GLOBAL
International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET). Keynote Speakers 64th Annual Conference [Bath Spa University
23-25 June, 2020]
Their World. 20 reasons why, in 2020, there are still 260m children out of school Too many teachers don’t have the training or qualifications needed to deliver a quality education. Only 85% of primary school teachers globally have been properly trained – in sub-Saharan Africa it’s just 64% (and only 50% of secondary teachers). Many existing teachers, especially in the least developed countries, are untrained, underpaid and working with scarce resources.
UNITED STATES
AACTE. 2020 National Award Winners
Chalkbeat.
1) Colorado wants to ensure teachers know how to teach reading. But some say proposed rules lack teeth and transparency. Asked how state education department staff will determine which classes at which teacher prep programs satisfy the requirements, a department spokesman said in an email that they’ll decide once teachers submit documents about the class they took, such as the course syllabi, their transcript, and proof they passed the final exam.
2) Is the future of teaching homegrown? Colorado lawmakers hope so. In recent years, Colorado has invested in a host of “grow your own” teacher programs, offering fellowships and stipends to rural teachers and creating new opportunities for student teachers in districts across the state. But some programs have been sparsely utilized, even as others don’t have the resources to meet demand.
3) Step into this state-of-the-art Indiana classroom — and pretend the students are real The Marian students are getting an early start on learning how to run a classroom, rather than waiting until their junior or senior year to student teach real-life children. The university’s new and unusual approach is part of a retooled program for training teachers…
4) The Trump administration wants to cut federal education spending — including money for charter schools The individual programs on the chopping block include: •Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants, which is also known as Title II, Part A, which districts can use for teacher training and to reduce class sizes ($2.1 billion)
CPRE Knowledge Hub. Study Questions Reliability of edtpa Performance Assessment System [Podcast]
Education Commission of the States. 50-State Comparison: Teacher Recruitment and Retention Most states rely heavily — and sometimes exclusively — on traditional teacher preparation programs to train teacher candidates. However, in 2017, three states and the District of Columbia reported that more than 50% of their educator preparation program graduates came from alternative preparation programs.
Education Week.
1) Q&A With Presidential Candidate Tom Steyer: ‘Trump Doesn’t Believe in Education’ And he wants to incentivize states to raise teacher pay using federal aid, as well as forgive teachers’ student loan debt after they’ve taught for a decade.
2) See the 29 Education Programs Trump Wants to Condense Into a Block Grant •Teacher Quality Partnerships…
3) Trump Seeks to Slash Education Budget, Combine 29 Programs Into Block Grant … the proposed budget would eliminate Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which teachers can use to eliminate federal student loan debt under certain circumstances.
InsideHigherEd. New International Enrollments Climb at U.S. Grad Schools
Change in First-Time Graduate Enrollment by Field of Study
| Fall 2014-15 | Fall 2015-16 | Fall 2016-17 | Fall 2017-18 | Fall 2018-19 | |
| All Fields | +5% | +5% | -1% | +1% | +4% |
| Education | 0% | +7% | -16% | -31% | +9% |
The74. Interview: TN Ed Chief Penny Schwinn on Her Radical Plan Using Schools to Bring Social Services to Rural Areas — and Her Whole-Child Approach to Training Teachers Schwinn talked to Beth Hawkins about the challenge of introducing social-emotional learning in Southern, red-state schools, her hope of training teachers free of charge … We are committed to not just get more teachers who are trained in the way that we’ve always trained teachers; we would like every teacher in the state to be dual certified in their area as well as special education.
The Teacher Education Podcast. New online resource exploring the stories and research of professionals in teacher preparation
US News & World Report. Officials announce initiative to attract more teachers Kentucky’s largest school system has teamed up with the University of Louisville to start a teacher residency program… would allow people who received a degree in a field other than education to get a master’s degree from U of L while shadowing an experienced teacher at Jefferson County Public Schools…
Washington Post. Trump education plan slashes student loan program in contrast to Democrats The reductions would eliminate popular initiatives such as a loan forgiveness program for students who take public service jobs and subsidized lending for low-income students.
NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Board of Regents February Meetings. Higher Education Committee:
1) Proposed Amendments to Section 3.14 of the Rules of the Board of Regents Relating to the Composition of the Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching
2) Amendment to Subparts 30-2 and 30-3 of the Rules of the Board of Regents Relating to Annual Professional Performance Reviews (APPR) of Classroom Teachers and Building Principals to Implement Chapter 59 of the Laws of 2019
New York State Register. The public comment period is open on a proposed amendment to regulations to allow a time extension for the Initial Reissuance and Provisional Renewal.
NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. What NYC’s departing special education chief learned overseeing the nation’s largest school system We recently opened up an inclusive ICT class with a focus on literacy that we’re piloting where the teachers are trained in Orton-Gillingham, and we have also opened up an intense program for students on the spectrum that are non-verbal… What we have learned since the publication of the first City Council report is that where there are shortage areas we need to work with the state in terms of the certification of teachers.
