GLOBAL
Global Partnership for Education (GPE). Addressing the global teacher shortage: A path to quality education for all As we approach 2030, we face a significant challenge: the global shortage of teachers. However, there’s room for optimism. The forthcoming Global Report on Teachers, a collaborative effort by the International Task Force on Teachers for Education 2030 and UNESCO, promises insights and solutions to tackle this issue.
New York Times. Overlooked No More: Ángela Ruiz Robles, Inventor of an Early E-Reader She graduated from a teachers college in Leon, then taught there until 1916. In 1918, Ruiz Robles moved to Santa Eugenia de Mandia, a village in Galicia near the coast, where she worked as a teacher until 1928.
The Educator. Shifting sands: The new landscape of Australian education These ambitious reforms, announced by Federal Education Minister Jason Clare earlier this year, aim to revamp teacher training, improve resourcing for schools, and reverse serious declines in student outcomes, particularly in core subjects such as maths, science and English.
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Clemson to Use $2.39 Million from Department of Education to Expand Teacher Residency Across the State The project will place 16 teacher residents in participating districts in the region each year for four years, paying each a $25,000 living stipend during their residency year when the students are placed with mentor teachers… Declining teacher recruitment and retention trends were the impetus to start the program and remain the primary motivator. According to data from the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement, the 2022-2023 school year began with 1,474 vacant teaching positions in South Carolina, a 39% increase in teacher vacancies from the previous year.
2) Study on EdTech in Teacher Preparation We are asking P-12 teachers to take a brief survey to share how well-prepared they were to use technology in their classroom teaching. The results will be shared widely and will inform teacher preparation institutions as well as P-12 schools on how and what to address in professional learning for teachers.
Chalkbeat.
1) Cherelle Parker will be Philadelphia’s 100th mayor. Here’s what she wants to change about education. But unlike previous mayors, Parker — who started her career as a teacher… was the first in her family to go to college. After attending Lincoln University, she briefly taught English and English as a second language in Pleasantville, New Jersey…
2) Detroit board members consider ambitious approach for student literacy growth Board President Angelique Peterson-Mayberry agreed that the district should adopt an innovative approach, suggesting that some of the funds could go toward training high schoolers to teach basic reading to younger students.
3) How a George Floyd book event at Whitehaven H.S. got squeezed by Tennessee law Tennessee was among the first states to legislate what public school students can — and cannot — be taught about race, gender, and bias. And the penalties are steep. Educators who violate the law may have their teaching licenses suspended or revoked.
EDWeek.
1) How to Support Students Afflicted by Trauma Typically, dysregulation begins with a trigger (a comment or a problem on a test a student is challenged by), and it escalates into full dysregulation. A trained educator can often avoid full dysregulation by noticing that a student is triggered and seeks to calm them down before it escalates into full dysregulation.
2) Most Licensure Tests Are Weak Measures of Teachers’ ‘Science of Reading’ Knowledge The report, from the research and policy group the National Council on Teacher Quality, analyzed the 25 different tests that states use to assess prospective elementary teachers in this area. NCTQ gave passing marks to just 10 of these tests, rating four of them as acceptable, and six as strong.
3) ‘We Exist’: How to Learn About Native Americans Through Native Lenses A Navajo scholar offers insight and resources for educators
Hechinger Report. Opinion: It is time to pay attention to the science of learning The thing that surprised me most about my teacher preparation program was that we never talked about how kids learn. Instead, we were taught how to structure a lesson and given tips on classroom management. I took “methods” classes that gave me strategies for discussions and activities. I assumed that I would eventually learn how the brain worked because I thought that studying education meant studying how learning happens.
InsideHigherEd. Adjunct Instructors Deserve Training: They are key contributors to student educational success, yet relatively few receive adequate professional development Colleges and universities that hire adjunct instructors often point to graduate programs as the places where instructors should have received training in teaching methods, but the primary focus of most North American graduate programs is research, producing scholarship that adds to a field, not the teaching that adjuncts primarily do. And while many graduate students may be asked to teach—either as teaching assistants or directly as course instructors—graduate programs seldom provide formal preparation for quality teaching or recognition of it.
NCTQ. False Assurances: Many states’ licensure tests don’t signal whether elementary teachers understand reading instruction …more than half of states use a weak licensure test that fails to adequately measure elementary teachers’ knowledge of scientifically based reading instruction. This shortcoming means that annually, nearly 100,000 elementary teachers across the country enter classrooms with false assurances that they’re ready to teach reading,1 and the districts that hire them have false assurances that those teachers are adequately prepared.
NY Times Lesson Plans
1) A Beginner’s Guide to Looking at the Universe’ In this lesson, students explore how the James Webb Space Telescope is changing what we see in the distant universe.
2) An American Puzzle: Fitting Race in a Box’ Census categories for race and ethnicity have changed over the last 230 years. What might that suggest about the United States’ past and future?
The 74 Million. Does Your State Use Weak Teacher Reading Tests? New Study Says A Majority Do NCTQ study found a majority of elementary teacher reading licensing tests leave thousands of educators nationwide unprepared to help young students.
U.S. Dept of Education. Raise the Bar Policy Brief: Eliminating Educator Shortages through Increasing Educator Diversity and Addressing High-need Shortage Areas. The five policy levers are: 1) increase compensation and improve working conditions, 2) expand access to high-quality and affordable educator preparation 3) promote career advancement and leadership opportunities for educators, 4) provide high-quality new teacher induction and job-embedded professional learning throughout educators’ careers, and 5) increase educator diversity.
Washington Post. Studies challenge assumption that schools with low-income students are short-changed in funding The focus of reform is shifting to raising achievement… Those who fought to remove funding inequities now want more demanding and inspiring teaching… Better teacher training, longer school days and reorganized classes for failing students are part of the mix.
NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Press Release. Dates and Locations Set for Public Hearings on Mayoral Control of New York City Schools Public Invited to Provide Oral and Written Electronic Testimony Hearing Times and Additional Information to Follow
NYSED Senior Deputy Commissioner for Education Policy. Summary of Potential Changes to Educator Certification The Department is now considering potential changes to the certification system that would: * Further simplify the certification process; * Remove significant barriers to certification that have accrued over generations; * Expand pathways to certification that will welcome qualified individuals of diverse backgrounds into the profession… This document has been prepared by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) for discussion purposes only. Nothing herein represents a final policy determination by the NYSED.
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. Mergers, migrants, curriculum mandates: NYC schools chief David Banks on his first 2 years So far, the literacy overhaul has been swift and bumpy, with some elementary school teachers saying that they haven’t felt prepared enough to deploy new reading curriculums this fall
NYTimes. New York Tightens Special Education Rules, Aiming to Reduce Fraud: New York City’s public schools will step up oversight of funding for private tutoring and other services after a New York Times investigation revealed questionable billing. For years, officials have agreed to almost all requests, even when it meant paying exorbitant rates to inexperienced providers…many companies in the Hasidic community employed inexperienced providers and charged upward of $200 per hour…In June, the city announced that it had examined more than two dozen such schools, and determined that 18 were not providing adequate secular instruction.
Teachers College.
1) ONLINE WORKSHOP: Artificial Intelligence’s Impact on Your Teaching: Preparation and Adaptation Join us to expand your teaching toolkit and equip your students for the evolving digital landscape. [Nov 29, 2023 10:00 AM Eastern Time]
2) Reimagine Resilience: An innovative training program designed for educators and educational staff to nurture resilience in their students. Earn free CEUs or CTLEs This virtual training is free. [Chose date: Wed, Nov 15, 5pm-8pm EST; Wed, Nov 29, 5pm-8pm EST: Tues, Dec 5, 5pm-8pm EST]
