GLOBAL
OneIndia. Gender neutral teacher training manual: Rectify anomalies says NCPCR. The new manual for teachers aims to educate and sensitise them towards the LGBTQ+ community and different gender orientations. It highlights practices and strategies to make schools sensitive and inclusive for transgender and gender non-conforming children.
Teachers Task Force.
1) 13th International Policy Dialogue Forum [1-3 December; Kigali, Rwanda and on-line]
2) Qualified teachers urgently needed – What TIMSS data reveal about teacher training and student learning. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), an international assessment of student achievement, can shed light on teacher quality.
UNITED STATES
AACTE. Board of Directors Election Now Open through Nov. 30. [sign-in required]
Chalkbeat. First 8 Memphis gives $1M to NEXT Memphis to strengthen early education NEXT Memphis is a shared services child care initiative housed at Porter Leath that provides high-quality education and health services for children, including advice from early childhood experts, training and support for teachers, and business assistance for child care centers.
Daily Citizen. Dodge County schools work to solve substitute teacher shortage. A traditional sub must be licensed through the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction as a teacher or a substitute teacher. Anyone without a license must possess an associate’s degree or higher and participate in 8 hours of substitute teacher training.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram. This program is raising wages, quality in the child care workforce. Here’s how it works In Tarrant County, where only 21% of licensed child care providers are part of a quality rating and improvement system, the apprenticeship program facilitated by Camp Fire … Lyn Lucas, the senior vice president of Early Education and Program Evaluation for Camp Fire First. “Apprenticeships have long been the answer to industry shortages in all kinds of industries, and right now we know that we have a serious shortage of quality early education teachers.”
NEAToday.
1) ‘Grow Your Own’ Programs Produce Pathways for ESPs: Recruiting education support professionals to pursue teaching certification creates career growth and educator diversity in school communities. The programs are designed to harvest promising teacher candidates from local communities and school systems to not only offer a career path for education support professionals (ESPs) but to create a more diverse teaching force that reflects the student population.
2) Substitute Teacher Shortage Causes More School Disruptions Some districts are raising pay for subs, others are loosening requirements for substitute teachers… In its emergency licensing order, Oregon is allowing people with just a high school diploma now to be substitutes with some training
NYTimes.
1) Republicans Pounce on Schools as a Wedge Issue to Unite the Party “It’s going to be incumbent on Democrats to have a compelling response,” said Mr. Garin, who worked as a pollster for Mr. McAuliffe during his 2013 campaign for governor. “They also need to be prepared to assert the value of public education in terms of a place where there’s a common curriculum and common set of values that most voters agree are the right ones for public schools.”
2) California Tries to Close the Gap in Math, but Sets Off a Backlash: Proposed guidelines in the state would de-emphasize calculus, reject the idea that some children are naturally gifted and build a connection to social justice. Critics say math shouldn’t . Divya Chhabra, a middle school math teacher in Dublin, Calif., said the state should focus more on the quality of instruction by finding or training more certified, experienced teachers.
Washington Post. Youngkin pledged more parental control of education, but changes may prove difficult To grant parents radically increased say in what or how teachers teach, Youngkin would have to overhaul the structure of American public-school education in Virginia, which is now determined by state standards and elected school boards that represent all residents of a district, not just parents.
NEW YORK STATE
Commisssion on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU). Support Future Teachers and Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign Graduate Admissions Reform These two bills will remove arbitrary barriers that disproportionately affect students of color who want to be teachers. With this legislation New York can increase teacher diversity and remove a discriminatory barrier to graduate admissions.
NYS Legislature.
1) Senate Bill S5666 has been delivered to Governor Hochul Relates to the maximum percentage of students that can be exempted from the admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs
2) Senate Bill S6600 has been delivered to Governor Hochul Relates to SUNY admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. There aren’t enough men teaching elementary school. Here’s how we can change that — and why we must. I enrolled in an elementary education program after a teacher friend of mine inspired me with her words: “There’s not enough of you in education, especially in elementary schools. We need people like you!”… This past May, I wrapped up my first semester as an adjunct professor at the City College of New York’s Childhood Education Department, where out of 19 students studying to teach grades 1-6, only two were male. This semester, I have one male student out of 15.
Pix11 News. Lawmakers work to slash class size at NYC schools It would require the city purchasing or leasing new educational space or adding access to buildings as well as hiring about 13,000 new teachers.
Teachers College. The Peace Corps Celebrates Top-Enrolling Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program Institutions [incl. Jaffe Peace Corps Fellows Program at Teachers College] First established in 1985 at Teachers College at Columbia University, the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program has grown to include more than 120 higher education partners in 38 states and the District of Columbia.
