GLOBAL
GhanaWeb. Quality teacher education holds the key to national development – Minister. The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, says the Ghanaian Child will be competitive globally by acquiring well-researched knowledge and skills for national development on the foundation of quality teacher education.
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Online Teacher Preparation Clinical Experiences Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. Teacher candidates’ clinical experiences and methods of instruction and student engagement are shaped by the PK–12 schools and districts where new graduates teach. Yet, many schools and districts around the country will not place student teachers during the 2020-21 academic school year.
UNESCO. Policy Paper: Inclusive Teaching: Preparing All Teachers To Teach All Students Despite their differences in teacher standards and qualifications, education systems are increasingly moving away from identifying problems with learners and towards identifying barriers to learning. To complete this shift, education systems must design teacher education and professional learning opportunities that dispel entrenched views that some students are deficient, unable to learn or incapable.
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Issue Briefs Examine Education Degrees Trends and Future Implications for Teacher Workforce. The reports examine education trends through an analysis of the number of institutions awarding degrees in education and the imminent threat of increased teacher shortages, particularly in high-demand areas. The findings raise significant concerns about the nation’s future capacity to produce new teachers and other education professionals to meet the diverse needs of students, families, and communities.
2) Addressing the Teacher Shortage: Capacity and Degree Trends in Educator Preparation [Webinar 3pm Nov. 4]
AACTE/SCALE. August – October 2020 Newsletter: News From edTPA®
Business Insider. 10 popular online STEM, coding and gaming courses — all are taught by women This class is specifically designed for teachers and educators to learn how to incorporate STEM and STEAM learning in K-12 classrooms… Ellen B. Meier is the Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Technology and School Change and a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at [Teachers College] Columbia University.
Chalkbeat. Pandemic won’t silence the music in this Nashville teacher. I grew up in Tuskegee, Alabama, where we only had one elementary school, one middle school, and one high school… My teachers were amazing, and they’re the reason I decided to pursue a career in education.
Chicago Tribune. Is a 96% attendance rate a bright spot in a pandemic stricken school year? Not exactly, as remote learning skews annual report card. In order to diversify the teaching force across the state, Roxanne F. Owens, chair of the teacher education department at DePaul University’s College of Education, said universities must support students studying to be educators. “We have to help high school students and career changers see the benefits of becoming teachers. Right now, teaching is a tough sell for anyone,” she said.
InsideHigherEd. ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’: Teacher education programs were facing major problems even before the pandemic, but are they dying of natural causes or being killed off? Either way, what’s lost when they go away for good? Nationally, enrollment in bachelor’s degree programs in education is declining, but not as precipitously. Some 82,621 students graduated with four-year degrees in education in 2018, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, compared to 102,849 in 2008.
Lexington Herald Leader. The best teacher in Kentucky and the top high school teacher are from Lexington In addition to being named the state’s overall best teacher, Donnie Piercey, a Stonewall fifth grade teacher was also Kentucky’s elementary teacher of the year… He graduated from Asbury College and earned his master’s from Auburn University. He has taught in Kentucky since 2007.
New York Times: Those We’ve Lost
1) Choua Yang, Hmong Refugee and Educator, Dies at 53 The family landed in New York City and settled in Syracuse, N.Y… Ms. Yang graduated from Henninger High School in Syracuse in 1985, earned her bachelor’s degree in education from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in 1995, and in 1998 obtained her first of three master’s degrees, in K-12 curriculum. Her other master’s degrees were in bilingual education and educational administration.
2) Sharon Hunt, Teacher for a Quarter-Century, Dies at 65. Sharon Hunt always knew she wanted to be a teacher. She solidified that notion while attending high school and, once she graduated, was totally smitten after substitute teaching in Georgia, where she was able to do so without a college degree. Finally, once her children were old enough that she didn’t need to care for them full-time, Ms. Hunt resumed her schooling. She earned two degrees in education, a bachelor’s at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights and a master’s at Wright State University in Ohio.
The Chronicle of Higher Education. Can These Degree Programs, Under Assault for a Decade, Survive a Pandemic? Physical-education teaching programs, business-teacher education programs, and mathematics-teacher education programs saw the largest declines across the decade within the discipline. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education identified similar shifts in its own research, finding that the number of degrees conferred in science and math education — including bachelor’s, master’s, and post-baccalaureate certificates — declined by 27 percent from the 2009-10 to the 2018-19 academic years.
Washington Post. Two key questions teachers should ask students after the election …teachers aren’t trained as social workers or therapists, and emotional processing shouldn’t be their ultimate goal. Emotionally charged moments can be at the foundation of powerful learning experiences. Teachers can use these moments to help their students develop their voices and direct them toward possible action, regardless of the students’ political views.
NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Office of Teaching Initiatives.
1) edTPA Safety Net for Certain Candidates Who Are Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis During the Spring 2020 through Summer 2021 Terms [updated Oct. 23]
2) October Newsletter
* Board of Regents October Items
* State Personnel Development Grant In Special Education
* Distance Education Guidance Update
* Coaching Course Internship Flexibility
NEW YORK CITY
NY Daily News. Budget cuts smaller than expected for NYC school support programs — they’ll lose $15 million, down from $50 million originally planned. The Community Schools counseling program, Learning to Work initiative, and Affinity Schools teacher training network will lose a combined $15 million this year — less than the $50 million originally planned, Education Department officials said.
Teachers College. Teaching Residents at Teachers College. Induction and Beyond. November 2020: TR@TC Induction Newsletter