GLOBAL
The Hindu. Nod for teacher education centres: Calicut varsity to file appeal The University of Calicut will file an appeal within a week with the National Council for Teachers Education (NCTE) over the lose of recognition of 11 teacher education centres directly run by it.
Times of India. ITEP to expand the horizons for teachers. National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) has announced the introduction of Integrated Teacher Education programme (IITEP) from the academic year 2021-22.
UNESCO. Reimagining our futures together: a new social contract for education Teacher education needs to be rethought to align with educational priorities and orient better towards future challenges and prospects. The weak qualification of many teachers in various regions of the world, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, calls for urgent measures. There is no one-size-fits-all model for this change. Collaboration of the various actors connected to teacher education – for example, public authorities, researchers, teachers’ associations, community leaders, etc. – offer possibilities for creating new spaces for learning and innovation.
Washington Post. Prince George’s County teacher wins $1 million global educator prize Keishia Thorpe, who teaches 12th-grade English at the International High School at Langley Park, in the Prince George’s County public school system, received the Global Teacher Prize at the Paris headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization… Thorpe was born and raised in Jamaica by her grandmother… She graduated from Howard in 2003 as a pre-law and English student… while tutoring at night during college at a D.C. charter school, Thorpe said, she realized the inequity in the U.S. public education system and decided to skip law school and go into teaching instead.
UNITED STATES
Education Week. English Teachers Must Be Anti-Racist, National Group Says The council’s standards for educators preparing to be English/language arts teachers in grades 7-12 were released on Tuesday after last being updated in 2012. They were developed by an NCTE committee that is comprised of educators in both K-12 and higher education, and will be used in teacher education programs to determine the coursework for teacher candidates.
El Paso Herald-Post. UTEP Receives $5 Million to Promote Computer Science through Training K-12 Teachers Teacher education students enrolled at UTEP’s College of Education will be required to pass at least one computer science education course. The Center will collaborate with the Department of Computer Science in the College of Engineering and the Department of Teacher Education in the College of Education to create a new Bachelor of Science in Education program for CS teacher preparation.
Fox2Now. Missouri teacher shortage: State launches online recruitment and training platform The state is investing $50 million over the next three years in TeachMO.org and other recruitment projects, such as the Teacher Education Recruitment and Retention Grants and the Pathways to Teaching Careers Program.
Honolulu Civil Beat. Are You a Laid-Off Hotel Worker? Hawaii’s Education Department Wants You The state Department of Education is struggling to fill critical positions ranging from custodians and food service managers to substitute teachers and tutors. Meanwhile, thousands of hotel workers who were laid off during the pandemic need jobs. The DOE and the Unite Here Local 5 union see a potential match and have joined forces to try to fill some of those public school vacancies with unemployed hospitality workers.
Inside Higher Ed. Making Transfer Work for Rural Students and Communities Strategies to encourage return migration include work-based experiences, job placements and financial incentives. For example, in the rural area southeast of Raleigh, N.C., Johnston Community College, Johnston County Public Schools and North Carolina State University have built several connections to the region into their teacher education program. These include summer internships and teaching practicum in the county, guaranteed job interviews and a $10,000 incentive to return.
Lohud. Child care workers are in short supply, forcing parents to quit their jobs, too …finding qualified teachers is a lot more of a struggle. To work as a head teacher, a candidate must have certification and experience, which often results in an expectation of higher pay.
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). NCTE Standards for the Initial Preparation of Teachers of English Language Arts 7–12 (Initial Licensure) Approved by the NCTE Executive Committee 2021
New York Times.
1) How Public Preschool Can Help, and How to Make Sure It Doesn’t Hurt: Congress is considering universal pre-K and subsidies for child care. “The quality literature is pretty clear that credentials matter, yes, but what really matters is these moment-to-moment interactions,” said Bruce Fuller, a sociologist at the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Education… The bill says that states must use the subsidies to pay child care workers and pre-K teachers “a living wage” (though it does not specify what that is), and one that is equivalent to that of an elementary teacher with the same degree.
2) Substitute Teachers Never Got Much Respect, but Now They Are in Demand Oregon once had 8,290 licensed substitute teachers, but by Sept. 18, that number had been cut in half. To create a bigger pool, the state, in an Oct. 1 emergency order, created a new license. These substitutes no longer need to pass several tests, or have a bachelor’s degree. They simply need to be at least 18 years old, sponsored by a participating district or charter school, and have “good moral character” with the “mental and physical health necessary” to teach… Missouri once required 60 college credits, the equivalent of an associate degree. Now, substitutes just need to complete a 20-hour online course on professionalism, diversity and classroom management.
Washington Post. As numbers of multilingual students rises, finding teachers for them becomes a priority: A Towson University program prepares educators to teach the fastest-growing population in the nation’s public schools The program, ELEVATE, is a Towson University College of Education initiative to train teachers through partnerships with six schools in the Anne Arundel County public school district selected because of their high number of ESL students.
NEW YORK STATE
Albany Times Union. Letter: Make teacher education more accessible [Opinion by G. Weinstein] I’m a proud faculty member at Western Governors University Teachers College, the nation’s largest college of education, which is accredited, nonprofit, completely online and pioneered the competency-based model. WGU has graduated more than 16,700 students across the country since the start of the pandemic. Think of how many more teachers we can produce if other institutions follow suit.
NYSED.
1) New York State My Brother’s Keeper Community Network Reaches 31 Member Communities …since 2016, NYSED has awarded $18.45 million in Teacher Opportunity Corps II (TOC II) grants to 23 colleges and universities [including Teachers College]. The TOC II statewide enrollment as of February 2021 was 594, with TOC II institutions reporting 442 graduates of the program.
2) New York State Teacher of the Year, 2023 applications due Feb. 1, 2022
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. NYC delays its massive academic recovery program for students with disabilities There are signs that education officials are worried about finding enough staff who are willing to work overtime for it. Schools are now allowed to hire educators who are not certified in special education for the program, a break from the city’s original plan…
Teaching Residents at Teachers College (TR@TC). November 2021: Educator Resources. *Special Announcements *Action Center *Educator Grant Opportunities *Induction Highlights
