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Mid-day. Union slams Maharashtra govt affidavit on aspiring teachers’ hiring freeze The Maharashtra Students Union (MASU) and the advocate representing it before the apex court has punctured holes in the affidavit submitted by deputy education officer Sandeep Sangave on behalf of the state of Maharashtra in the matter of the BMC freezing the recruitment of 253 teachers to civic primary and secondary schools, as the candidates had not done their schooling in English medium.
Univ. of Auckland. Teacher Education in Schools expanding for 2023 After a successful first year, the University of Auckland is continuing and expanding the Teacher Education in Schools Programme for online students wanting to become secondary teachers in 2023.
World Socialist Web Site. Australian university union hails Labor’s cost-cutting budget …the extra places are tied to vocational courses designed to funnel students into “skills shortages” areas identified by the government and employers, with the lion’s share going to teacher education, followed by nursing….
UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Board of Directors Election [vote by Nov. 30]
2) Real Classroom Experience and Real Pay: A Snapshot of a Teacher Preparation Program in America’s Most Diverse Small City New Jersey City University, a minority serving institution, is home to the innovative “Teacher Intern Program” (TIP)… IP interns work anywhere from 10-30 hours/week, depending on their academic schedule and schools’ needs. They earn $20 an hour which is 54% above the New Jersey minimum wage. Substitute license fees and Praxis exam reimbursement are also provided by the program. Funding, provided by partner schools, is typically sourced through Title I budgets.
Education Week.
1) Election Guide 2022: Results on the Issues and Races Affecting K-12 Outside of raising teacher pay, some of the solutions Democrats and some Republicans proposed included establishing statewide “grow your own” and apprenticeship programs, recruiting teachers from rural areas, and partnering with colleges and universities to create more robust teacher preparation programs.
2) Lucy Calkins Revisits and Revises Her Reading Curriculum (by TC Prof. L. Calkins) The message that has been pushed out by some phonics advocates, and that has trickled down to parents and even some educators, is an oversimplified one: If only teachers would teach phonics exclusively, then presto, all the reading problems in the world would vanish… To date, there is no evidence that a curriculum that gives sole attention to phonics and focuses especially on kids sounding out words—as important as that work is—will, on its own, prepare kids for mastery of rigorous state standards.
Forbes. How Bowie State University Is Diversifying The Teaching Profession As teacher education programs across the nation cope with enrollment declines, Bowie State University, a historically Black university in Maryland, has been steadily increasing the number of students enrolled in bachelors’ education programs, growing from 221 students in 2018 to 319 in 2021, a substantial jump
InsideHigherEd. Moving Forward on FAFSA Simplification Colleges and universities have to update their cost of attendance calculations now that the Education Department has said it is carrying out that change and others for the 2023–24 academic year.
New York Times. Pranks, Parties and Politics: Ron DeSantis’s Year as a Schoolteacher Mr. DeSantis taught at Darlington in the 2001-02 school year after graduating from Yale University and just before attending Harvard Law School… Like other first-year teachers, Mr. Wempe said, Mr. DeSantis was “drinking from a fire hose” and learning the job on the fly.
The74. Breaking Down the Walls to Teaching: Alternative Pipelines Boom Residencies, fellowships, and grow-your-own programs bring more diverse educators into the profession, help vacancies in STEM, special education
Univ. of North Georgia. Students learn about teacher education More than 170 high school students enjoyed learning about the University of North Georgia’s (UNG) College of Education and its teacher preparation programs on Nov. 3.
Washington Post.
1) In one state, every class teaches climate change — even P.E. Historically, climate change has not been comprehensively taught in U.S. schools, largely because of the partisanship surrounding climate change and many teachers’ limited grasp of the science. That started to change in 2013, with the release of new national science standards, which instructed science teachers to introduce students to climate change… Even in New Jersey, many teachers said they lacked confidence in their knowledge of the subject in a 2021 survey.
2) It may take longer for some public servants to see student loan relief For the last year, the Biden administration has allowed social workers, teachers and other public servants to retroactively receive credit toward debt cancellation regardless of their type of federal loan or payment plan. The reprieve ended Oct. 31 and has so far resulted in more than 247,000 people receiving $15 billion in debt cancellation…
WBEZ Chicago. Amid a national teacher shortage, UChicago appears to be dissolving its teacher training program The university says it’s “pausing” admissions to its well-regarded grad program that trains teachers to work in urban districts like Chicago’s.
WZTV. Tennessee looks at dropping mandatory test for novice teachers, combatting staff shortages The education teacher performance assessment (EDTPA) is a national test that was implemented about a decade ago. However, this could soon be a thing of the past in Tennessee due to recent teacher shortages. JC Bowman with the Professional Educators of Tennessee says, “It’s a impersonal, costly, subjective, it’s a drain in time, and it doesn’t predict good teaching.”
NEW YORK STATE
Buffalo Business First. Daemen University employs creative solutions to solve teacher shortage Daemen University’s new graduate programs have also been revised – we have created six online graduate programs from two face-to-face graduate programs. Now, students can access every single program necessary for various certifications in New York state with a plan in place to convert new programs to the new students with disabilities all-grade certification. There is also a plan to address the gap in special education teachers, whereby Daemen programs will meet the requirements for all-grade certification for students with disabilities.
Chalkbeat. Here’s what Gov. Kathy Hochul’s win could mean for New York schools In her first year in office, she oversaw significant developments in education, including boosting funding for schools and signing a bill that aims to limit class sizes in New York City schools… To address the state’s looming teacher shortage, she expanded some alternative teacher certification programs. She also temporarily waived an income cap for retirees who want to return to the classroom. The situation could soon get dire as state teaching programs have seen enrollment drop by more than half since 2009, and about a third of current teachers are projected to retire in the next five years…
NYSED Board of Regents. November 2022 Meeting
* Higher Education Committee. Proposed Amendment … Relating to the Experience Requirement for Professional School Building Leader Certification …the Department proposes to amend the experience requirements for Professional School Building Leader certification by removing the requirement that at least one of the three years of experience in an educational leadership position be as a school building leader. This proposed amendment will provide school districts and Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) with greater flexibility to assign administrators to the roles and responsibilities that are needed in their local education agencies.
* Consent Agenda P-12 Committee. Amendment…Relating to Universal Prekindergarten Program (UPK) Staffing Qualifications …the proposed rule requires that staff of eligible agencies collaborating with the district to provide Pre-K services have a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or a teaching license or certificate valid for services in the childhood grades. If such staff lack these qualifications, the district must obtain a waiver from the Department as a condition of their employment.
New York State Museum. Native American Heritage Month: Online Exhibitions & Educator Resources
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Teachers College.
1) Here’s How Indigenous Curriculum Can Help Students Thrive Through her research of urban, Indigenous youth, postdoctoral fellow Rachel Talbert offers insight for educators to facilitate more honest, inclusive social studies curriculum
2) Inflation Threatens Equity. Here’s How. We chatted with just some Teachers College experts on how inflation may affect education, food access and mental health. In addition to inflation’s effect on teachers, student loan debt is continuing to raise challenges for students pursuing higher education, particularly those from lower-socioeconomic backgrounds.
3) TC Veterans You Need to Know: Meet members of the TC community who served in the U.S. military — and learn what motivates them — in honor of Veteran’s Day Major Freeman … began her teaching career when guiding cadets through basic training and went on to become an Assistant Professor of Military Science in the ROTC program at UCLA… “I thought I would learn to become a better teacher,” says the major. “But talking so much about social justice taught me to look at the big picture – knowledge I can use to raise awareness at West Point.”
