GLOBAL
ABC Central Victoria. Victorian teachers being offered financial incentives to work in bush, ease COVID-related staff shortages “Whether it’s through normal CRT (casual relief teachers) process… pre-service or career-break teachers, we’re supporting schools to stay open and continue learning face to face,” a spokesperson said… In addition, 335 final-year initial teacher education students have been granted permission to teach in Victorian government and Catholic schools this year.
India Education Diary. National Council For Teacher Education Launches Online Portal To Streamline Process Of Recognition Of Teacher Education Programs National Council for Teacher Education has launched an online portal to streamline the process of recognition of teacher education programs of Higher Education Institutions and Teacher Education Institutions. This portal will bring in a paradigm shift in the functioning of National Council for Teacher Education.
NYTimes. Student Contest Winner: An International Teacher on Showing Up for Life [This piece is one of 10 winners of our 2022 Profile Contest.] When did you decide that you wanted to go into teaching? In my early 20s, I was bartending, sneaking into the 1996 Olympics, quite directionless. When I decided to go into a teaching program, it was organic. Generally, that is how things work out. You stumble upon something, say, “That’s a good idea. I’ll pursue that and see if I like it.” I appreciate that a lot of life is luck. It’s showing up. Being present.
The Straits Times. NIE to train teachers in using AI in classroom, invest in research By 2026, topics about artificial intelligence in education will be offered for trainee teachers at all levels, including undergraduates, post-graduate and in-service teachers at the National Institute of Education (NIE).
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) MSU-led, NSF-Funded Project Aims to Strengthen Rural Educator Pipeline A $2.4 million National Science Foundation grant supports a Mississippi State University-led project that aims better prepare educators for teaching in rural settings.
2) SFA State University Partners with School District for Paid Internships Stephen F. Austin State University’s James I. Perkins College of Education has partnered with the Nacogdoches Independent School District to staff up to eight paid internships during the 2022-23 academic year. The program, which launches this fall, will let students use clinical teaching assignments to gain valuable classroom experience before entering the education workforce.
Chalkbeat.
1) If schools want more Black male teachers, they can’t treat us like ‘disciplinarians first’ Senate Bill 99 (PA) would fund educator preparation programs aimed at diversifying the teaching workforce, and it would remove barriers to certification that disproportionately impact teachers of color.
2) Newark raises pay for veteran and rookie teachers amid staffing crunch Raising the starting salary for new teachers with a bachelor’s degree by $6,500, and by $4,500 for new teachers with a master’s degree, will make the district “one of the most competitive urban school systems in the northeast,” Superintendent Roger León said…Newark has also started a teacher pipeline program that encourages high school students to pursue a teaching career and promises a teaching contract with the district after graduating with their bachelor’s degrees.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Most of Texas’ new teachers are career changers. Here’s why that matters. …new teachers who are alternatively certified have made up the majority of new hires entering the state teacher workforce… But Texas doesn’t require alternative certification programs to include a student teaching component, meaning new alternatively certified teachers have no real-world experience when they begin their first years of teaching. Alternatively certified teachers are also more likely to leave the profession early in their careers than those who have bachelor’s degrees in education
NorthJersey.com. Murphy spotlights Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. Still time to apply. Murphy and federal officials encouraged teachers and nurses to apply to the program, created in recognition of the extraordinary risks and responsibilities public employees took during the COVID-19 public health emergency, before the October deadline.
NJ.com. State creates path for more prospective teachers, as shortages grow The new policies will allow teachers to enter the profession through the state’s alternate route program even if they fall slightly short of the required grade point averages or standardized test scores… the Department of Education on Tuesday launched a new online certification system to simplify applying for positions and speed the granting of certificates, department spokesman Michael Yaple said. The department has also expanded the hours of its certification call center…
Politico. The Ugly Backlash to Brown v. Board of Ed That No One Talks About The historical record shows that the Black educator pipeline was purposely decimated by racists intent on keeping schools segregated even in the face of mandates by Brown and numerous other legal cases that states desegregate students, faculty and staff. Prior to Brown, in the 17 dual system states, 35-50 percent of educators were Black. Today, there is no state that approaches these percentages.
Rolling Stone. I Teach Teachers. I Have No Idea How to Prepare Them For Mass Shootings To become a teacher in the U.S. is to make the conscious decision to risk their lives… There is no way for me to approach my students with a book, worksheet, video, or lesson and say “this is the thing that will prevent your death in a K-12 classroom” because these materials do not exist… I will never know how to prepare my student teachers for when a gunman enters their classroom. I shouldn’t have to learn.
WeAreIowa. How educators are talking to aspiring teachers when it comes to handling a violent attack in their school “We talk a lot about it,” the Associate Dean of Teacher Education at the University of Iowa said. “That we understand your challenges and your concerns and your questions. But we also are grateful that you have decided that you want to be a teacher.” He says one thing that’s been helpful in answering questions and concerns is engaging students with current educators and administrators in surrounding districts to learn what their best practices are.
WHO Des Moines. New bill would remove hurdles for aspiring teachers …the bill would remove the requirement of a preprofessional skills test for students entering a teacher preparation program. It would also remove the requirement that a candidate for a teacher’s license would need to pass the PRAXIS test.
NEW YORK STATE
Forward. New York State to monitor compliance with Holocaust education requirements Congress passed in 2020 the Never Again Education Act, which provides $10 million over five years to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to bolster its educational programming to give teachers the resources and training to teach about the Holocaust.
NYS Board of Regents: Public comment periods now open
* Proposed Amendment…Relating to Establishing the Students with Disabilities (All Grades) Certificate, Revising the Registration Requirements for Students with Disabilities (Birth-Grade 2) Programs, and Revising the Requirements for the Extension and Limite…
* Proposed Amendment … Relating to Extending Flexibilities for Incidental and Substitute Teaching
* Proposed Amendments … Relating to Establishing Registration Requirements for Residency Programs and Revising Residency Certificate Requirements
Submit comments to: William P. Murphy, Deputy Commissioner, NYS Education Department, Office of Higher Education, 89 Washington Avenue, Room 975 EBA, Albany, NY 12234, (518) 486-3633, email: [email protected]
NYSED Office of Higher Education. May Newsletter
* Board of Regents May Items: New Students with Disabilities (All Grades) Certificate
* Position Opening: Director, Office of College and University Evaluation (OCUE)
* Teacher Performance Assessment Submission Process
NYSED Office of Human Resources. Director, Teacher Certification, M3 (Management/Confidential) The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of Education Policy is seeking candidates for a Director, Teacher Certification position in the Office of Teaching Initiatives. This Office oversees the certification process for teachers in New York State.
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. Albany to give Adams 2 years of mayoral control and calls for shrinking NYC class sizes: The first-term mayor will be back in Albany sooner than he had hoped to renew mayoral control, and will now also be tasked with shrinking class sizes. Tied to the measure is another major move to cap the size of classes in city schools between 20 to 25 students, depending on the grade, over the next five years.
Gothamist. New state bills would extend mayoral control — with changes to class size, governance State lawmakers have struck an agreement on bills that would extend mayoral control of the New York City school system for two years and mandate reductions in public school class size… The new bill would cap kindergarten through third grade classes at 20 students; fourth through eighth grade classes at 23 students; and high school classes at 25 students… The reduction would be phased in starting this fall, and would have to be complete by 2027. If the city does not comply, money will be withheld.
NYPost. Bill shrinking class sizes in NYC public schools passes state legislature The legislation includes exceptions for space restrictions or over-enrollment in school buildings — though the capital budget must demonstrate attempts to resolve those problems. It also creates carveouts in the cases of certified teacher shortages and “severe economic distress.”
NYTimes.
1) Class Sizes Set to Shrink in New York City Schools, but at What Cost? The total could come to $1 billion a year across all grades, education department officials said. The estimates include the cost of hiring teachers and opening additional classes within schools… The federal pandemic aid will run out, but union officials suggested it could be used to begin hiring teachers to reduce class sizes. State funding for city schools, which officials had promised to increase, could maintain the program, they suggested.
2) How Eric Adams’s Struggle With Dyslexia Is Shaping His Mayoralty: Mr. Adams was not diagnosed with a learning disability until college. Now, he is making dyslexia screenings a central policy issue. The education plan will not be easy to implement, and it is unclear how much it will cost. It calls for testing hundreds of thousands of students, creating special programs for dyslexic students at schools in every borough and retraining teachers who teach children how to read… Teachers in kindergarten through second grade will be required to use a phonics-based curriculum, which teaches the 44 unique sounds in the English language known as phonemes.
Teachers College.
1) Pedagogies of Possibility: Exploring Culturally Responsive Education during COVID-19. [By TC prof. D. Price-Dennis, et al.] Data shows specific ways participants were called upon to support their students and families that were outside of the professional credentials or required knowledge and skill sets beyond their teacher preparation.
2) Reimagining Education Summer Institute: Teaching, Learning and Leading for a Racially Just Society Summer Institute [July 11-15, 2022]
3) TR@TC Induction and Beyond June 2022: Educator Resources
The City. Nonprofit Receives Grant to Teach Lakota Language in NYC, Despite Standing Rock Ban. The New York Community Trust, the state’s oldest public charity, awarded nonprofit The Language Conservancy a $44,000 grant in late April to teach the Lakota language … But who should teach the language and how is a heated debate topic at the Standing Rock Indian Reservation spanning North and South Dakota, a headquarters for the nation’s shrinking Lakota-speaking populations.
US Dept. of Education. Conversation with US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona 9:00 AM ET Thursday, June 9 [The Interchurch Center 61 Claremont Ave, New York, NY 10027]
