GLOBAL
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER). Call for Proposals. “Education and Society: expectations, prescriptions, reconciliations” 6-10 September 2021 [deadline 31 Jan.]
Korea Herald. AI education to begin in high schools next year In order to strengthen teachers’ AI-related competencies, the government will ensure that AI-related content is included in basic and information and computer teaching courses. In a relevant move, it will push to have graduate schools of education offer AI reeducation programs to about 5,000 incumbent teachers by 2025.
The Sector. Teacher training programs to be fast tracked in Victoria to combat workforce shortages While the measure is primarily focused on supporting schools to employ local teachers to work in hard-to-staff roles in outer-metropolitan, rural and regional locations, in areas such as STEM, languages, applied learning and specialist education, it will also help early childhood educators become teachers as part of the roll-out of Three-Year-Old Kindergarten.
UNESCO. Global Education Monitoring (GEM) report, 2020. Latin America and the Caribbean: inclusion and education: all means all 70% of countries in the region provide for teacher training on inclusion in laws or policies, in general or for at least one group, and 59% provide teacher training for special education needs in laws, policies or programmes…
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) AACTE Announces 2021 Annual Meeting Keynote Speakers Bettina L. Love: Speaker Spotlight Session Presenter; Michael Beschloss: Closing Keynote Speaker
2) Leading and Engaging Faculty in Teacher Preparation Reform: The Role of Deans [Webinar: Dec. 16, 12:00pm EST]
3) Leveraging Teacher Candidates as Assets During the Pandemic: A Win-Win for All Last month, AACTE partnered with CCSSO, the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders at the American Institutes for Research, and the CEEDAR Center to discuss how teacher candidates can be leveraged as assets for PK-12 districts navigating online learning and uncertainty during the pandemic.
Barron’s. America’s Students Are Struggling. Biden Needs to Unite Us Behind Them. Millions of highly skilled Americans with real skills honed in a range of related professions can be recruited to become second-career teachers provided with the education content and skills. And far more teachers and principals need to be people of color. Students can’t learn unless we focus on improving teacher quality, which is essential especially given the enhanced demands on the profession.
EdSource. Less siloed, more inclusive: Changes to special education teacher preparation expected to have big impact on schools Last month, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing approved the latest in more than a dozen changes to the requirements for credentialing aspiring special education teachers.
EDWeek. How to Bring ‘Surprise and Delight’ to Virtual Teacher Training During COVID-19 No matter the content, connections to careers and real world applications exist. Museums, national parks, zoos, and more that rely on field trip events are looking for ways to connect with classrooms virtually. Teachers simply need to find the education contact at these locations and learn more about what opportunities exist or be willing to brainstorm with the organization to design a personalized event for their students.
InsideHigherEd. Biden’s Pick to Head Economic Advisors Seen as Sympathetic to Loan Borrowers Cecilia Rouse… found that holding student debt made it more likely for students to choose high-paying careers and eschew lower-paying ones like teaching.
NEA News. How Student Debt Cancellation Would Help Educators Breathe: NEA and other advocacy organizations are urging President-elect Joe Biden to immediately cancel federal student loan debt as an act of racial justice and economic advocacy. For teachers, who are paid less than similarly educated professionals, it’s a particular burden, and it’s especially severe for teachers of color who often borrow more to pay for college. Debt cancellation would honor the decades of financial sacrifice that educators make to serve students, and also help to recruit and retain future teachers into the profession, educators say.
NYTimes. Pantyhose and Trash Bags: How Music Programs Are Surviving in the Pandemic at New Mexico State University …Mr. Vigil’s first student teaching position, critical for the degree in music education he is seeking, was canceled….In Missouri, Nevaeh Diaz, who graduated from North Kansas City High School in May, is now studying music education at Missouri State University.
NEW YORK STATE
EdWeek. Biden Might Please the K-12 World by Picking an Education Secretary From Outside It It’s also possible that Biden’s pick could have experience in both K-12 and higher education. Betty Rosa, New York’s interim state education commissioner, has been on a few wish lists, including that of incoming Democratic congressman and former public school principal Jamaal Bowman, of New York. Rosa, who started her career teaching English-language learners, has also taught graduate-level courses and serves as the president of the University of the State of New York.
InsideHigherEd. Jim Malatras, president of Empire State College, part of the State University of New York system, has been named chancellor of the SUNY system.
NYSATE/NYACTE. Open and Joint Board Meetings, Award Presentations [4pm Dec. 10]
NYSED Office of Higher Education November Newsletter.
*Board of Regents November Items Definition Of University
*New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (Nystce) Test Development Activities The revised Content Specialty Tests (CSTs) in Dance, Music, Theater, and Visual Arts became operational on November 9, 2020.
New York State Legislature. On Dec. 3rd, the Cumulative Grade Point Average Legislation, S.7117 (Sanders)/A.9750 (Glick), was delivered to the Governor’s desk. This legislation would lift the requirement that prospective students in masters in teaching programs have a 3.0 undergraduate GPA to be considered for admission. It would allow higher education institutions to consider alternative criteria in determining admissibility into graduate-level teacher and education leadership programs. The Governor will have until December 15, 2020 to either sign or veto the bill. Comments: Dan Fuller, Deputy Secretary for Education, <[email protected]>; Michael Mastroianni, Assistant Secretary for Education <[email protected]>; Terry Pratt, assistant counsel to the Governor <[email protected]>
Each institution registered by the department
5 with graduate-level teacher and leader education programs shall adopt
6 rigorous selection criteria geared to predicting a candidate's academic
7 success in its program, including but not limited to, a minimum score on
8 the graduate record examination or a substantially equivalent admission
9 examination, as determined by the institution, and achievement of a
10 minimum cumulative grade point average [of 3.0 or higher] in the candi-
11 date's undergraduate program; provided, however, such graduate record
12 examination or substantially equivalent admission examination require-
13 ment shall in no case apply to certified teachers or school administra-
14 tors who already hold a graduate degree.
NEW YORK CITY
Queens Daily Eagle. AOC taps huge team of volunteers to tutor kids in Queens U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has rallied a massive team of volunteers from across the country to provide free tutoring for kids in Queens and the Bronx… Last week, over 1,500 volunteers signed up… “So we are calling on retired teachers, college students or anyone interested in helping kids keep up with their studies to sign up and volunteer their time.”
Teachers College.
1) A Teaching Model for Trying Times: TC’s Peace Corps Fellows Program has much to teach an education system in crisis. “The Peace Corps Fellows Program attracts teachers with a dedication to serving students’ needs, a devotion to social justice, a commitment to the pursuit of peace, and a passion for education,” says the Peace Corps Fellows Program’s Director, Elaine Perlman (M.A. ’92).… upon completing a three-month Intensive Summer Institute, the Jaffe Peace Corps Fellows work as full-time, certified teachers earning $58,300 annually, plus benefits, while earning their TC master’s degrees. Since 2019, thanks to the support of the Jaffe family and Teachers College, the Program has offered 100 percent tuition scholarships to up to a dozen Jaffe Peace Corps Fellows.
2) Teaching Residents @ Teachers College. Induction and Beyond. Holiday 2020 I TR@TC Induction Newsletter
