GLOBAL
AACTE. Register Today: Educator Prep Recruitment and Support for International Students. … join a panel of faculty experts and international scholars as they discuss educator prep program recruitment and support for international students on April 17.
Japan Times. Japan announces outline of ‘unprecedented’ child care policy Tuition reduction, exemption and scholarships — which have been offered mainly to low-income households to improve their chances of entering college — will be extended to the middle class…A tuition deferment system will be introduced for students studying for their master’s starting in 2024. The government will also reform child care services…
New York Times. Indian Textbooks Purged of Material Modi’s Party Finds Objectionable The curriculum prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training is used by the government’s Central Board of Secondary Education, which has over 20,000 affiliated schools, both public and private, across India.
Stuff. Plan to abolish streaming from NZ schools by 2030 launched Kōkirihia says teachers need leadership, professional development support and time to move into alternative ways of teaching like high expectation teaching, reciprocal teaching, and Developing Mathematical Inquiry in Communities.
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Diversifying Teachers and Teacher Educators: A U.S. Imperative Across higher education, 75% of professors are White and teacher educators are over 76% White, demonstrating that many teacher candidates will not have a single professor of color … as Galman, Pica-Smith, and Rosenberger note: “It’s important that teacher educators have examined their own implicit biases before asking preservice teachers to engage with [them].”
2) In the States: Provisionally Licensed Teachers in Virginia Increase by 24% to Meet Shortage As reported, Virginia issued a total of 8,434 provisional licenses in 2021–22 compared to an average of 6,787 in the years prior to the pandemic… Provisionally licensed teachers generally have little to no teacher training — and in some states may only have a high school diploma.
Chalkbeat.
1) Chicago staffs fewer National Board certified teachers as it pushes to grow their ranks …a Chalkbeat analysis found the overall number of board-certified teachers has decreased steadily, even as the number of educators Chicago Public Schools employs has grown. About 1,000 of the district’s more than 22,000 educators are board-certified, down almost 30% since 2016.
2) Tennessee lawmakers advance bill to let teachers carry firearms without notifying parents The proposal would let a teacher or staff member carry a concealed handgun at school after completing 40 hours of certified training in school policing at their own expense, as well as passing a mental health evaluation and FBI background check.
CT Mirror. Help grow a more diverse teaching workforce in CT by removing the EdTPA Did you know that Connecticut is the only state in New England, including New York, to require college students studying to become public school teachers to take the edTPA? This unnecessary standardized test is not only a waste of money, but is a barrier to helping Connecticut develop a more diverse teaching pool.
Early Learning Nation. Erikson Institute’s New, Fully Funded Master’s Program for Educators of Color in Chicago Erikson Institute’s new Master of Science in Early Childhood Education (MSECE) licensure program is designed to prepare teachers to teach in underinvested communities. The program combines early education, special education and bilingual/English as a Second Language (ESL)…
EdWeek.
1) How One English Teacher Made Peace With ChatGPT: The new technology should spur us to find a role for teachers that can’t be automated. The ultimate question is, do the parents living in the district want the teachers to be people who can influence their children’s lives? Or will they prefer teachers that read from a script and teach to a test? AI can replace one of those jobs but certainly not both.
2) The Evolution of Terms Describing English Learners: An ELL Glossary … these students have faced challenges in accessing quality education, whether due to funding limitations; state policies falling behind on best practices; or a lack of specialized instructors and insufficient training among general classroom teachers.
InsideHigherEd. ‘Matchmaking’ Community Colleges and Head Start: A new partnership aims to bring Head Start programs to community college campuses in hopes of better serving students with children. These partnerships could also help Head Start staff their centers, which have a shortage of early childhood educators… If Head Start centers are located on campuses, students studying early childhood education can work there and potentially continue after they graduate.
NEA News.
1) Educators Work to Preserve Native Languages … it’s a struggle for districts to find special ed teachers, never mind teachers fluent in endangered languages… In Hawaii, state officials are offering $8,000 annual salary bumps to certified Hawaiian language teachers.
2) ‘There were three events that led me to be a teacher’: Amanda O’Sullivan is an Elementary School Teacher in Eagle Point, Oregon I became a kindergarten assistant in 2014 and was in that position for seven years. I recently earned my teaching degree while working full time and am now teaching kindergarten to second grade at our district virtual school.
Northeastern State Univ. (OK) Grant To Fund Creation Of Teacher Centers At NSU, Help Expand Workforce A federal grant will allow Northeastern State University to increase the number of comprehensively prepared teachers from diverse backgrounds. NSU was awarded a four-year grant totaling a little more than $1.5 million through the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program.
New York Times.
1) Lesson Plan: What Does the Indictment of Donald Trump Mean for the Country?
2) Margot Stern Strom, Anti-Bigotry Educator, Dies at 81: She started an organization whose curriculums challenge teenagers to understand the roots of the Holocaust, racism, apartheid and other human injustices. As Facing History grew, it provided training to teachers in workshops and seminars and online. The organization says that an estimated 150,000 teachers around the world regularly use its curriculum, as a discrete course or as elements in other courses.
3) Ways to Read, Write, Teach and Learn Poetry with The New York Times Here are 30 ideas for helping your students appreciate poetry — and experiment with it themselves.
Oregon Public Broadcasting. More Oregon state lawmakers are finally paying attention to child care issues. Will it matter? House Bill 3029 would create a “child care incentive fund” that could be used to help child care workers pay off student loans or to pay for their own child care while they are studying to become a provider. And House Bill 2504 would make it easier for people who have been trained internationally to care for children work in the United States.
ScrippsNews. HBCUs leading efforts in bringing more Black teachers to the classroom In America, reflecting the nation’s diversity often falls short when it comes to teachers, but Historically Black Colleges and Universities are working to change that… HBCUs, like Morgan State, are at the forefront of increasing the number of Black teachers in America’s schools.
Shelby Star. (NC) GWU sees success with online teaching degrees College of Education launched the Teacher Assistant (TA) to Teacher Program in response to meeting the critical teacher shortage in North Carolina… advantage of Gardner-Webb’s program was instruction on edTPA…“The professors start from day one and give us the knowledge and skills we need to achieve this goal of passing edTPA,”
The 74.
1) California High Schools are Adding Hundreds of Ethnic Studies Classes. Are Teachers Prepared? In the absence of an ethnic studies credential, California’s universities have developed a range of programs preparing students for teaching the subject. Some offer classes on ethnic studies teaching methods and curriculum development, while others place students in ethnic studies classrooms …
2) The Mis-Education of Black Students: Teaching the Truth in a Time of Oppression … too many teacher preparation programs and their faculties have proven time and time again to be woefully short of truly culturally responsive to Black and brown communities. The heights of tenured teachers’ college posts are too far removed from the lived experiences of Black and brown students.
WBAY (WI). State-required teaching exam sparks debate amid national teacher shortage …the ‘FORT’ or the Foundations of Reading Test, has become the center of discussion for many educators and students in the field. The test was designed initially for those seeking reading specialist licenses, but became the industry standard in 2014 for all elementary teachers trying to earn their license.
Word In Black. Classroom Restrictions Ask Black, LGBTQ+ Teachers to ‘Erase’ Identities: Across the country, 17 states now have restrictions on discussing gender and race in the classroom. It’s jeopardizing the teacher pipeline. …could impede the diverse teacher pipeline El-Mekki and his collaborators have been working toward, and it could also impede the overall teacher pipeline. People join the teaching profession to help students connect the dots between why we’re here and how we move forward…
NEW YORK STATE
InsideHigherEd. Scaling Up: Syracuse Expands Learning Simulations Syracuse’s initial simulations were for educator preparation—teacher education, school leader education, school counseling, etc.—but have expanded to creative arts therapy and, most recently, business and marketing students.
NYS Dept. of Labor. Teacher Residency Program (TRP) Request for Applications (RFA) …to partially or fully fund master’s degrees for teacher residents who are enrolled in a residency program registered with the New York State Education Department (NYSED).
NYS Education Department. 2023 My Brother’s Keeper Symposium Teaching in a Burning Schoolhouse and The Archeology of Self: The Urgency of Now with TC Profs. Dr. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz and Dr. Sonya Douglass [May 19 Empire State Plaza, Albany]
NEW YORK CITY
Bank Street College of Education. Amy Stuart Wells Named Dean of the Graduate School of Education Her current work is focused on supporting teachers, schools, and school systems in integrating anti-racist policies and practices into their approach to education. Over the last eight years, Wells has worked closely with colleagues at Teachers College to grow the Reimagining Education Summer Institute into a leading initiative that includes an advanced certificate program…
Chalkbeat. Student protests, teacher concerns follow proposed restructure at Brooklyn charter school network “predominantly Black and Brown staff members“… have borne the brunt of disciplining students rather than teachers, who are overwhelmingly white, the network said. Tresha Ward, CEO of the charter network, said that the structural shift will improve hiring practices, creating a stronger pipeline and retention of teachers of color.
Teachers College Office of Teacher Education. SENIOR CERTIFICATION MANAGER. Job Summary: Reporting to the Director of the Office of Teacher Education and working collaboratively with the Associate Director, Certification Compliance, the Senior Certification Manager will be responsible for supporting the Teachers College teacher education program Faculty and Students with New York State Education Department (NYSED) teacher certification…
