GLOBAL
Dublin City University. DCU Institute of Education Announces Five New Teacher Fellows This week, Professor Anne Looney, Executive Dean of the DCU Institute of Education, announced the names of five primary and post-primary teachers who were awarded a two-year fellowship at the university, starting in September 2023. This initiative was developed to benefit the next generation of teachers and further enhance the quality of the teaching profession in Ireland.
New Zimbabwe. Education Reform in Zimbabwe: Empowering Future Generations The reforms invest in teacher training and support. It enhances instructional skills and pedagogical techniques. It also improves their ability to deliver instructions and gives them more autonomy and flexibility in class and on campus. As a result, it leads to higher job satisfaction.
The Telegraph Online. Delhi University dumps teacher course, set to roll out new one at govt’s behest Delhi University is set to roll out an integrated graduation-cum-teacher training course at the behest of the government, discontinuing its reputable Bachelor of Elementary Education (BElEd) course, in a move decried by academics as a dilution of teacher education.
UNITED STATES
ABC15. Arizona Teacher Residency program to expand next year The Arizona Teacher Residency program just wrapped up its first school year with 22 Northern Arizona University students learning real-world classroom experience throughout the year. The expansion continues into the next year as the program received a grant that will allow them to have up to 40 students in residency.
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). North Carolina Governor Declares State of Emergency for Public Education …concerns presented by the Governor throughout his video address include: * 5,000 teacher vacancies that need to be breached, which is where he said the average pay raises exacerbated the problem… *The “political culture wars” that he said would put “politicians in charge of curriculum-setting, micromanage what teachers can teach, and target LGBTQ+ students.” He mentioned the elimination of some science classes and the restructuring of history curricula.
American Association of School Personnel Administrators (AASPA). 5 Shifts for Addressing the Educators Shortage. PK–12 stakeholders—including federal and state governments, associations and nonprofits, educator preparation programs, and local education agencies—are encouraged to use this paper to accelerate their progress in addressing the educator shortage.
American Educational Research Association (AERA). AERA Selects Leslie T. Fenwick to Deliver 2023 Brown Lecture in Education Research Fenwick’s widely disseminated policy research monographs and op-ed articles have been cited and published by leading national media outlets, think tanks, and education associations; has delivered more than 100 distinguished lectures and keynotes to national and international audiences; and regularly appears in the media discussing equal educational opportunity, educator workforce diversity, and education policy.
Brookings Register. Teacher apprenticeship pilot program to launch next fall in South Dakota The South Dakota Department of Education has made available an application for its new Teacher Apprenticeship Pathway. The department, and its partners, will pilot the program beginning in the 2023-24 school year. The program’s intent is to take successful para-educators, or teacher aides, and help them pursue certification to become fully accredited teachers. Northern State University and Dakota State University will offer the necessary coursework over a two-year period…
Chalkbeat. Indiana’s new ‘science of reading’ law requires districts to adopt research-backed curriculum The law also requires teachers who teach literacy in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade to receive a literacy endorsement through the state if they receive their teaching license after June 30, 2025. School districts are required to offer extra pay for teachers who have the literacy endorsement.
EdSurge.
1) A New Feature of Teacher Prep Programs? Compensating Future Educators for Their Time Like other teacher candidates at Dallas College, apprentices will complete a year-long residency, where they’re working in a classroom at least three days a week. The difference is that apprentices’ employers must commit to incremental wage increases as apprentices inch closer to full teacher certification. This model also comes with the benefit of unlocking additional funding for job training.
2) Readers React to EdSurge Articles About Teachers Leaving the Classroom A teacher in California: “Teaching is hard and I can’t survive without stress until I finally get my credential, which with the edTPA has been a nightmare. However, teaching kids is my passion. I am devoted and I can’t see myself doing anything else.
Grand Island Independent (NE). Grand Island educators reflect on repeal of testing requirement for prospective teachers Last week Gov. Jim Pillen signed off on repealing Rule 92, which required a standardized test for teacher candidates. Some, including Grand Island-area educators, said the test, Praxis, was a barrier… The repeal goes into effect this fall.
Hechinger Reports.
1) Do math drills help children learn?: Timed tests might be a more efficient way to memorize multiplication tables, but even advocates caution that there are many pitfalls The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics urges teachers to “avoid” timed tests… The Science of Math group concurs that not all timed practice is good…They also say that teachers should never count these tests toward students’ grades; the tests should be low-stakes practice.
2) Inside Florida’s ‘underground lab’ for far-right education policies: In Sarasota County, as school board members battle over book bans, character education, attacks on LGBTQ+ individuals and ‘woke audits,’ students feel like ‘non-consenting lab rats’ Ziegler proposed hiring Vermilion for two consulting projects, one of indefinite duration and expense. They included … undertaking a sweeping “District Improvement Study” to review all the district’s curricula, teacher training programs, union contracts and policies.
3) Students with disabilities often left out of popular ‘dual-language’ programs: Advocates say it’s both a missed opportunity and discrimination Hai Son, principal of Mather Elementary School, sees the state ban’s continued impact on the teacher pipeline. A whole generation of bilingual students and young teachers who might have gone into bilingual education never did.
InsideHigherEd. Senate OKs Resolution to Block Loan Forgiveness The SBPC and the American Federation of Teachers previously found that the student loans of more than 260,000 public servants would be reinstated under the resolution.
Lansing State Journal. Lansing School District receives nearly $1M for teacher training, certification The $959,694 grant through a Michigan Department of Education program funded with federal dollars will fund a new “Grow Your Own” program to fill vacancies that have been occupied by long-term substitute teachers.
NEA News. Life as a Contingent Faculty Member: The higher education system depends on the labor of adjuncts, yet these faculty remain underpaid and undervalued. The higher education system has become increasingly dependent on temporary labor: nearly 70% of U.S. faculty members held a contingent position in fall 2021, up from 47% in 1987.
New York Times.
1) Mississippi Is Offering Lessons for America on Education Mississippi made the calculated decision to offer high-quality full-day programs, with qualified teachers paid at the same rate as elementary school staff members, rather than offer a second-rate program to more children.
2) The GRE Test Is Cut in Half: Two Hours and Done Graduate school applicants will take the new version of the standardized test beginning in September, a tacit acknowledgment of its declining relevance in admissions.
Tallahassee Democrat. Former FAMU educator, philanthropist Anne Gayles-Felton celebrating 100th birthday at gala Throughout the decades that she spent at FAMU, she served in roles that included undergraduate and graduate professor of secondary education and foundations, college supervisor of interns, director of student teaching, curriculum coordinator, and head of the department of secondary education and foundations.
The 74. Girls & Math: Teachers Who Claim Gender Equality Still Show Bias Against Girls Our study identifies factors that underlie such biases; namely, that biases are stronger among teachers who believe that gender discrimination is not a problem in the United States. Understanding the relationship between teachers’ beliefs and biases can help teacher educators create effective and targeted interventions to remove such biases from classrooms.
WCSJ News. Illinois General Assembly’s Bill Approval to Address Teacher Shortage Senate Bill 1488, proposed by Bennett, grants a waiver for the edTPA requirement for prospective teachers until August 31, 2025. The legislation also establishes the Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force, charged with studying different teacher evaluation systems and developing a new assessment approach for Illinois teachers. The task force must present its findings no later than August 1, 2024. Having successfully passed both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly, the bill now awaits the Governor’s signature to become law.
NEW YORK STATE
Buffalo News. Program shows the benefits of relatable reading options for students The consortium engages with city schools and provides resources for current and future teachers through the year, with an annual conference in September. At last year’s event, the university’s teacher education team announced Reynolds’ booking and launched the project. The consortium provided mini grants to schools to buy sets of books and prepare students in grades 5-8 for their visit to campus.
Chalkbeat. Child care workers could receive up to $3,000 in bonuses, under new state retention program Veteran certified prekindergarten teachers at community-based organizations can earn just 53% of their counterpart’s salary at a public school’s pre-K program, he said. An assistant teacher could sacrifice more than $235,000 over a 25-year career at a community-based organization.
New York State Education Department, Office of Higher Education. Educator Preparation May 2023 Newsletter
1) Board of Regents May Items The Board of Regents adopted a regulatory amendment to revise several of the new student teaching requirements * Student Teaching * Substitute Teachers *Incidental Teaching *Reciprocity
2) Distance Education Flexibility Extended …extending the current distance education flexibility (see previous memo from April 2022) until the end of the 2023-2024 academic year.
3) Reminders For Teacher and School Building Leader Preparation Programs *Teacher Performance Assessment Submission Process *Special Application for School Building Leader Programs to Show Alignment with the PSELs.
NEW YORK CITY
Bank Street College Prepared to Teach. On July 1, 2023, Prepared To Teach will become an independent national organization! As we transition, we want to share our gratitude for all our wonderful partners across the country who are the backbone of this movement—and, of course, to Bank Street!
Chalkbeat. NYC’s literacy mandate: Why one reading program is gaining the most traction Curriculum experts and department insiders pointed to a series of interlocking factors that may have helped Into Reading elbow out the competition. The program is widely perceived as easier for teachers to implement, especially with little time remaining before deploying it in September. Plus, Into Reading has a Spanish version…
Teachers College. Teacher Preparation for Comprehensive Literacy Instruction TC faculty from eight teacher education programs explore how the tools from educational psychology, special education, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, discourse analysis, culturally sustaining pedagogies, and responsive instruction inform our preparation of teachers and school leaders. [Wednesday June 7 10:00 am–3:00 pm Milbank Chapel 525 West 120th Street NYC]
