GLOBAL
DutchNews.NL. Career switch: more people sign up for part-time teacher training The number of people applying for part-time teacher training courses has gone up 20% this academic year…‘We need thousands more teachers and we have worked hard in the past year to make teacher training more flexible, so people can both study and work”…
International Council on Education for Teaching. Virtual Symposium; Call for Contributions
*Thursday, October 8, 2020 New York Time: 10 am-1 pm
*Thursday October 15, 2020 Tokyo Time: 2 pm-5 pm
International Forum for Teacher Educator Development (InFo-TED). ATEE webinar – registration form [8 Sept.]
NYTimes. A Visit to 5 of Patagonia’s Most Remote Schoolhouses. “Teachers who are in rural schools must enjoy living in extreme areas,” Ms. Almonacid said, adding that the management of multigrade classrooms — with students at a variety of levels and abilities — is a constant struggle.
UNITED STATES
AACTE. Day on the Hill: September 9-10 and September 15-16 [deadline Aug. 14]
Forbes. The Real Test We Need For Our Pandemics Of COVID-19 And Racial Injustice: Assessing Standardized Tests, Teacher Diversity, And Antiracist Education With José Luis Vilson Diversifying the teacher profession is a key goal of EduColor, which you co-founded… I’d say that the problem with hiring and retaining teachers of color is also the problem with hiring and retaining teachers in general, but it becomes more acute with teachers of color because it’s interwoven with racism and other identity markers.
Hechinger Report.
1) Jobless college students are hired for summer jobs to mentor younger peers: Expanded coaching aims to keep incoming freshmen on track for college and prevent “Covid-19 slide” among elementary kids Several programs aimed at keeping incoming freshmen on track for college and others that provide tutoring to elementary students are scooping up jobless undergraduates as mentors in relationships that benefit everyone.
2) Martin Luther King Jr.’s sister had it right when she ensured countless teachers of color got the training they need to give students the support they deserve Farris is the older sister of Dr. King, a former professor of education, and someone who made her share of civil rights contributions as well. As my professor at Spelman College, Farris taught a class on the fundamentals of teaching reading, and she made sure that each of her students showed mastery of the constructs of the English language.
Medium. We Need Meaningful Training For Teachers, And We Need It Now A Reality-Based Teacher Training Model Reality pedagogy is an approach to teaching and learning that focuses on teachers gaining an understanding of student realities and then using this information as the starting point for instruction
National Public Radio (NPR). Most Teachers Concerned About In-Person School; 2 In 3 Want To Start The Year Online Despite all the difficulties, 70% of respondents tell NPR/Ipsos that if they could pick a career all over again, they would still choose to be teachers.
Post and Courier. Winthrop University launches probe after professor’s anti-racism Facebook post angers critics …social media post containing threats to out teachers who express anti-Black, pro-police sentiments. April Mustian, who focuses on special education, was scheduled this month to start at Winthrop, a public Rock Hill liberal arts college, when a Facebook post she wrote in June caught the eye of online conservative groups.
NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Board of Regents. Virtual Meeting of August 11, 2020
NYSED Office of Higher Education.
1) GUIDANCE FOR NEW YORK STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ON REOPENING FOR THE 2020-21 ACADEMIC YEAR
*Academics, Student Support Services, And Financial Aid
*Clinical Experiences And Examinations For Educator Certification
*Clinical Experiences And Examinations For Professional Licensing
*Opportunity Programs
*Postsecondary Students With Disabilities
*Data Reporting.
2) July Newsletter
*Guidance For New York State Colleges and Universities On Reopening
*Board of Regents July Items
*New York State Physical Education Learning Standards
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. This NYC teacher is determined to diversify computer science — and to help his school navigate a monumental loss How and when did you decide to become a teacher? Most of my life I wanted to go into medicine. In my senior year of high school, I took a Future Educators of America elective course (mainly to get out of AP Calculus B), and I got to be a teacher assistant in a sophomore World History class with a teacher I really respected…. I think it was that experience that sowed the seeds that would blossom into my current career.
New Yorker. What Will the First Day of School Look Like? Terrified teachers. Obstinate officials. Exhausted parents. Inside the city’s messy reopening battle. Shouldn’t teachers, who signed up for a career in public service, be prepared to fulfill their obligations like other essential workers — the workers, in fact, who make virtually all other work possible?
Teachers College. Suspect Performance: Interest in vouchers and Education Savings Accounts appears to be waning, says TC’s Luis Huerta … private schools are not subject to public regulation and thus not required to meet government standards on measures that range from testing performance to teacher accreditation to instruction for special education students.
