GLOBAL
NYTimes. Years After 43 Mexican Students Vanished, a Victim’s Remains Are Found The students were undergraduates at a teachers’ college in the town of Ayotzinapa in the southern state of Guerrero. The night they disappeared — Sept. 26, 2014 — they were in the process of commandeering buses to carry their peers to a demonstration in Mexico City, a time-honored tradition among students at their college
TESOL International Association. Online Teacher Education Resources in ELT: Blogs, Vlogs, and Podcasts
World Education Blog. How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting contract teachers in sub-Saharan Africa Contract teachers receive a salary for the work they perform but do not receive the benefits that apply under public sector norms and standards, such as annual leave, pension or health insurance…Due to the teacher shortage, contract teachers have long been used to fill gaps in government schools, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where the school-age population has grown faster than countries’ capacity to train teachers.
UNITED STATES
Association of Teacher Educators. 2020 ATE Summer Online Conference [August 9-11]
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
1) 2020 Advisory Committee Nominations Nominate yourself or a colleague by August 7, 2020.
2) Developing Teachers as Critical Thinkers and Learners … showcasing the work of educators, who have integrated teacher training via virtual reality (VR) simulation into their respective programs or are studying the various aspects of this modality. [mini-series: July 28, Aug. 4, Aug. 11]
Education Week. How to Balance In-Person and Remote Instruction 6. Do not spend too much time lecturing. Particularly for teachers who aren’t trained in delivering individualized instruction remotely, classroom time should be devoted to interacting with students, asking them questions, and constructing active experiences.
New York Times. The Japanese-American Sculptor Who, Despite Persecution, Made Her Mark One of her teachers handed her a catalog for the Art Institute of Chicago. She couldn’t afford it and instead chose the Milwaukee State Teachers College… During her third year of study, with the modest aim of becoming an art teacher, Asawa was told her race was a liability — as a Japanese-American, she would not be able to graduate with a teaching certificate, and without that, she would be unable to be hired as a teacher.
Texas Tribune. As school reopenings falter, some Texas parents hire private teachers. Others can only afford to cross their fingers. A whole new industry is springing up around the learning pod trend, with new organizations offering to connect pods of families with teachers or tutors. The Texas Learning Pod, for example, started by a University of Texas at Austin student, links families with college students, offering packages that range from $20 to $55 per hour depending on the number of children and grade levels.
The Atlantic. When Teaching Is a Form of Protest: If educators want to respond to racism, they can start in their own classrooms. (by TC Prof. C. Emdin) In the fall of 2001, armed with an undergraduate science degree and a rushed teaching credential, I stood in front of a sea of Black and brown middle-school students in the Bronx and announced that I was their teacher….Teachers need feedback from their students, who can see what teachers have been trained to ignore in their blind pursuit of a calm, quiet classroom.
The Teacher Education Podcast. #13: Building the Best STEM Educators with Dr. Anni Reinking
U.S. News. Tennessee State Using Grant for Special Ed Teachers Course At least 70 teachers are scheduled to take an online course at Tennessee State University this fall to receive their special education endorsement as the school uses a $375,000 grant to help fill the need for more teachers in the field.
Washington Post.
1) The case for treating teachers around the world as essential front-line workers Schools also need to have plans in place for future closures, and, to accomplish this, governments would do well to continue to invest in distance learning and in training teachers to use technologies that allow remote instruction.
2) The huge problem with education ‘pandemic pods’ suddenly popping up The emails follow a common template: “I’m reaching out to see if you know of any recent early education graduates of Yale (with experience in teaching gifted children) in need of a position for the fall.” The mother, or in some cases the personal assistant, asks to be matched to a Yale student or recent graduate who can home-school her child this fall.
NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Board of Regents.
1) July 24 meeting cancelled, rescheduled for July 31
2) Statement From Board of Regents Chancellor Betty A. Rosa and Vice Chancellor T. Andrew Brown “The Board and I thank Interim Commissioner Tahoe for her leadership during this unprecedented time.” …The Board continues its search to find a permanent Commissioner and expects to appoint an Acting Commissioner before Ms. Tahoe departs on Aug. 13.
NYSED.
1) State Education Department Announces Third Class of My Brother’s Keeper Fellows …since 2016, NYSED awarded $12 million in Teacher Opportunity Corps II (TOC II) Grants to increase the participation rate of historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged individuals in teaching careers.
2) Teacher Opportunity Corps II (TOC II) Virtual Summit [June 10 video archives] The purpose of TOC II is to increase the rate of historically underrepresented and economically disadvantaged individuals in teaching careers. TOC II programs incorporate strategies for teacher retention and best practice, such as mentors for new teachers and differentiated instructional techniques.
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. In financial crisis, NYC cut $707M from its education budget. These programs will feel the effects. Other cuts include: *$4 million to pause the Teaching Fellows program, which trains and helps place future teachers.
The74. Report: Deck Stacked Against Young Children of Color, but Leaders Can ‘Seize This Moment’ to Improve Equity Amy Stuart Wells, a sociologist and desegregation researcher at Teachers College… Implicit bias training, which many districts have pledged to implement since the protests over George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis, can be “one-off things,” especially if teachers think the training doesn’t apply to them, she said. “We get people to reimagine. What are the things you take for granted that maybe you should question?”
