Teacher Ed News

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NYTimes. Mao 101: Inside a Chinese Classroom Training the Communists of Tomorrow   Students must now complete up to five courses to graduate — including a class on Marxism, one on morality, a modern Chinese history course, and “situation and policy education,”

TES [UK]. Teachers ‘should model risky behaviour for pupils’

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American Institutes for Research (AIR). Better Data May Equal Better Prepared Teachers   The lack of easy data sharing between K–12 systems and teacher preparation may be costly, in terms of the quality of instruction by new teachers. Without knowing how graduates perform in the first years in the profession, preparation providers are hard-pressed to know how to improve their programs.

Chalkbeat. To reinvent career education, these Indiana districts are making up their own rules   The coalition is also requesting the ability to create its own district teacher licenses. The licenses don’t have to meet the usual accreditation requirements from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation. Teachers would still have to follow rules for criminal background checks, but the coalition members hope the licenses would have fewer requirements and let more people teach classes in subjects affiliated with career and technical education.

EdWeek.
1) Is There a Link Between Civics Requirements and Teacher Working Conditions?   Social studies teachers … tend to enter the classroom through traditional teacher-preparation programs rather than through alternative programs like Teach For America.
2) No More SAT for Teachers Who Want Certification in Michigan   Sen. Marty Knollenberg, a Republican from Troy, says the SAT doesn’t measure enthusiasm, passion or competency in a certain subject. He says it can be another hurdle to getting people into the teaching profession. The new law kicks in on Sept. 25.
3) Parkland Survivor David Hogg: Nothing More Powerful Than a ‘Pissed-Off Teacher’   “We want our educators like you to be armed—armed with books, papers, pencils, computers, and the supplies and resources you need to help us soar and thrive in this world,” he said.
4) Reading Is Fundamental. But It’s Not a Fundamental Right, Court Rules   And here’s a take from Camika Royal, a teacher-educator: Apparently, the state of Michigan is required to have schools, and schooling is compulsory, but the state is not required to actually teach students to read.

InsideHigherEd. Ed Department Says It Didn’t Botch State Authorization Delay   A notice confirming the two-year delay in putting the new rule in place “was on public inspection Friday (6/29),” the department said. Though the document was “published on paper July 3, the effective date was still Friday (6/29).”

NPREd.
1) Senators to DeVos On TEACH Grant Debacle: ‘Urgent That These Mistakes Are Fixed’   The Education Department confirms that just 15 percent — 1,671 recipients — had their loans changed back to grants.
2) The Ongoing Battle Between Science Teachers And Fake News   A recent study out of Penn State showed that one-third of science teachers are open to the idea that climate change could be naturally occurring, instead of human caused. This poses a particular challenge to people like Susan Yoon, who are training the next generation of science teachers. She’s a professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education.

NYTimes.
1) Cynthia Nixon. Parent. Activist. Governor?  We should be focusing on how to eliminate high stakes consequences associated with tests for students, teachers and schools and to reduce testing.
2) Migrant Shelters Are Becoming Makeshift Schools for Thousands of Children  Teachers at the schools are sometimes not state-certified as teachers, according to these accounts… ICE standards say children held at family detention centers should have a curriculum and state-certified teachers essentially identical to those at a regular public school.
3) Trump Administration Reverses Obama on Affirmative Action   In a pair of policy guidance documents, the Education and Justice departments told elementary and secondary schools and college campuses to use “the compelling interests” established by the court to achieve diversity. 

ProvidenceJournal. SAT requirement waning in R.I., and nationally | Poll   Salve Regina adopted a test-optional admission policy in 2011, with two exceptions, nursing and education, because licensing in those professions requires graduates to pass standardized exams.

NEW YORK STATE
CICU Schools of Education survey. CICU is collecting feedback for NYSED on the Independent Sector Schools of Education’s awareness of the Next Generation Learning Standards, inclusion of the standards in your programs, and involvement in or help with implementation of the standards in your program

NYSED.
1) Notice of Adoption

• Grade-Level Extensions for Certain Candidates Who Hold a Students with Disabilities Generalist CertificateSubject: Grade-level extensions for certain candidates who hold a Students with Disabilities Generalist certificate. Purpose: To expand the pool of qualified teachers of students with disabilities is to extend the grade levels in which they can teach

2) Office of Higher Education. June Newsletter

• Grade-Level Extensions for Certain Candidates Who Hold a Students with Disabilities Generalist Certificate
• Reinstatement of the Educational Technology Specialist CST Safety Net
• Educator preparation providers (EPPs) may now choose to pursue accreditation through CAEP or AAQEP.
• Multi-Subject: teachers of Childhood (grade 1–Grade 6) part two: mathematics Practice quiz

3) Open Comment Period.

• Reinstatement of the Educational Technology Specialist Content Specialty Test Safety Net for Candidates Seeking Certification Purpose: To allow candidates to take either the redeveloped CST or the predecessor CST. Public comment will be received until: 60 days after publication of this notice – by AUGUST 26, 2018. Data, views or arguments may be submitted to: Rebecca Coyle, NYS Education Department, Office of Higher Education, 89 Washington Avenue, Room 975 EBA, Albany, NY 12234, (518) 473-9763, email: [email protected]

4) Statement from Chancellor Betty A. Rosa and Commissioner MaryEllen Elia on Trump Administration’s Repeal of Obama-Era Guidance for Schools

New York State Teacher Certification Exams (NYSTCE). Ongoing Recruitment for Content Experts for Teacher Certification Examination Test Development

Professional Standards and Practices Board (PSPB). March meeting minutes,  April meeting minutes

NEW YORK CITY
Teachers College. Unshaken: Scholarships have helped Ayesha Rabadi-Raol overcome the unthinkable to achieve her dreams   Ayesha is interested in the experiences of “transnational” immigrant student teachers, and – in the current political climate — in helping them “take advantage of TC as a place of activism and change to provide a platform for socially and historically marginalized populations.” She hopes to become a teacher educator herself after completing her dissertation.

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BBC News. Teacher numbers at lowest since 2013, official figures show   …qualified teachers leaving the profession outnumbered new recruits… A spokesman for the Department for Education pointed out that an additional 32,000 trainee teachers had been recruited last year.

Education Week. British Columbia’s Curriculum: A Glimpse of the Future?   In both cases, all teachers are required to have five years of college and university preparation, in Finland at that country’s research universities, in British Columbia to a standard comparable to the Finnish standard. 

Inter-American Dialogue. The Future of Education In Latin America And The Caribbean: Possibilities For United States Investment And Engagement  … potential future collaboration, including supporting teacher education and preparation, institutional reform and strengthening, pre-primary education and early childhood development, English instruction and expansion and the use of technology as a tool for learning.

International Education News. PISA Treatment? Exploring the Side Effects of Education Reform   …teachers with high academic performances in secondary schools have been found to benefit high performing students but hurt low performing students, contradicting the policy recommendation derived from PISA data that school systems should recruit high performing graduates into teaching.

UNITED STATES
Chalkbeat. KIPP charter network launching biliteracy program at new Denver elementary school   KIPP plans to train teachers for five weeks this summer. Dobie-Geffen said teachers who already have the state’s credential for teaching students who aren’t fluent in English are “a bonus.”

Chronicle. Universities Are Hotbeds of Scholarship on Mass Incarceration. But Are They Doing Enough to Fix the Problem?   National surveys show that 60 to 80 percent of private institutions and 55 percent of public ones compel undergraduate applicants to answer criminal-history questions, according to a report by Judith Scott-Clayton of Columbia’s Teachers College.

EdWeek.
1) Gifted Students ‘Make the Most’ of School in Alaska  Strunk said there are no teachers at his school who are trained to work with gifted children.
2) Teachers View Immigrant Parents as Less Involved. That Mindset May Be Hurting Students  Teacher-preparation programs are partially to blame for these paradigms of “good” and “bad” parents that fail to take into account cultural differences… characterize having immigrant parents as a deficit, and professors shy away from critical conversations about race, ethnicity, and culture.
3) Will 3,000 Teachers in South Carolina Soon Retire Because of a Policy Change?   South Carolina estimates that it will need more than 5,000 new teachers each year, but teacher-preparation programs graduate about 2,000 candidates a year. 

Forbes. Over A Year Ago, A Federal Court Struck Down VAM: Why Are We Still Using It To Evaluate Teachers?

Hechinger Report.
1) Five things you should know about the people watching your children   Child care workers who earn a bachelor’s degree make more than their colleagues with just an associate’s degree or with no degree, but early childhood majors still make less than any other college-educated workers.
2) Piqued: The case for curiosity Scientists are discovering that curious learners from low-income households perform as well as affluent students.  Another option is for teachers to model curious behavior. Curiosity, as it turns out, is contagious.
3) The importance of difficult conversations in U.S. classrooms: Teaching about the migrant crisis   The teachers-in-training I work with speak of a “Food Around the World Day,” …They never discussed immigration when they were students, and they are unprepared to teach those who have recently come to the United States. There are ways to do better.

InsideHigherEd.
1) From Community College to a Selective University   ..a 2016 report from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College found that of the nearly 1.1 million students who enroll at two-year institutions each year, about 80 percent indicate their goal is to transfer and earn a bachelor’s degree. But only 14 percent earn a bachelor’s degree within six years.
2) Senate Appropriators Boost Pell Grant   Senate appropriators on Tuesday advanced a fiscal year 2019 funding bill that boosts the Pell Grant and appropriates new funds to address eligibility issues for borrowers seeking Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
3) The Graduate Training Trade-Off ‘Myth’  New study says “tension” between graduate training in research and teaching is false and that teaching training may actually build research confidence and output.

NYTimes [editorial]. How Entitled Parents Hurt Schools   In 1932, Willard Waller’s classic work on the sociology of teaching pronounced parents and educators to be “natural enemies”… Controversies can escalate quickly, and unprepared educators sometimes make things worse.

WashingtonPost. Bill Gates spent hundreds of millions of dollars to improve teaching. New report says it was a bust.

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED. My Brother’s Keeper: Changing the Narrative – June 2018

NYS Board of Regents. Board of Regents Acts to Amend Dignity for All Students Act Regulations. Public comments accepted through 7/23/18

NEW YORK CITY
Teachers College.
1) Digital Learning for the K-8 Classroom. This course is offered in an online, self-paced format. Students are invited to enroll any time.   …developed in partnership with award-winning educator, Detra Price-Dennis
2) Grounded in Service, Uplifting Students: Brittany Davis   …decided to pursue her master’s degree at TC, because she felt the College – and New York City – would prepare her to become a fourth- or fifth- grade teacher “in ways I wouldn’t experience anywhere else in the United States.”
3) Vialogues video featuring Felicia Moore Mensah: “Whiteness as Property in Science Teacher Education”

GLOBAL
EUReporter. Inclusive education and tailored approaches can help combat poor educational outcomes for #Roma   Camille Gangloff of the Council of Europe presented the INSCHOOL project, the aim of which was to enhance social inclusion of Roma by promoting inclusive education and teacher training in selected schools in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and the UK.

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Education Week.
1) Average Teacher Salary Is Below the Living Wage in Half the Country, Report Says   States with low teacher salaries… tend to have more teacher shortages, a higher teacher turnover rate, and more uncertified and novice teachers than those states that pay the most.
2) Indiana continues to see teacher shortage amid drop in pay   According to 2015 data from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, enrollment in teaching programs and those graduating with teaching degrees declined 37 percent from 2004 through 2014.
3) New money for program to help veterans become teachers   The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a nearly $2 million grant for a Virginia program designed to help veterans become teachers.
4) Teachers With Signs of Depression May Do Less Planning, Explaining of Lessons   … very few teacher-preparation programs work with preservice teachers to identify and talk about their feelings, or how to manage stress.

Hechinger Report. Should taxpayers and schools invest in ‘growth mindset’ programs?   Growth mindset could turn out to be one of many tools that can help kids, along with well-trained teachers, safe schools, well-fed students, great curricula…the list goes on and on.

Inside Higher Ed.
1) California Higher Ed Leaders Oppose PROSPER Act
2) Higher Ed Innovation Roundup 6.11.18 BestFit is an app designed to help high school students find an institution that fits them best. It connects high school students with first-generation college students through an online interface. The app was designed by the winners of the Teachers College EdTEch Innovation award. [TC student designers incl: Rebecca Kwee, Asha Owens, Danielle Llaneza]
3) New data analysis from American Academy of Arts and Sciences says humanities Ph.D.s may earn less than their counterparts in other fields but are satisfied — particularly if they stay in academe.
4) Seeking Votes on PROSPER, GOP Appears to Come Up Short   GOP leaders quiet on next step for PROSPER Act after gauging member support this week, suggesting little chance of floor vote soon on House Republicans’ bid to overhaul Higher Education Act.

NEAToday.
1) Sex Education in Schools Needs an Upgrade   The standards have been supplemented with a variety of resources, including standards for teacher preparation and tools that can help educators develop or map their systems and find research supporting its recommendations.
2) Who is the Average U.S. Teacher?   The percentage of public school teachers who hold a postbaccalaureate degree (i.e., a master’s, education specialist, or doctoral degree) has increased since 1999-2000.

Pearson. 2018-19 edTPA Submission & Reporting Schedule [NOTE. Final 2017-18 submission date, August 16, 2018]

The Atlantic. The Long, Contentious History of the ‘Word Gap’ Study   One 2017 study published in the Harvard Education Review even found that the word-gap research had the unintended consequence of perpetuating negative stereotypes about the children of Latino immigrants, with teachers in classrooms serving such students resorting to less-sophisticated instruction.

NEW YORK STATE
Chalkbeat. While revealing $7 billion education plan, Nixon criticizes schools that leave kids ‘destined for jail’ Nixon says she wants to tackle this teacher diversity gap across the state by investing $6 million annually in the Teacher Opportunity Corps, a state program designed to recruit and train more teachers of color.

NYSED Regents. June Meetings
1) Proposed Amendment to Section 80-1.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Extension of the edTPA Safety Net for Candidates Who Receive a Failing Score on the Library Specialist edTPA
2) Proposed Amendment to §80-1.5 Relating to Reinstatement of the Educational Technology Specialist Content Specialty Test Safety Net
3) Proposed Amendment to Section 80-4.3 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Grade-Level Extensions for Certain Candidates Who Hold a Students with Disabilities Generalist Teaching Certificate
4) Proposed Amendment to Section 80-4.3 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Grade-Level Extensions for Certain Candidates Who Hold a Students with Disabilities Generalist Teaching Certificate
5) Reappointments to the State Professional Standards and Practices Board for Teaching (PSPB)

New York Post. Top education official on cheating scandal: Diplomas must mean something   “If you don’t know how to teach children, you can cheat or you can fail. Some choose to cheat,” said Eric Nadelstern, now a professor at Teachers College Columbia University. “If they teach students well, they’ll do well on the test and they don’t have to resort to cheating.”

New York Times. Cynthia Nixon’s Education Plan: Ambitious, Progressive, Expensive Another major initiative, called “College for All New York,” would provide free tuition to an additional 170,000 students at State University of New York and City University of New York schools each year, a project the campaign said would cost $600 million annually.

NEW YORK CITY
Barnard College/Bank Street College. Convening of Teacher Educators June 20  [Maria Rivera Maulucci <[email protected]>, Lisa Edstrom at [email protected]]

GLOBAL
Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich. US Secretary of Education visits PH Zurich  Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Education of the United States, visited the PH Zurich on June 6, 2018. The education system and teacher education in Switzerland were at the center of her interest.

Al-Monitor. Egypt’s education system set for major overhaul   “…teachers must undergo training and professional development. Therefore, the ministry aims to train about 500,000 teachers across all governorates through Teachers First, a development program for teacher training.”

EdWeek. The Gates Foundation’s Education Plans Go International   Gates recently announced a change in strategy to its U.S. education programming, with a heavier focus on improvement replacing its former emphasis on teacher performance.

NYTimes. Mexican Court Orders New Investigation Into Missing Students  On Sept. 26, 2014, the 43 students from a teachers college disappeared in the town of Iguala in the southern state of Guerrero. The Attorney General’s Office said local police working for a drug cartel handed the students over to cartel members.

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Chronicle. An Update of the Federal Law Governing Higher Ed Appears Dead. Now There’s a Fight Over Who Killed It.  …the Prosper Act. It is broadly unpopular with Democrats in Congress, college leaders, and many student-advocate groups because it would eliminate the subsidy on student loans that students now receive while in school, and would eliminate Grad PLUS loans, among other provisions.

Credible. Student loan cutbacks not expected to land on Trump’s desk this year   Even if the PROSPER Act sails through the House — a vote is expected as soon as this month — Republicans have a slimmer majority in the Senate. Democrats who hope to win back control of Congress in November aren’t expected to allow the bill to come to a vote.

EdSurge.
1) Computer Science Educators Wanted: How This New Program Is Addressing the Shortage   Public-private partnerships are one way to address the nation-wide shortage of computer science-trained educators, and the latest comes in the form of STEMpath, a new graduate-level educator certification program that isn’t quite a master’s degree.
2) The Key to 21st Century Classrooms Isn’t Tech. It’s Evolved Teaching.  The power of the teacher comes not [from] the information she shares but from the opportunities she creates for students to learn how to learn, solve problems, and apply learning in meaningful ways.

edTPA/AACTE/Pearson. October Teacher Performance Assessment (TPA) Conference [Proposals Due June 15]

EdWeek.
1) Louisiana Hopes New Early-Childhood Credential Will Professionalize Workforce   Starting in 2019, all lead early-childhood teachers will be required to have a state-developed Early Childhood Ancillary Certificate, or be working toward one.
2) Ready for a Shooter? 1 in 5 School Police Say No   Thirty-three percent of officers responding to the Education Week Research Center survey agreed that “training and arming a select group of teachers would make schools safer.”
3) Want to Produce Good STEM Teachers? This Program Is Getting Results   Texas science and math teachers who are trained in the UTeach preparation program are substantially better at raising student test scores than other teachers in the state, a new study shows.

HechingerReport. Oklahoma externship pays teachers for hands-on experience in engineering and science   According to the Oklahoma State School Boards Association, in August, 2017, there were more than 500 teaching vacancies in Oklahoma. The state approved more than 1,400 emergency teaching certificates, allowing schools to hire people who were not yet certified teachers.

InsideHigherEd. Softening Claims of the Marshmallow Test   He said researchers and educators need to be more careful when making pronouncements about ideas like self-control, and to temper our expectations. “If we think that this is actually an important skill that we try to target for kids to unlock later life outcomes,” he said, “our results suggest, ‘Probably not.’”

NYTimes.
1) In the Age of Trump, Civics Courses Make a Comeback   For those teaching civics and civic engagement, the goal isn’t to get students to finish one project, but to make community involvement a habit — and one type of action often does lead to another.
2) The Cost of Going Back to School as an Adult   IBM’s Transition to Teaching program reimburses $15,000 of expenses to become certified as a teacher — an undertaking that Keith Gordon, 64, an IT software specialist, accomplished four years ago while working at IBM.

NEW YORK STATE
NYTimes. Gordon M. Ambach, New York Education Chief in ’80s, Dies at 83   He graduated from Yale in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in American studies and earned a master’s in teaching and an advanced certificate in education administration from Harvard.

Senate bill S08776; Assembly bill A10952. Contact your elected state legislators Urge them to co-sponsor proposed bills to amend the legislation that requires a 3.0 GPA for admission to graduate teacher education and school leader programs.

NEW YORK CITY
DailyKos. Building Bridges: A Good News Education Story [OpEd by Prof. A. Singer] The Hofstra program prepares teachers to engage their students as active learners who are comfortable living and working in diverse settings and examining difficult issues. The goal is that these young people, as they grow older, will become change agents who will work toward a more equitable and just future.

NYTimes. In a Twist, Low Scores Would Earn Admission to Select Schools   Amy Stuart Wells, a professor at Teachers College at Columbia University, said that all students can achieve at a higher level if teachers are well-trained and use an approach targeted to each child’s level of achievement, among other things.

GLOBAL
Education International. High Court slams Bridge International Academies   The U.S. based  multinational has a chain of for profit, private schools targeting poor families in an increasing number of African and Asian countries. It uses unqualified teaching staff, who deliver pre-determined content from a tablet to fee paying students.  

University World News [AU]. Teacher development is neglected in internationalization  In particular, our research indicates the need for teacher training and professional development programmes to include pedagogic strategies to assist international students with enhancing their English language skills and facilitating effective communication with international students from non-English speaking backgrounds. 

Webster University. Teacher Education Students Immersed in International Practicum in Leiden, the Netherlands

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AACTE/edTPA. edTPA Handbook Improvement Survey

Chalkbeat. Here’s where you can find new workforce training classes in Memphis   Roughly 15 teachers will given the opportunity to train in one of the new focus areas next year, according to Joris Ray, an assistant superintendent. The district will pay for another 45 teachers to take an IT certification exam and ongoing training.

EdWeek.
1) 5 Ways Teachers Can Use Virtual and Augmented Reality in the Classroom   Immersive-reality technology is slowly creeping into the education world, whether as a tool for training new teachers or adding excitement to student learning.
2)  Have Your Feelings for Black and Latino Students Lowered Your Expectations for Them?  [By J. Pitts, MA student at Teachers College] Especially while the teaching force remains mostly white and female, we have to wrestle with some uncomfortable truths. Are your goals for your black and brown students different for your white students, and how can you change that?
3) Is STEM Oversold as a Path to Better Jobs?   Studies have reached mixed results about what kind of teacher training makes a difference for STEM outcomes. Several studies conclude, though, that teachers who demonstrate math-content knowledge are linked to greater student-test scores in that subject.
4) Mississippi cuts math teacher test score, citing shortage   Supporters say Mississippi set its score too high in 2013, when it joined most other states in requiring a score of 160 on a standardized test of mathematical knowledge known as the Praxis II. 

InsideHigherEd.
1) House GOP Plans Meeting on PROSPER Act
2) New Fix for Public Service Loans   Borrowers may qualify if they have been denied for Public Service Loan Forgiveness because some or all monthly payments were not made under a qualifying payment plan, if they worked for at least 10 years for a qualifying employer, and if they have made 120 payments on their federal student loans. 

Money. ‘I Didn’t Really Have a Choice.’ Meet the Teachers Quitting Their Jobs Due to Low Pay and Dwindling Benefits  Over the last five years, there has been a 35 percent decline in enrollment in teacher education programs, Darling-Hammond said. Potential teachers can be lured into other fields with more promising wages like tech — or waitressing and bartending.

NYTimes. Kentucky Math Teacher, Riding Wave of Public Anger, Defeats State House Majority Leader   The most significant changes affect future teachers, whose pensions would be part of a new retirement plan and require them to work longer before receiving payments.

NPREd. Education Department Launches ‘Top-To-Bottom’ Review Of Teachers’ Grant Program   This is how the grant program works: It gives teachers money, often called TEACH grants, to pay for an undergraduate or a master’s degree. In exchange, they agree to teach a high-need subject, such as math, for four years in a school that serves lots of low-income families.

USAToday. Democrats have a better deal for teachers and our kids, too: Chuck Schumer & Nancy Pelosi   First, we will dedicate $50 billion for states and school districts to increase teacher compensation and recruit and retain a strong, diverse workforce over the next 10 years.

US News & World Report. What Veterans Need to Know About Student Loan Discharges   The Education Department will now match borrowers on the National Student Loan Data System who have federal student loans or aid through the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education, or TEACH Grant Program, to the VA’s database.

Washington Post. Is Congress about to gut funding for teacher preparation programs?    PROSPER is the Promoting Real Opportunity, Success and Prosperity Through Education Reform Act, …now goes to the full House for a vote, probably this week; the Senate has not yet taken it up. Along with eliminating millions of dollars in federal student aid and other actions, PROSPER would also eliminate federal funding for teacher preparation programs.

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED.
1) Next Generation Learning Standards Implementation
2) State Education Department Awards $750,000 in My Brother’s Keeper Native American Grants   Also…NYSED awarded grants to 16 colleges and universities to help them bolster the retention of highly qualified individuals who value equity and reflect the diversity inside and outside of our classrooms, particularly in high-need schools with recurrent teacher shortages. 

Pearson/NYSTCE. seeking candidates to participate in a field test of selected-response (multiple-choice) and constructed-response (essay) items that may appear on future NYSTCE

NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. Why a medical school prospect decided to teach chemistry in New York City instead

Chronicle. Which Colleges Pay Full Professors the Most?
Private nonprofit institutions   5. Columbia University $215,094   19. Teachers College. $176,518

Pix11 News. Pre-K or sit at home? Programs for kids with special needs are in trouble  Private programs pay certified special education teachers $20,000 to $30,000 less than a special education teacher earns in New York City’s public schools. The public schools hire many teachers away from the nonprofits, resulting in a 30 percent teacher turnover rate.

GLOBAL
The Guardian. How PhD-educated teachers help state school pupils get into highly selective-universities   In 2014, after several years of placing PhD students in schools to deliver programmes of academic enrichment to small groups of pupils, the charity decided to go further and create a route for post-doctoral researchers who wanted to work in schools full-time and become qualified teachers.

Times Higher Education. Mexico’s brain drain leaves universities struggling to fill research posts   “Most of these schools are for-profit businesses where teachers are paid little, so quality teachers are hard to hire: very few have university degrees.”

ReliefWeb. Republic of Congo: Don Bosco Vocational Training Center launches new improvement plan to introduce new course and increase teacher training   The overall goal of the project is to improve the training of 21 teachers and increase student enrollment by 3,000 over the next three years.

St. Lucia News. OECS (Organ. Of Eastern Caribbean States) states to re-engineer teacher education  Chief Education Officers, Directors of Education, principals and deans of the national colleges, teacher educators, curriculum officers and teachers all collaborated to identify actions which should be taken to enhance teacher education and professional development and essentially teacher quality.

TES. University gives £500 to everyone signing up for teacher training course   Bath Spa University says the payments are a ‘thank you’ for those choosing to become a teacher

UNITED STATES
Chalkbeat. Why Colorado’s teacher shortage bills fall short   Colorado already has roughly two dozen “alternative pathways,” training other than traditional university educator-preparation programs, often for teachers who are already in the classroom with temporary credentials. Doing away with licensure doesn’t seem to be a magic bullet. Many charter schools hire unlicensed teachers but still have a hard time filling certain positions.

EducationNext. Rating Teacher-Preparation Programs: Can value-added make useful distinctions?  It’s not helpful to rank a state’s programs by teachers’ value-added. With rare exceptions, the true differences between programs are so small that rankings would consist mostly of noise.

EducationWeek.
1) Connecticut legislature seeks boost for minority teachers   The legislation approved this week could help by creating new ways to obtain teacher certification and improve coordination with state agencies to identify candidates, Commissioner Dianna Wentzell said.
2) I Was a Doctor. Now I’m a Teacher. Why Don’t I Get the Same Level of Respect?   During the early years of the Great Recession, after 14 years in medicine, I hung up my stethoscope and began training to become a teacher.

Hechinger Report. 20 judgments a teacher makes in 1 minute and 28 seconds   Loewenberg Ball makes the argument that teacher training ought to address these constant judgment calls directly… She called upon education researchers to develop a “repertoire” of teaching practices that could help counter racist habits.

The Sentinel.  Secure Schools: University adapts teacher training to meet post-Parkland concerns  Like other colleges, Shippensburg University can’t train its students to a specific protocol as each school district will have its own set of policies and procedures. It does, however, train them to ask appropriate questions to be able to see the overall safety picture at a school as early as during the interview for a teaching position.

NEW YORK STATE
NYS FY 2019 Executive Budget
1) Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program  The recently passed 2019 Budget included a new Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program that would forgive up to $5,000 in student loans for teachers who teach in “shortage subject areas” or in “hard-to-staff districts,” or for applicants who are economically disadvantaged
2) New Report on Teacher Diversity  … require the State Education Department… to submit a report to the Governor and Legislature by June 1, 2019. The report will include information and data on teacher diversity, barriers to diversity in teacher preparation programs, efforts teacher preparation programs are taking to recruit and retain diverse student populations, and recommendations on practices and policies that may improve teacher diversity.

NYSED.
Open Comment Periods
1) Public Comment Period on Proposed Every Student Succeeds Act Regulations  The public comment period on proposed regulations to prepare for implementation of New York’s approved Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan begins today, Commissioner MaryEllen Elia announced. The public comment period continues through July 9.
2) Teacher Certification in Health Education (P) The proposed regulations will create a new Transitional K Certificate for certain New York State licensed health professionals (physician; physician assistant; nurse practitioner, or registered professional nurse) allowing them to teach health education in schools. The comment period on the proposed regulations closes May 27. Address data, views or arguments to: NYSED Office of Higher Education, [email protected].
3)  To Allow Individual Evaluation for Certain Certificate Titles in the Classroom Teaching Service To help address the reported teacher shortages in New York State, SED is proposing to reinstate individual evaluation for the following certificate titles: Early Childhood Education (Birth-Grade 2), Childhood Education (Grades 1-6), Generalist in Middle Childhood Education (Grades 5-9), English Language Arts (Grades 5-9 and Grades 7-12), and Literacy (Birth-Grade 6 and Grades 5-12). The 60-day comment period on the proposed regulations closes on June 24, 2018. Address data, views or arguments to: Rebecca Coyle, NYSED, Office of Higher Education, 89 Washington Avenue, Room 975 EBA, Albany, NY 12234, (518) 486-3633, email: [email protected]

NYSED Office of Higher Education. New Assistant Commissioner Dr. Anael Alston (Teachers College; MA 2010, EdD 2011)

NYSED Regents. May meetings
Motion for Action
1) Proposed Amendment to Section 100.2(kk)(1) of the Commissioner’s Regulations Relating to Reports of Incidents of Harassment, Bullying and/or Discrimination Pursuant to the Dignity for All Students Act  A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking and Emergency Adoption will be published in the State Register on May 23, starting the 60-day public comment period which will end July 23.
2) Proposed Amendment of Section 80-5.4 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Employment of Substitute Teachers Who Do Not Hold a Valid Teaching Certificate and Are Not Working Towards Certification-(Emergency Action). …proposed amendment to allow districts to continue to be provided with the flexibility needed to address their hiring needs and employ substitute teachers who demonstrate competency in the classroom for more than 40 days beyond the current sunset date of June 30, 2018 and through the new sunset date of June 30, 2020.
3) Proposed Addition of a New Section 80-3.16 to the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education to Allow Individuals Completing a Program Accredited by the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (ASHA) to Obtain an Initial Certificate in Speech  This proposal would provide another option for qualified candidates both out of state and in New York to gain certification to teach students with speech and language disabilities

Discussion
Clinical Practice Work Group Recommendations for Clinical Experiences in New York State Teacher Preparation Programs

Consent Agenda
1) Proposed Amendment to Section 52.21 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Graduate Admission Examination Requirements to Implement Chapter 454 of the Laws of 2017  …remove the requirement for certified teachers and school administrators who already hold a graduate degree to take either the GRE or a substantially equivalent admission examination…
2) Proposed Amendment to Section 80-1.5 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to Safety Nets for Teacher Certification Examinations  Candidates must continue to take advantage of safety nets before their applicable expiration date(s)… however, they do not have to complete all additional requirements for certification on or before June 30, 2018.
3) Proposed Amendment to Subpart 4-2 of the Rules of the Board of Regents and Section 52.21 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Continuous Accreditation Requirement for Educator Preparation Providers  …will allow institutions that are currently accredited by NCATE, TEAC, or CAEP to apply for accreditation through an accrediting association that is seeking recognition from the CHEA or USDE, but has not yet achieved recognition status, and still meet the “continuous accreditation requirement” …

Rockefeller Institute for Government. The State of the New York Teacher Workforce   The future effects of the declining supply of prospective teachers may be exacerbated by their specializations. When compared to the current teacher workforce, few recent graduates of teacher education programs are prepared to teach the core subjects of mathematics, science, English, and social studies as well as such subjects as career and technical training, music, and art.

NEW YORK CITY
Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation AAQEP Transition Workshop Interchurch Center 475 Riverside Drive, Fri. June 15

NYTimes. A Teacher’s Job [OpEd]  …concern is expressed that grouping children of different abilities in the same school is too taxing for educators. As a public-school teacher, I am offended by this. Teaching multiple ability levels in a classroom is an integral part of any teacher’s education and training. Plain and simple, it’s our job.

Teachers College.
1) William Fong (MA 2011, Elementary Inclusive Program) teacher at Central Park East II Elementary School, wins 2018 Empire State Excellence in Teaching Award.
2) Widening TC’s Doors: Alumnus William Epps, Pastor of Los Angeles’ historic Second Baptist Church, makes a generous scholarship gift  “I don’t know if Teachers College is aware of the influence and impact they had on shaping education for African Americans all across the South during the days of segregation and discrimination in civil rights …They trained teachers, they trained guidance counselors, they trained principals and assistant principals – you name it.”