GLOBAL
Association for Teacher Education in Europe (ATEE). Call for papers & proposals 2022 Winter Conference Teaching and Learning for an Inclusive, Interconnected World [deadline 15 January]
British Columbia News. Legislative changes to support First Nations jurisdiction over education First Nations participating in the education jurisdiction initiative in B.C. will soon be able to certify and regulate teachers who work in schools under their jurisdiction… Supporting First Nations control over First Nations education, including greater control over teacher certification and regulation, will lead to improved outcomes for students.
National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE). More Than Money: The U.K. Approach to Attracting and Keeping Teachers While the strategy does include financial incentives like loan forgiveness and bonuses for teacher candidates training to teach in-demand subjects or in high-need districts, these are only one component of a multi-pronged approach. Key among the provisions is the creation of an early career framework that requires two years of structured supports, including mentoring, for new teachers…
The Independent (Uganda). Universities, colleges disregard changes in teacher education policy Effective this year, the Ministry of Education and Sports through the 2019 National Teacher Policy, phased out lower qualifications for teachers in favour of degree programmes. According to the policy direction, the ministry also stipulated that the teacher degree programme will be running for four years instead of the normal three… Makerere has also established collaboration with Uganda National Teacher Institute-UNITE which is currently being prepared to handle issues of teacher education to see how the transition period can be handled.
UNITED STATES
AACTE. Early Bird Registration Deadline for #AACTE22 Register by midnight on November 22 to take advantage of discounted early bird rates [login required].
Chalkbeat. Illinois wants to diversify teacher ranks. Will a pilot program help? The state board of education announced on Thursday that 24 Illinois colleges and universities have volunteered to develop plans to recruit and retain future teachers of color. The pilot will help the board create best practices for 54 of the state’s teacher prep programs to develop plans the following year.
Columbia Daily Tribune. The profession that prepares people for all other professions is diminishing. Help is on the way. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education this week launched TeachMo.org, calling it a “digitally powered recruitment platform” to identify and cultivate new teachers. It’s a collaboration with TEACH, a national, not-for-profit organization. The plan also will include $50 million over the next three years for retention and recruitment.
Education Week.
1) ‘More Than a Demographic’: The Important Work of Cultivating Native Teachers. For nearly two decades, the Sapsik’ʷałá teacher education program has worked with Oregon’s nine federally recognized tribes to create a career pathway to address the tremendous gap in Native teacher representation in the classroom… Sapsik’ʷałá students pay nothing to be in the program, but they agree to work for two years in schools with a high percentage of Native students after graduating.
2) What New Teachers Need: Any new job is hard. But the stakes are too high to let new teachers flounder …some data suggest that most teacher-preparation programs fail to adequately prepare future teachers to lead classrooms. An examination of 1,100 college-based teacher-preparation programs by the National Council on Teacher Quality evaluated 4 out of 5 as mediocre at best. Insufficient student-teaching experience is a commonly identified weakness of teacher-preparation programs.
Hechinger Report. Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading: North Carolina passed a law to make every school replicate how reading is taught in its most successful classrooms Whether educators can effectively teach reading often depends on how they were taught in college. It’s more important than the curriculum they use, said Shawn Clemons, the director of accountability at Hickory Public Schools. “Institutions of higher education don’t always teach the students how to teach reading,” Clemons said.
Indian Country Today. Supporting Arizona’s Indigenous students through the pandemic and beyond: Arizona Department of Education targets federal recovery dollars to support Native American students University of Arizona… Indigenous Teacher Education Program’s collective vision and dedication center on Indigenous cultures, histories, Indigenous knowledge systems and values, and ensuring that they are better equipped to teach Native students.
LA School Report. California aims to come from behind in making sure children learn to read, but some see new push as political Senate Bill 488, now law, would aim to make sure that doesn’t happen to new teachers entering the field. The legislation requires colleges and universities to meet higher standards for ensuring that new teachers can teach “foundational reading skills” and have strategies for supporting English learners. The state’s Commission on Teacher Credentialing will certify teacher preparation programs, and candidates for elementary and special education teaching positions will have to pass a new literacy assessment, beginning July 2025.
National Academy of Education. Evaluating and Improving Teacher Preparation Programs. A Tale of Two Cities: State Evaluation Systems of Teacher Preparation Programs … this landscape analysis report presents information and data about state evaluation standards for teacher preparation programs and providers.
NEA News. What is Quality Teaching and How is It Supported?: An NEA policy forum explores what it takes to create a force of “profession-ready” teachers. Changes in teacher preparation and ongoing professional development are critical in creating “profession ready” educators… New funding from the American Rescue Plan must be targeted to preparing and recruiting more teachers, especially teachers of color.
Washington Post. Charlottesville labeled 86 percent of students as gifted. Will learning improve? Renzulli and Reis, the University of Connecticut scholars who created the Schoolwide Enrichment Model, said in a joint statement that Charlottesville “has taken an important step.” They said they hope the model “will be implemented with fidelity by hiring teachers who are trained in our approach.”
NEW YORK STATE
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities. Statement by Lola W. Brabham, The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities President, on the signing of S.5666/A.7490 and S.6600/A.7491 into law. “Governor Hochul’s action paves the way for more New Yorkers to pursue their passion for teaching by obtaining graduate degrees in education and school leadership. CICU member campuses are proud to educate nearly 60 percent of all future teachers and school leaders who earn bachelor’s and graduate degrees in New York…we thank the bills’ sponsors, Assemblymember Deborah Glick and Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, for their unwavering commitment to independent higher education in New York.”
Governor Hochul. NEW LEGISLATION: Admission Requirements for Graduate-Level Teacher and Educational Leader Programs
1) S5666/A7490 has been signed by Governor Kathy Hochul Relates to the maximum percentage of students that can be exempted from the admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs Increases the percentage of students from any incoming class who can be exempted from the admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs from no more than fifteen percent to fifty percent.
2) S6600/A7491A has been signed by Governor Kathy Hochul Relates to SUNY admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs Relates to SUNY admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs; removes the requirement for a minimum score on the graduate record examination or similar examination.
NYSED Board of Regents. November meeting agenda
Higher Education Committee
* Proposed Amendment to Section 80-1.1 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Definition of a Year of Experience for Permanent or Professional Certification “the Department is proposing to revise the definition to provide a single definition of a year of experience for Permanent or Professional certification, which would be defined as: a minimum of 180 days in a 12-month period of full-time satisfactory experience, or its equivalent, in an educational setting acceptable to the Department.”
* 2022-2023 Non-State Aid Budget and Legislative Priorities: New Non-State Aid Budget Priorities – Higher Education Improving the Teacher & School Building Leader Certification Process – In addition to other noted efforts, increase staffing levels in the Office of Teaching Initiatives (OTI) to improve the current teacher and school building leader certification review process timeframes.
* Educator Certification Reform
NEW YORK CITY
Teachers College.
1) College Celebrates New Faculty Appointments
*Limarys Caraballo is joining the English Education program as an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts and Humanities… Her work seeks to build upon youth’s critical epistemologies to transform and reimagine teacher preparation…Caraballo is also a Teacher Opportunity Corps faculty advisor in the Office of Teacher Education.
* Mary Mendenhall, who previously served as Associate Professor of Practice at the College, has been named an Associate Professor in the International & Comparative Education program. A recognized leader in the research, training and support of teachers in refugee camps and under-represented nations, Mendenhall has gained acclaim in international circles for “Teachers for Teachers”
2) New Research and Applications for Teaching Reading Workshop; January 7, 2022 – February 20, 2022 (12 Clock Hours CTLE)