GLOBAL
OECD. Mending the Education Divide: Getting Strong Teachers to the Schools That Need Them Most …countries and economies with uneven distributions of experienced teachers also obtained lower average scores in the PISA 2018 reading assessment. A similar observation is made of education systems in which teachers with thorough training as well as teachers who are skilled at optimising class time are unevenly allocated, and in all three cases, especially for disadvantaged students.
Sydney Morning Herald. Adapting teacher education to the future needs of Australia New teachers need to be equipped with welfare and mental health support strategies to have the confidence to manage this… La Trobe University’s Nexus program, for example, is government-funded and enables student teachers to complete a master’s program with paid employment in schools. It aligns with the recent release of the Quality Initial Teacher Education Review recommendations, which acknowledge that prior learning of well-qualified, suitable, mid-career changers with skills in areas of high demand should be better recognised.
TES (UK). How should ITT evolve to meet global needs? …numerous reports have warned of a teacher shortage in the coming years, saying that we need to start producing more teachers than ever before – 69 million more, according to a United Nations report from 2016…These are just some of the questions that a forthcoming session at the online World Education Summit from 21-24 March will address…
The Statesman. AAP Govt to develop Delhi as center of world-class teacher education Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said the aim of this University established by the Delhi Government is to create a world-class institution in the field of teacher education as good as premium institutes like IIT-IIM… He said the teaching profession has become the last career resort for everyone today. The Delhi Teachers University will change this perspective, encourage the youth towards the teaching profession and produce hundreds of excellent teachers in every session.
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Grant Benefits UTEP’s Teacher Preparation Candidates Ten graduate students in The University of Texas at El Paso’s teacher preparation program earned $10,000 scholarships to help finance their education and teacher certification, thanks to a $108,000 grant from the Charles Butt Foundation.
2) UNG College of Education Launches Residency The University of North Georgia’s (UNG) College of Education is launching its teacher candidate residency program in fall 2022, in partnership with the Gainesville City and Hall County school districts. The program allows preservice teachers enrolled in a UNG teacher preparation program to be hired by school districts to be full-time teachers during their senior year. The program is meant to replace traditional student teaching, and these students are paid half the standard teaching salary, which amounts to about $23,000 annually.
Chalkbeat.
1) Here are the Indiana education bills that passed in 2022 HB 1251 allows school corporations to issue permits for full- or part-time adjunct teachers who have at least four years of experience in a school subject and pass a background check. Those teachers need not have a degree in education.
2) U.S. schools are flush with cash, but struggling to spend it on schedule In Selma, Williams has run into the same problem. She wanted to hire 12 new part-time teachers to help students who are behind in reading; the district only found one.
Education Week.
1) Violence, Threats, and Harassment Are Taking a Toll on Teachers, Survey Shows Schools—and teacher-preparation programs—should offer more training and support for educators that focuses on social-emotional learning, trauma-informed practices, cultural sensitivity, de-escalating tense situations, and crisis response training, the APA task force recommends.
2) Virtual Career Fair for Teachers and K-12 Staff This two-day virtual event allows you to chat directly with 100 districts and companies across the country. [March 23 & 24]
Hechinger Report. What might the future of universal pre-K look like? As researchers, we have some concerns: Access is critical, but so is giving young children classrooms full of warmth, support and meaningful activities Unfortunately, Harvard researchers found that teacher talk often takes up 60 percent or more of pre-K classroom time. Helping children engage in meaningful conversations is a skill, and one that takes training. In this area too, the science is clear: Teachers can be trained to be better conversation starters and supporters.
Indiana Gazette. Pennsylvania has standardized testing, failing teacher pipeline woes “It’s a challenge to pull in more educators into the profession,” Ortega said. “We have some ideas that we put in place, programs to recruit and promote the profession.” Loan forgiveness could boost the number of teachers, Ortega said, as well as “work with the General Assembly to remove some obstacles as they relate to people going into the profession.” Over-assessing teachers and unnecessary requirements to get a teaching license can deter potential educators…
KUOW/NPR. Teachers without licenses taught at Seattle-area charter schools, audits find The Washington State Auditor’s Office made the discovery in the course of routine 2019-2020 school year accountability audits of the three schools … As privately run, publicly funded institutions, charter schools are allowed to operate independently, but teachers must either possess or be in the process of obtaining Washington teaching licenses. While teaching licenses lapse occasionally, or are delayed, McCarthy said that was not the case for most of the Summit teachers in question.
Washington Post. What most worries the 2022 Superintendent of the Year Staff shortages have hobbled the operations of many schools this school year. In some places teachers are so scarce that parents and other non-educators have been asked to fill in… Tactics have included bringing back retired educators and paying out thousands of dollars in bonuses or significant pay hikes as incentives for recruitment and retention. Some are hiring students in teacher-preparation programs before they graduate — and even students have been asked to help tutor their peers.
NEW YORK STATE
NYSED. Sunshine Week: Open government is good government. Aspiring journalists and educators can get involved with Sunshine Week by participating in Sunshine Week events, creating their own Sunshine Week activities or by simply taking time to learn about open government and its importance to democracy. [Mar. 13-19]
Board of Regents March meetings
Board of Regents Unanimously Re-Elects Dr. Lester W. Young, Jr. To Serve as Chancellor and Josephine V. Finn as Vice Chancellor
HIGHER EDUCATION PROPOSALS:
Proposed Amendment… Relating to the Admission Requirements for Graduate-level Teacher and Educational Leadership Programs The proposed amendment is necessary to align the Commissioner’s regulations with recent changes to section 210-a of the Education Law regarding admission requirements for graduate-level teacher and educational leader programs… Following the 60-day public comment period required under the State Administrative Procedure Act, it is anticipated that the proposed amendment will be presented to the Board of Regents for adoption at the July 2022 meeting.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACTION ITEMS:
1) Proposed Amendment…Relating to the Assessment Requirements for School District Leader (SDL) and School District Business Leader (SDBL) Program Completion, the Institutional Recommendation for Professional SDL and SDBL Certification, and the Institutional …continue to exempt candidates enrolled in school district leader (SDL) and school district business leader (SDBL) programs from taking and passing the SDL and SDBL assessment, respectively, for program completion and the institutional recommendation for Professional certification and to exempt candidates enrolled in a Transitional D program from taking and passing the SDL assessment for the institutional recommendation for Transitional D certification, to provide continuity for SDL, SDBL, and Transitional D candidates until the proposed rule can be permanently adopted and to ensure that the emergency action taken at the January 2022 meeting remains continuously in effect… the emergency rule will become effective April 11, 2022. It is anticipated that the proposed rule will be presented to the Board of Regents for permanent adoption at the May 2022 Regents meeting… 2) Proposed Amendment… 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… the proposed amendment will become effective on March 30, 2022.
3) Proposed Amendment… Relating to the Requirements for the Reissuance of an Initial Certificate The Department is therefore proposing to remove the requirement that these candidates complete 50 clock hours of CTLE and/or professional learning to obtain a reissuance of their Initial certificate… adopted as an emergency rule at the March 2022 Regents meeting, the proposed rule will become effective April 11, 2022. It is anticipated that the proposed rule will be presented to the Board of Regents for permanent adoption at the April 2022 Regents meeting
NEW YORK CITY
Columbia Law School’s Suspension Representation Project (SRP). Panel Discussion: A Conversation on the State and Future of NYC Public Schools [Mon. March 21, 2022 7:00-8:00pm ET]
Teachers College Annual Tisch Lecture. Dr. Bettina L. Love: Abolitionist Teaching for Education Justice [Wednesday, March 23, 2022 5:00-6:30 pm EST]
Teaching Residents at Teachers College.
1) 2012 – 2022 Production Report. 20 peer-reviewed publications, 57 global conference presentations and counting…
2) TR@TC Information Session [5:30-6:30 Wed. March 30th]
