GLOBAL
Canberra Times. Want to fix our schools? Start by paying teachers properly The long-awaited final report of the federal government’s Quality Initial Teacher Education (QITE) Review, released last Thursday, recommends teacher-educators at university have substantial and recent school experience. Great idea. But does that mean taking teachers with that experience out of schools and putting them into universities in the middle of the worst teacher shortage Australia has ever seen?
Global News. N.S. education students in final year to receive temporary teacher’s licences Students in their final year of a bachelor of education in Nova Scotia will receive a temporary teacher’s licence to meet the growing demand for substitutes. These education students will be able to work as substitute teachers in the province and will be paid for the days they are hired to work.
The Globe and Mail. How teachers are helping students make sense of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
The International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET). ICTE Seeks its Next President Following the highly successful presidency of Professor James O’Meara, (2011-2021), ICET has opened the search for his successor. Incorporated in 1973 as a non-profit professional association, the International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) www.icet4u.org is an association of organizations, institutions, and individuals.
UNITED STATES
AL.com. Bill would allow for-profit training for Alabama teachers, cut certificate time Companion bills in the House and Senate would reduce the amount of time it takes to earn a teaching certificate. They also aim to allow for-profit providers to operate teacher preparation programs… For-profit teacher preparation programs operate in nine states and enroll larger and larger portions of the non-college-based teacher prep programs where they operate. And for-profit teacher prep programs typically cost less than traditional college-based programs.
American Educational Research Association (AERA). AERA Announces 2022 Fellows (incl. Erica N. Walker, Upton Professor of Mathematical Education, Teachers College). The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced the selection of 18 exemplary scholars as 2022 AERA Fellows. The AERA Fellows Program honors education researchers for their exceptional contributions to, and excellence in, education research.
Chalkbeat.
1) America’s oldest HBCU aims to be driving force again in producing teachers The oldest historically Black college, or HBCU, in the country, Cheyney is looking to rebuild the university’s legacy of producing teachers like Abbott at a time when many are leaving the profession. University leaders are also looking to improve teacher diversity numbers, as white teachers still account for the majority of U.S. teachers.
2) Biden urges Americans to consider tutoring, mentoring in schools A number of states and school districts have been working to staff big new tutoring programs meant to help students catch up… Many planned to have recruits go through significant training, and a national labor shortage has contributed to hiring difficulties, making it unclear if many Americans will respond to Biden’s call or if schools will be equipped to take advantage of them.
3) Colorado bill would make schools post all teaching materials online Colorado schools would have to post lists of textbooks, worksheets, websites, and surveys administered to students, as well as teacher training materials under a Republican-sponsored bill up for consideration this week.
4) ‘Nearing a collapse,’ Indiana needs more special educators To help fill the gap, the state and school districts have earmarked millions in federal dollars to train more special education teachers. One pathway will offer a bridge for teachers whose emergency permits are expiring, while another focuses on working paraprofessionals.
EdSurge. Why Are Colleges Hesitant to Train More Early Childhood Educators? Even though there’s high demand for people to enter the profession, skeptics say that the career track doesn’t provide workers—mostly women, many of them women of color—with a living wage. So they argue that it’s not in the best interest of their students or their institutions to direct graduates to jobs in preschools and other early childhood programs.
Hechinger Report. Putting compassion on the teacher prep syllabus: A new, masters-level course called ‘Compassion and Dignity for Educators’ is being offered at the University of Colorado, Boulder To be compassionate means taking action to relieve suffering, said Potvin, who was a classroom teacher before becoming a researcher. She and others involved in the course see that focus as the key in teaching compassion as a framework for educators. Taking action moves teachers beyond just having empathy, which can be stifling when faced with crisis after crisis, to having agency.
InsideHigherEd. Losing Money on Graduate Degrees 86 percent of advanced degrees offer a positive financial outcome, with exceptions for Ph.D. programs in areas such as education and other non-STEM fields.
KTSM. $100K+ Grant boost UTEP’s Teacher Preparation Candidates Thanks to a $108,000 grant from the Charles Butt Foundation, ten graduate students in The University of Texas at El Paso’s (UTEP) teacher preparation program each were awarded $10,000 scholarships… UTEP nominated students for the Charles Butt Scholarship for Aspiring Teachers who were accepted into the accelerated M.A. in Education with teacher certification program, which includes a year-long residency in partnership with El Paso County school districts.
LPI. The Federal Role in Tackling Teacher Shortages There are two bills on Congress’s near-term docket that can start to reorient the federal government toward supporting comprehensive preparation: the 2022 fiscal year (FY) spending bill and the Build Back Better Act.
Madison.com. UW-Madison extends loan forgiveness program to keep teachers in Wisconsin The School of Education’s “Teacher Pledge” will run through the 2025-26 school year, one year longer than what was initially envisioned as a five-year program… The entirely donor-funded initiative forgives some or all of students’ loans after they teach in a Wisconsin school for four years. Those working in what the state Department of Public Instruction defines as a high-need district or subject area fulfill their obligation in three years.
NYTimes. Autherine Lucy Foster, First Black Student at U. of Alabama, Dies at 92 She obtained a two-year teaching certificate from Selma University in Alabama before completing her undergraduate work at Miles College… She sought teaching posts, but, as she recalled, interviewers would say to her, “You were the infamous Miss Lucy, and we don’t want you to come to our school.” She eventually did teach at various schools in the South…
Radio Iowa. House votes to get rid of test new Iowa teachers must pass A decade ago, Governor Terry Branstad asked legislators to require both an entrance exam for college students entering Iowa teacher preparation programs and an exit exam before graduates could be licensed to teach in Iowa. The bill gets rid of both requirements.
U.S. News. What to Know About ‘Grow Your Own’ Teacher Programs: Recruiting teachers locally can ease staffing shortages and increase workforce diversity. Through partnerships between school districts, community-based organizations and colleges, GYO programs recruit community members to teach in local pre-K-12 schools. While some programs help individuals already in the profession gain teaching licensure, like paraeducators or substitute teachers, most are geared toward introducing high school students to the field.
Washington Post.
1) Teachers abandon letter grades in search of a fairer way Feldman said that schools “perpetuate very antiquated and ineffective and even harmful ways of grading,” because there is no or little training on how to grade for students in teacher preparation courses.
2) University of Maryland Baltimore County receives $21 million donation to expand educational research The University of Maryland Baltimore County has received a record $21 million donation to expand educational research, teacher preparation and partnerships with Baltimore city schools… The Sherman scholars program prepares college students to become teachers in Baltimore and other cities in Maryland with a focus on training educators to meet the needs of culturally diverse grade school students learning science, technology, engineering and math.
NEW YORK STATE
NYS Board of Regents.
1) 60-day public comment period opened March 2nd regarding proposed amendments to establish the Literacy (All Grades) teaching certificate. Data, views or arguments may be submitted to: William P. Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, NYS Education Department, Office of Higher Education, 89 Washington Avenue, Room 975 EBA, Albany, NY 12234, (518) 473-3781, email: [email protected]
2) Statement from Chancellor Lester W. Young, Jr. and Commissioner Betty A. Rosa on Board of Regents Appointments We congratulate Regents Susan W. Mittler and Ruth B. Turner on their reelection today to the Board of Regents and welcome Shino Tanikawa of Manhattan, who will represent the 1st Judicial District, New York County… We thank Regent Nan Eileen Mead for her service to the people of New York and wish her success in her future advocacy. Her dedication to lifting the voices of our young people has been invaluable during her time with the Board.
NEW YORK CITY
City College of New York (CUNY). CFP for a Special Issue of The New Educator on Teacher Education in the Context of Teacher Shortages [manuscripts due June 20]
Teaching Residents at Teachers College (TR@TC). Induction and Beyond. March 2022 Educator Resources Special Announcements; Educator Grant Opportunities; Induction Highlights; Raising Consciousness
