GLOBAL
New York Times.
1) Clean Toilets, Inspired Teachers: How India’s Capital Is Fixing Its Schools In the summer of 2016, the government held training sessions with over 25,000 teachers. In addition to the usual subject-matter training, it selected teachers from within the public school system to offer training on the basics of teaching. Those sessions focused on building a personal connection with students.
2) Mexico Says Disappearance of 43 Students Was a ‘Crime of the State’: The authorities said for the first time that the state had been a key player in the likely massacre of students from a teachers’ college in 2014. The violent abduction and disappearance of the students, young men from a teachers’ college in the rural town of Ayotzinapa, and a subsequent cover-up that the commission confirmed extended to some of the highest national offices, have long been sources of national outrage, underscoring the cartel-fueled carnage and insidious state corruption that continue to wrack the country.
The Guardian.
1) No wonder no one wants to be a teacher: Australian media must change conversation about the profession If all people hear is that teachers are to “blame” for poor standards and they should be finding their demanding, complex jobs easy, this is hardly likely to encourage people into the profession. Nor does it give those already there the support and respect they need to stay.
2) ‘She asked me, will they kill you if they discover you?’: Afghan girls defy education ban at secret schools …many Afghans remember last time the group controlled Afghanistan, when a “temporary” closure of girls’ schools endured for their entire six-year rule. So as girls slid into depression, robbed of their dreams of becoming doctors, pilots, engineers, teachers, women and men around Afghanistan began fighting back.
UNITED STATES
AACTE. Butler University’s Program Provides Training for Teachers with Alternative Credentials Butler University is addressing Indiana’s teacher shortage through a new program designed to support new teachers, alternatively credentialed teachers, emergency-permitted teachers, or long-term substitute teachers with the training they need to succeed in the classroom. Butler’s first cohort of teachers will begin the first module of training in its “Teacher-Led, Teacher Education” program at the end of August.
Chalkbeat. Michigan programs provide route for second-career teachers. Are they rigorous enough? The new pathway serves prospective teachers from all areas of the state. It’s one of a growing number of programs in Michigan to help people with bachelor’s degrees in other fields quickly become certified educators… In the Michigan Alternative Route to Certification, known as M-ARC, candidates spend five months in online courses and two weeks student teaching under the watch of field instructors, who provide daily feedback. That’s a fraction of the time required to complete a four-year education degree. At $9,000, it’s also a fraction of the cost.
Education Week.
1) A Dallas Principal Lost a Fifth of Her Teachers. Can She Hire Enough by the First Day? DISD trustees approved a waiver in June that allows elementary schools to hire recruits without a teaching certification, as long as they do training during the school year and hit certain academic benchmarks, such as having a college degree.
2) When It Comes to the Teacher Shortage, Who’s Abandoning Whom? A just released study from Australia analyzed 65,000 news articles about teachers covering the last 25 years. The headline: “No wonder no one wants to be a teacher.” The author drew three conclusions: “We are fixated on teacher quality,” “teacher work is made out to be simple (it’s not),” and “teacher bashing is the norm.” [See The Guardian link above]
edTPA.org. Community Newsletter August 2022
NEA News. Cancel Your Student Debt NEA’s student debt experts have created tools designed to help educators through the complicated student debt system.
NBC News. Teachers say in new survey they’re being told not to talk about racism and race “Teachers are disheartened by these things because they know how important it is for students of color and queer students and Muslim students to see themselves represented…“How do you recruit teachers in this climate?” said Bettina Love, co-founder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network and an education professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College.
Reuters. Fact Check-New Florida scheme allows veterans – not their spouses – to a temporary teaching certificate without having completed a college degree A story online about the wife of a veteran who was able to get a teaching certificate just by observing teachers for 12 hours misrepresents the state’s requirements; spouses of veterans must meet all the normal requirements for a teaching certificate, including a college degree… A separate scheme called the Military Veteran Certification Pathway allows veterans, but not their spouses, with at least 60 college credits to apply for a temporary teaching certificate…
NJ.com. Is this test required? New teachers await governor’s answer before school starts. The state Assembly and Senate unanimously passed a bill eliminating a time-consuming, unpopular test as a requirement for new teachers in New Jersey on June 29…But more than six weeks later, the bill remains unsigned by Gov. Phil Murphy…The test, known as edTPA, administered by Pearson Education Inc., became a requirement in 2014 to raise the standards for teaching candidates. But many newly-trained teachers consider the $300 test redundant, as teacher preparation programs require them to show similar skills.
Wall Street Journal. Schools Are Looking in Unusual Places to Deal with Teacher Shortage Districts turn to virtual teachers, military veterans and college students during tough hiring season
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. NYC wants to change the way students learn to read. Here’s how. Katie Pace Miles, an associate professor at Brooklyn College, CUNY, offered a possible solution: scaling up tutoring programs with teachers-in-training. This past year CUNY trained 650 students from the university system’s education schools in “evidence- and research-based programs” and placed them in schools where they worked one-on-one with first and second graders..
City & State. NYC schools chancellor talks about preparing students for the real world: At City & State’s Education Summit, David Banks laid out the legacy he hopes to leave behind in the country’s largest school system. Now, all elementary schools are now required to adopt a phonics-based reading program for the coming school year…Officials will also train educators across the city to identify students with dyslexia and learn how to better teach them
New York Public Library. Culturally Responsive Back-to-School Titles for Students and Educators The New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools is celebrating back to school with teachers, students, and families across New York City with engaging titles for every age.
