (MMRP), if they qualify (Attachment A #52).
o Section 80-3.15 is amended to extend the SOCE application deadline from June 30, 2020 to June 30, 2021 so that school districts have time to identify staff who are eligible for the SOCE…
o For the SOCE and limited extension, special education teachers must complete their satisfactory full-time teaching experience, while being considered Highly Qualified through passing a HOUSSE rubric in the subject area, prior to June 30, 2020….
3) Proposed Amendments to Sections 52.21, 60.6, 61.19, 80- 1.2, 80-3.7…
Higher Education
o Section 80-3.7 is amended to allow any undergraduate or graduate level course completed during the spring, summer, or fall 2020 terms with a passing grade, or its equivalent, to count toward the content core or pedagogical core semester hour requirements for certification through the Individual Evaluation pathway.
o Section 80-1.2(b) is amended to extend the expiration date of the Initial certificate, Initial Reissuance, Provisional certificate, and Provisional Renewal from August 31, 2020 to January 31, 2021 to provide candidates with the time needed to work in schools and complete the requirements for the Professional or Permanent certificate. Additionally, such section is amended to extend the expiration date of the Conditional Initial certificate from August 31, 2020 to August 31, 2021 to provide candidates with the time needed to complete the edTPA…
o Section 80-5.27 is added to create an Emergency COVID-19 certificate for candidates seeking certain certificates and extensions because there is limited test center availability and schools have been closed pursuant to Executive Order(s) of the Governor due to the COVID-19 crisis….
4) Amendments to the Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching (PSPB) Bylaws Adopted by the PSPB Members at Their May 2020 PSPB Meeting
5) Proposed Amendments to Section 3.14 of the Rules of the Board of Regents Relating to the Composition of the Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching
6) Proposed Appointments and Reappointments to the State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching [incl. TC Assoc. Dir. D. Manning 2020-2024]
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. How to do anti-racist work with NYC school communities: 5 experts weigh in Amy Stuart Wells, director of The Public Good Project and the Center for Understanding Race and Education at Teachers College, and Diana Cordova-Cobo, a research associate for the Public Good Project and former middle school teacher… As we’re in one of the most vexing periods in our nation’s history, students need support in finding answers through a curriculum that provides vivid examples of structural racism and its impact on housing, employment, and education.
Teachers College.
Graduate Gallery. “An Ordinary Person, Doing Something Extraordinary”: In charting his education career, Eddie Ortiz has channeled a courageous teacher who risked all When Christa McAuliffe perished in the Challenger space shuttle explosion, Eddie Ortiz decided to become a teacher. McAuliffe’s dictum to take risks inspired him to earn a master’s degree — and now, to pursue a Ph.D.
