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Week of April 9 in Teacher Ed News

GLOBAL
New York Times. An Expert’s View: Sir Ken Robinson   If I were secretary… I would support the comprehensive development of early-years education. I would institute a “soup to nuts” review of the selection, training and support of teachers.

Tes. How a ‘balance bike’ approach to training will give us better teachers

The Hindu. Teacher training goes digital


UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Call for Entries: AACTE Dissertation Award [Deadline: Aug. 20]
2) Call for Entries: AACTE Outstanding Book Award [Deadline: May 3]

Brunswick News.  Teacher education program paying local dividends College of Coastal Georgia’s impact locally is felt in many ways.

Chronicle. How Ed Schools Became a Menace [L. Asher OpEd]. Ed schools, such as Teachers College at Columbia, or Penn’s Graduate School of Education, have trained and certified most of the nation’s public-school teachers and administrators for the past half-century.

CNN. These charts show why America’s teachers are fired up and can’t take any more   Nationwide, teacher education enrollments dropped 35% between 2009 and 2014, the most recent year for which data are available

Education Week.
1) Can Hiring Ed. School Students Help Solve Substitute Teacher Shortages?   Nebraska is not alone in its attempt to leverage teacher candidates as a way to solve the substitute teacher shortage. California, for instance, also allows ed school undergraduates to earn substitute teacher certification, and for the past two years so has Pennsylvania. Illinois lawmakers are considering the idea.
2) Rauner signs law to ease licensing out-of-state teachers   Teachers must show evidence of completing a state-approved educator preparation program comparable to Illinois’.
3) Review of Graduate and Alternative Programs Finds Gaps in Teacher Prep   In graduate-level and alternative programs, there’s a mismatch between the preparation that teachers get and the real demands of teaching, according to a National Council on Teacher Quality review of 714 programs that prepare both elementary and secondary teachers.
4) South Carolina Education Department recruiting teachers  The ads come as South Carolina faces a teacher shortage, in part because fewer young people are majoring in education in college.

Hechinger Report.
1) Out of poverty, into the middle class   Five most popular career choices according to the survey of Lowell students …#5 teacher
2) Universal preschool is most cost-effective, study finds   The difference in student performance, she writes, could not be explained by differences in class size or teacher education.

InsideHigherEd.
1) Faculty Salaries Up 3%  AAUP’s annual report on faculty compensation takes on salary compression, gender inequality and more.
2) Virtual Avatars for Online Students, Too  Students in many teacher training programs for the last few years have, as a precursor to actual classroom experience, engaged with virtual avatars to simulate the experience of interacting with real-life students. Now online students can get the same opportunity.

National Association for Music Education. NAfME Honors Frederick Burrack and Kelly Parkes [TC Assoc. Prof.] as Lowell Mason Fellows  This past March at the National Association for Music Education’s (NAfME) Music Research and Teacher Education National Conference, NAfME honored exemplary leaders in music education …

NEPC. VAMboozled!: Identifying Effective Teacher Preparation Programs Using VAMs Does Not Work

NPR Education. He Was Oklahoma’s Teacher Of The Year, Then Moved To Texas For Better Pay. Now What?  Really, for our daughter… we didn’t want to gamble 12 years of her education. The likelihood that she would be with an emergency certified educator was just too high.

New York Times [PROPSPER Act OpEd]. Don’t Let the G.O.P. Dismantle Obama’s Student Loan Reforms  Under the bill, new borrowers would pay 50 percent more per month and would no longer have their loans forgiven after 20 to 25 years of repayment. The bill would also drastically cut the amount that can be borrowed for graduate school.

Washington Post. The teacher boycotts are a reminder of what Americans often get wrong about ‘class’   But the teacher walkouts are a reminder that even professionals with master’s degrees in some of the country’s largest cities endure many of the same economic challenges associated with those in blue-collar jobs.

 

NEW YORK STATE
Chalkbeat. Top New York policymakers to tackle state budget, student privacy, and teacher certification at April meeting   The state is looking to combat teacher shortages, and changes to teacher certification may be on the horizon as a result. One item up for discussion looks to expand the number of teachers who can help students with disabilities. The other is focused on early childhood education and literacy.

NYSED News. State Education Department Proposes Rule to Allow Individual Evaluation for Certain Teaching Certificate Titles  The State Education Department today proposed regulatory changes to reinstate an individual evaluation pathway in certain certificate titles for teacher candidates who have not completed an approved teacher education program but have completed coursework and field experience.

NYSED Regents April Meetings.

  • Amendment to Subpart 80-3 and Section 80-4.3 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Creation of Limited Extensions for Teachers Holding a Students with Disabilities Generalist Certificate Who Teach a Special Class in Grades 7-12 and a Statement of Continued Eligibility for Teachers Holding a Students with Disabilities Generalist Certificate Who Teach a Special Class in Grades 7-12 and Were Previously Allowed to Teach in Another Content Area by School Districts Using the HOUSSE Rubric for Federal Aid Purposes under the No Child Left Behind Act
  • Proposed Amendment to Sections 80-3.3 and 80-3.7 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education to Allow Individual Evaluation for Certain Certificate Titles in the Classroom Teaching Service
  • 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
  • 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. In order to implement the change in law, which has an immediate effective date, the proposed regulation amendment to §52.21 of the Commissioner’s Regulations makes it clear that the graduate admission examination requirement does not apply to certified teachers and school administrators who already hold a graduate degree.

SUNY Update on TeachNY. Presentation to the Board of Regents

WKBW Buffalo. State Education Department has plan to decrease teacher shortage   The State Education Department proposed regulatory changes to reinstate an individual evaluation pathway in certain certificate titles for teacher candidates who have not completed an approved teacher education program but have completed coursework and field experience. 

 

NEW YORK CITY
New York Times. As Tests Begin, Chancellor Comes Out Against ‘Opt Out’  “Today’s N.A.E.P. results show that we are not where we need to be on math education.” He said the city would immediately increase teacher training in elementary math…

Teachers College.
1) AERA 2018 Annual Meeting.  Who, What, When, Where: A full listing of 376 presentations by the Teachers College extended community
2) Center for Innovation in Teacher Education and Development (CITED) April 12, 13 events
3) Haeny Yoon, an Expert on Children’s Play, Receives AERA Emerging Scholar Award   Emerging Scholar Award from the Critical Perspectives of Early Childhood Education Special Interest Group

 

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Week of April 2 in Teacher Ed News

GLOBAL
The Irish Times. Ten ways to tackle the teacher supply crisis   In no other profession are trainees asked to deliver a service unpaid for two years, while paying fees of more than €12,000 while they do so. We don’t ask nursing students to do so, so why do we expect teachers to teach unpaid?

The Guardian. Outdoor learning grows in Scotland as grasp of benefits takes root   The rest of the UK has likewise seen a huge growth in forest nurseries, teacher training and campaigns to celebrate outdoor learning…

The New York Times.
1) An International Final Four: Which Country Handles Student Debt Best?   The judging panel, which includes… Judith Scott-Clayton, associate professor of economics and education, Teachers College, Columbia University…
2) Johan van Hulst, Who Helped Save 600 Children From the Nazis, Dies at 107   He headed a teachers’ college in Amsterdam when he came up with a plan to save hundreds of children from being sent to Nazi death camps.

Voice of America. Techno Teachers: Finnish School Tests Robot Educators  Despite their skills in language and mathematics however, the robots’ inability to maintain discipline amongst a class of primary school children means that, for the time being at least, the human teachers’ jobs are safe.

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) 2018 Annual Meeting Closing Keynote with Diane Ravitch
2) Diversifying the Teaching Workforce: An Observer’s Reflections

EdWeek.
1) ESSA Pressures States to Assure All Students Have Good Teachers   Instead, many states included lofty goals in their ESSA plans that could take a decade or more to be realized, such as improving teacher preparation…
2) How Oklahoma’s Low Pay Dashed My Hopes of Teaching in My Tribal Community   After getting my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education, I accepted a position to teach on the Gila River Indian Reservation in Laveen, Ariz…
3) New Teachers Report That They Feel Well-Prepared for Their Roles   … 80 percent of beginning teachers reported feeling most prepared to teach their subject matter, while 75 percent felt well prepared to align their instruction to content standards.
4) Tech Giants Announce New Funding for 1-to-1 Devices, Computer Science Education  Verizon Innovative Learning, the education initiative of the telecommunications company’s foundation, pledged more than $200 million Monday to furnish technology, teacher training, and internet connectivity…
5) Why One West Virginia Teacher of the Year Stood on the Picket Lines   Without competitive wages and excellent teacher preparation programs we will continue to be unable to fill the over 700 vacancies we currently have in classrooms across the state. 

Forbes. Teacher Strikes Strike Deeper Than Paychecks  Teacher education enrollment dropped by 35% between 2009 and 2014, and almost every U.S. state is experiencing teacher shortages. Several states have recently lowered certification requirements to attract people to the profession.

InsideHigherEd. More Aid for Student Parents: Congress triples federal funding for low-income student parents   … completing an online master’s degree through Grand Canyon University and expects to begin student teaching this fall before starting a career as an elementary school teacher — an outcome she said wouldn’t have been possible without the on-campus childcare.

National Center for Education Statistics. Preparation and Support for Teachers in Public Schools: Reflections on the First Year of Teaching   This Statistics in Brief investigates early-career teachers’ preparation for teaching and receipt of support by selected characteristics of the schools in which they taught during the 2011–12 school year.

NYTimes.
1) A Student Loan Fix for a Teacher, and Many Other Public Servants  “The fight isn’t over until every single nurse, teacher, police officer and firefighter gets the student loan forgiveness that they earned.”
2) Building Skills Outside the Classroom With New Ways of Learning   Lasell’s “Pathways to Teacher Diversity” — part of a statewide effort supported by a Gates Foundation grant — is a partnership with four school districts in the state intended to encourage more high school students of color to pursue careers in education.

The Nation. No Wonder Teachers Are Saying Enough Is Enough   About half of public-school teachers have a Master’s degree. For every $1 someone with a Master’s makes, a teacher with a Master’s makes 79 cents.

Washington Post. Algorithms: Why you should learn what they are, how they affect you and your kids — and whether they actually work   This post looks at this problem and argues for “algorithm transparency.” It was written by Charles Tocci, an assistant professor of social studies education at Loyola University Chicago, a parent and a former high school teacher in Chicago Public Schools.

 

NEW YORK STATE
Inside Higher Ed. New York Budget Restores Bundy Aid   Boosters of private colleges in New York are cheering after the state passed a budget including funding for a long-running program providing unrestricted aid to independent colleges based on their degree productivity.

NYS Education Dept.  April Regents meeting agenda

NYS Register. Continuous Accreditation Requirement for Educator Preparation Providers  Data, views or arguments may be submitted by April 9th to: Kelly Grace, NYS Education Department, Office of Higher Education, 89 Washington Avenue, Room 979 EBA, Albany, NY 12234, (518) 486-3633, email: [email protected]

NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. ‘Connecting kids with who they are’: Why school diversity advocates are optimistic about Chancellor Richard Carranza  “There was a palpable, racist antithesis to the establishment of mariachi curriculum,” he told a documentary filmmaker. “How can you be against connecting kids with who they are?”

Diverse Issues in Higher Education. NYC Men Initiative Diversifies Teacher Workforce   “One place where we lose students in the [teacher] pipeline is actually in the K-12 setting,” said Dr. Travis Bristol…

NYTimes. Homework Therapists’ Job: Help Solve Math Problems, and Emotional Ones   Today, most educators are trained in social-emotional development, and advancements in brain imaging are increasingly indicating how closely cognition and emotions are linked.

Teachers College.
1) TR@TC2 hosts: “You Can’t Fire the Bad Ones!” – Book Talk at Teachers College [Mon, April 16, 2018 5:00 PM]  William Ayers, Crystal Laura, and Rick Ayers debunk persistent misconceptions about teachers, teachers’ unions, school “choice,”…
2) TR@TC2 AERA presentations. Teaching Residents research presentations

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Teaching Residents@Teachers College: AERA presentations

Friday April 13 2:15-3:45 pm
Chen-Lee, C.; Akin, S.; Goodwin, L. “I’d Like to Be a Part of That”: Prospective Teachers’ Articulations of Their Teaching Intentions.  New York Hilton Midtown, Concourse Level, Concourse F Room

Friday, April 13 4:05-5:35 pm
Boyle, K.; Tauzel, B.; Mcalla, C. S. Teaching as Inquiry: Learning with and about students. Westin, 9th Fl, Plymouth Room.

Sunday April 15 8:15-9:45 am 
Goodwin, L.; Stanton, R. Lessons from an Expert Teacher of Immigrant Youth: A Portrait of Socially Just Teaching. Sheraton New York Times Square, Lower Level, Grammercy Room

Monday April 16 2:15-3:45 pm
Horn, C.; Darity, K.; Goodwin, L. The Stories We Tell: Intentional Knowledge Development in an Urban Teacher Residency Park Central Hotel New York, Ballroom Level.

Tuesday April 17 2:15-3:45 pm
Roegman, R.; Kolman. J. Movement and Interactions Across Contexts and Systems: A Theoretical Model of Mentor Teachers’ Practice. Sheraton New York Times Square, Second Floor, Metropolitan East Room.

 

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Week of March 26 in Teacher Ed News

GLOBAL
CBC. Education minister welcomes inclusion report, warns change could take time.  A report on inclusive education in Nova Scotia is calling for…more professional development for classroom teachers who want to become specialists, and more training in general for those in education programs to prepare them for complex classrooms.

NYTimes.
1) In Sweden’s Preschools, Boys Learn to Dance and Girls Learn to Yell  … the first wave of preschoolers to attend gender-neutral preschools are now 20-somethings. Elin Gerdin, 26, part of that first wave, is studying to be a teacher… she views gender as something you could put on or take off, like a raincoat.
2) These Kids Could Tutor World Leaders   Teachers …are only barely literate themselves… The World Bank found that only 0.3 percent of teachers in Mozambique have the minimum knowledge needed to teach, along with 0.1 percent of teachers in Madagascar. In Niger, it’s just plain 0 percent.

The Straits Times. Brazilian students to get ‘Singapore-style’ education thanks to teacher training deal   NIE International (NIEI) Singapore, the business consultancy arm of the National Institute of Education, has conducted its first teacher training programme in the city of Joinville, Santa Catarina State…


UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) March Federal Update webinar now available [login required]
2) A Retrospective Look at edTPA Implementation: 5 Years of Policy and Practice   The views expressed in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of AACTE.

Chalkbeat.
1) Experts question Detroit district chief’s wish to create new schools for kids with special needs   But students often are moved to segregated environments because traditional schools can’t always provide adequate specialized services and teachers may not be prepared to teach those students.
2) Five possible changes coming to the Detroit district Montessori program   The district’s Montessori program has been sending teachers out of state for training to learn Montessori techniques…The district is looking for ways to create a pool of substitute teachers trained in Montessori concepts and structure…

Education Next. Unlocking the Science of How Kids Think: A new proposal for reforming teacher education

EdWeek.
1) Arming Teachers Not a Great Idea, Says Top Republican Senator for Education   STOP School Violence Act… includes a ban on using money provided under the law to arm teachers or give them firearms training.
2) Education Research Gets a Boost in Omnibus Spending Bill
3) In Their Own Words: Teachers Share the Personal Cost of Low Pay   There are about 2,000 emergency certified teachers in Oklahoma right now… Certified educators are leaving in droves to teach in neighboring states where they can make about $15,000 more off the bat.
4) Kansas considers making schools liable for not arming staff   Rep. Blake Carpenter, a conservative Derby Republican who helped write the legislation that holds schools liable, said he is confident armed and trained teachers will save lives. 

Inside Higher Ed. When Grants Turn to Loans   More than 6 in 10 recipients of the TEACH Grant, created to attract instructors for high-need subjects in low-income schools, have seen those grants convert to loans …

NCTQ. Is NCTQ’s Teacher Prep Review actually having an impact?   While we cannot definitively assert that we caused these improvements, we think it is highly likely that the Teacher Prep Review played a substantial role in moving the ball yards–not inches–toward the goal.

NEAToday. How Independent Teacher Prep Programs Fail Our Most Vulnerable Students   Ultimately, the goal is to promote deregulation and privatization in K-12 and in teacher education so that there will be opportunities for new entrepreneur-developed programs to emerge in what would be a market economy.

NPR Ed. Dept. Of Education Fail: Teachers Lose Grants, Forced To Repay Thousands In Loans   Since 2008, the Education Department has offered these so-called TEACH grants to people studying to get a college or master’s degree. The deal is, they get to keep the grant money if they spend four years teaching a high-need subject like math or science in schools that serve low-income families.

NYTimes. When Professionals Rise Up, More Than Money Is at Stake    …many felt that the Legislature had devalued their training and certification by proposing to let people teach a subject they hadn’t studied and had no experience in.

Richmond Times-Dispatch. Preparing Teachers for School Shootings: What’s the Magic Number?  Teacher preparation programs have rarely considered these questions, but the numbers have forced this issue to the forefront.

The Washington Post. ‘This situation . . . made my first four years of teaching so much harder’: How a grant became a loan   On Wednesday, the group sued the Education Department seeking the release of records on the federal TEACH grant. Public Citizen had filed a freedom of information request with the department in 2016 for documents and reports on the program.


NEW YORK STATE
Chalkbeat. Westminster district signs agreement to better serve students learning English   Among the most detailed changes in the settlement agreement are changes to how teachers are trained to work with students who speak a language other than English.

NYSED. March Higher Education Newsletter  News includes:
1) Alternative Teacher Preparation Program Flexibility The new Trans B regulation allows candidates to be initially employed part-time and ultimately teach full-time for at least one school year under the guidance of a mentor
2) Clinical Practice Work Group update
3) edTPA Safety Net (ATS-W) expires June 30, 2018 NOTE: any teacher candidates who are planning to use the current edTPA Safety Net must submit their edTPA no later than May 24, 2018
4) New Computer Science Certificate
5) Pre-Professional Teaching Assistants Enrolled in Teacher Preparation Programs
6) Recruitment for the Educating All Students-II (EAS-II) Selected Response Item Review Committees7) School Counselor Program Registration Requirements


NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat.
1) Inside the ‘passion project’ Carmen Fariña can’t quit: helping New York City schools share space better   With strained resources, some co-located schools can’t provide minimum required instruction time or math, social studies and science course offerings, according to a 2014 report by the Campaign for Educational Equity at Teachers College.
2) Read the 10-page résumé incoming schools chancellor Richard Carranza sent to Mayor Bill de Blasio. B.A. in Secondary Education-University of Arizona 1991 Major: Social Studies. Minor: Bilingual Education

New York Times. Operagoers So Young, the Met Adds Changing Tables and Stroller Parking The Met’s education team will work with researchers in infant development and early childhood music education from the Rita Gold Early Childhood Center at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Teacher College. American Educational Research Association 2018 Annual Meeting, April 13-17, NYC. 250 TC-related events; 231 TC participants

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Week of March 19 in Teacher Ed News

GLOBAL
Association for Teacher Education in Europe.  2018 Spring Conference – Designing Teacher Education and Professional Development for the 21st Century – deadline for submissions extended to 31 March

Teachers College. Seeding Change in Brazil   The Lemann Foundation… has reached more than 40 million people with EdTech solutions it supports, trained 26,000 teachers and educational managers, and supported scores of institutions that are also committed to improve public education in Brazil.

TES [UK]. Exclusive: Teacher training chief warns workload is fuelling recruitment crisis  The once-perceived benefits of the job, such as long holidays, are no longer a draw, says Emma Hollis

The Times of India. Kerala teacher’s remark on dress goes viral, sparks ‘watermelon stir’    The outrage against the sexist and derogatory remarks made by an assistant professor of Farook Training College [first teacher training college managed by Muslim Minority in the state], regarding outfits of Muslim girl students, has resulted in a series of protests on Monday.

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE. SCALE, UNC System Showcase Use of edTPA Rubrics in Induction Coaching   The team showcased how edTPA’s critical dimensions of teaching (planning, instruction, and assessment) apply to the instructional coaching of novice teachers during teacher induction…

Chalkbeat. Becoming a Colorado teacher could soon require fewer transcripts, more training on English learners   The rules for becoming a teacher in Colorado are about to change — and officials hope the moves will help attract more math teachers and better prepare educators to work with students learning English.

EdWeek.
1) After W.Va. Strike, Teachers in Kentucky and Arizona Fight for Pension, Higher Pay   “new annual salary” ($35,621.25) … I need a college degree to make this? I paid $80,000 for a college degree, I then paid several hundred more to transfer my certification to AZ.”
2) Can Money Help Attract More Diverse Teachers? Only Sometimes, Analysis Finds  … the Brookings Institution found that when it comes to financial incentives, only certain ones make a difference in recruiting more diverse teachers to the profession.
3) President Trump Signs Spending Bill That Includes Billions More for Education   Title II, which provides professional development to educators, is flat-funded at roughly $2.1 billion. The Trump budget pitch for fiscal 2018 eliminated Title II entirely—it was the single biggest cut to K-12 Trump sought for fiscal 2018.
4) Some Teachers Who Are Assaulted by Students Don’t Tell Anyone, Study Finds   Those bills are typically controversial within the education community, with educators and researchers saying that more effective teacher training and administrative support would be better tactics.

Inside Higher Education.
1) Community College Researcher to Lead Teachers College   Thomas Bailey, founding director of the Community College Research Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College… “The importance of Teachers College and other schools of education in responding to these challenges, in advancing equity… and in training students who will go on to make improvements in education has never been higher.”
2) Congress’s Budget for Higher Ed, by the Numbers  In general the bill increases spending for most programs important to higher education… [Teacher Quality Partnerships Change, 2017 to 18 -0.2%]
3) L’œuf ou la Poule?   … ongoing discussions about how best to teach foreign languages: the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Commission on Language Learning, for example, has noted a gap between the progress made in early learning, such as immersion programs at the K-12 level, and advanced study at college or university.

NEAToday. Dismantling the Myths About Teachers and Public Education   Fast-track teacher-preparation initiatives have proliferated across the country in a wide range of programs geared to attracting college graduates to teaching. …

NYTimes. Their Pay Has Stood Still. Now Oklahoma Teachers Could Be the Next to Walk.   Because so few licensed teachers are applying for jobs, Tulsa has relied on emergency certifications to hire more than 100 teachers who lack training in education.

The Inquirer. How trauma is shaping the way Philadelphia schools teach | Opinion   It is essential for proponents of higher education who instruct our educators, especially those who work with vulnerable populations, to integrate and incorporate curriculum about early childhood adversity, the impact of trauma and using trauma-informed practices in the classroom.

 

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED.
1) My Brother’s Keeper: Changing the Narrative – March 2018
2) Statement from Commissioner MaryEllen Elia on the Re-Election of Chancellor Betty A. Rosa and Regent Judith Chin to the New York State Board of Regents

 

NEW YORK CITY
City and State New York. UPK was a big success. 3K for All won’t be so easy.   …Bruni explained that she spoke to the children in both English and French, and had some latitude to adapt the curriculum, displaying the teacher preparation that some experts believe was essential to universal pre-K’s rapid expansion.

NY1. Company aims to have teachers transform their own apartments into preschools. …they help getting the required city and state licenses…

NYCDOE. Call for public comments. What should Richard Carranza know about New York City schools?

NYTimes. Is Richard Carranza Ready to Run America’s Biggest School System?   He earned a masters in education from Northern Arizona University and has done doctoral coursework at Northern Arizona and Nova Southeastern Universities… Priscilla Wohlstetter, a distinguished research professor at Columbia University’s Teachers College who studies urban education, said he had neither robust experience in a large district nor an established record of leadership in another big organization …”

Teachers College.
1) AERA Annual Meeting; 245 scheduled TC events
2) Teaching Residents at Teachers College (TR@TC) Research Product Report 2012-18  47 national and international presentations, 15 professional journal publications to date
3) Thomas Bailey, Education Economist and Leading Authority on America’s Community Colleges, Is Named as 11th President of Teachers College   “Profound inequities remain in our society and education system. We have witnessed a quiet re-segregation of schools throughout much of the nation, and we are now hearing challenges in the public discourse that question the fundamental value of higher education.

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Teaching Residents at Teachers College (TR@TC) Research Product Report

2012-2018 Presentations and Publications

2012-2013 Presentations

2013 American Educational Research Association
Kolman, J., Pratt, S., & Jackson, I. (2013). Intellectual poverty in approaches to teacher preparation. Paper Presented at the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Reagan, E., Roegman, R., Goodwin, L., & Zuckerman, K. (2013). Inquiry in the Round? A Qualitative case study of education rounds in a residency program. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Reagan, E., Roegman, R., & Yu, J. (2013). A mixed methods study of mentor teachers’ perspective and experiences in a teacher residency program. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

2013 American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Goodwin, L., Reagan, E., Yu, J., & Sanchez, S. (2013). Reinventing university-based teacher preparation: A perspective from a teacher residency program. A Symposium presented at the annual meeting for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Orlando, FL.

Roegman, R., Reagan, E., & Yu, J. (2013). What matters to mentors: Conceptions of practice. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Orlando, FL.

2013 New England Educational Research Organization
Reagan, E., & Roegman, R. (2013). Inquiry in the round? A qualitative case study of education rounds in a residency program. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.

Reagan, E., Roegman, R., & Yu, J. (2013). A mixed methods study of mentor teachers’ perceptions and experiences in a teacher residency program. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.

Other Presentations
Goodwin, L. Fundação Lemann (Lemann Foundation), São Paolo, Brazil. Professional Development workshop: Designing Innovative Teacher Education Programs for Brazil: Lessons from a Teacher Residency Program. May 7, 2013.


2013-2014 Presentations

2013 Annual Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice
Roegman, R., Pratt, S., & Sanchez, S. (2013). Expectations of expertise: A poststructural exploration of becoming teachers of students with disabilities. Paper presented at Annual Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice, Dayton, OH.

2014 New England Educational Research Organization
Reagan, E. & Zuckerman, K. (2014). Context, community, and culture: A collective case study of clinical experience in a teacher residency program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England Educational Research Association, West Dover, VT.

Roegman, R. & Goodwin, A.L. (2014). Unpacking the data: An analysis of the use of Danielson’s (2007) framework for professional practice in a teacher residency program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England Educational Research Association, West Dover, VT.

 

2014 American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Reagan, E., Goodwin, A. L., Pratt, S., Roegman, R., Sanchez, S. & Zuckerman, K. Rounding out teacher education: Education Rounds as a cutting-edge, pedagogically rich practice in teacher education. Interactive dialogue session presented at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Indianapolis.

Roegman, R., Pratt, S., Sanchez, S, Chen, C. (2014). Who am I? Identity development of preservice teachers of students with disabilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Indianapolis, IN.

2014 American Educational Research Association
Goodwin, A. L., Roegman, R., & Reagan, E. (2014). Is experience the best teacher?: Extensive clinical practice and mentor teachers’ perspectives on effective teaching. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Reagan, E, Roegman, R., Zuckerman, K., & Chen, C. (2014). Round and round: Examining teaching residents’ reflections on education rounds in an urban teacher resident program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Reagan, E. & Zuckerman, K. (2014). Context, community, and culture: A collective case study of clinical experience in a teacher residency program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Roegman, R., Pratt, S., Sanchez, S. & Chen, C. (2014). Between extraordinary and marginalized: Negotiating tensions in becoming teachers of students with labeled disabilities. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Roegman, R., & Riehl, C. (2014). Playing doctor with teacher preparation: An examination of rounds as a socializing mechanism for pre-service teachers Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Sanchez, S., Roegman, R., & Goodwin, A. L. (2014). Reconceptualizing cooperating teachers as field-based teacher educators in an urban teacher residency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.


2014-2015 Presentations

2015 American Educational Research Association
Kolman, J., Roegman, R., & Goodwin, A. L. (2015). Learner-centered mentoring in urban contexts: Theorizing the practice of effective mentor teachers and developing a vision of the possible. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Reagan, E.M., Chen, C., & Vernikoff, L. (2015). Teachers are works in progress: A mixed methods study of teaching residents’ beliefs and articulations on teaching for social justice. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Roegman, R., Pratt, S., Goodwin, A. L., & Akin, S.  (2015). Curriculum, social justice, and inquiry in the Field: Investigating retention in an urban teacher residency. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

2015 New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO)
Reagan, E.M., Chen, C., & Vernikoff, L. (2015). Teachers are works in progress: A mixed methods study of teaching residents’ beliefs and articulations on teaching for social justice. Paper presented at the annual meeting for New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.

2015-2016 Presentations

2016 American Educational Research Association  
Chen, C., Reagan, E.M., Vernikoff, L, & Goodwin, A. L.  (2016). “Learned passions”: A longitudinal examination of teaching for social justice from teacher residency to practice. Paper presented  at the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.

Pratt, S., Roegman, R., Akin, S. &  Goodwin, A. L. (2016). Invisible praxis: New teachers’ enacted  approaches to critical teaching in the classroom. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.

Vernikoff, L., Goodwin, A.L., Horn, C., & Akin, S. (2016). “Our city as a resource”: Decolonizing urban teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C.

2016 New England Educational Research Organization (NEERO)
Pratt, S., Goodwin, A.L., & Chen, C[1]. (2016). The poetic humanity of teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting for New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.

TR@TC Symposium:
Chen, C., Reagan, E.M., Vernikoff, L, & Goodwin, A. L.  (2016). Articulations on teaching for social  justice: A longitudinal study from residency to practice.  Paper presented at the “Pedagogical Possibilities for Quality Teacher Preparation in an Urban Teacher Residency Program” symposium for the annual meeting  for New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.

Akin, S  Horn, C., &. Goodwin, A.L., (2016). Preparing highly qualified teachers: An evaluation of a teacher residency program. Paper presented at the “Pedagogical Possibilities for Quality Teacher Preparation in an Urban Teacher Residency Program” symposium for the annual meeting for New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.

Vernikoff, L., Goodwin, A.L., Horn, C., & Akin, S. (2016). “A natural connection”: A case study of urban inhabitants who become urban teachers. Paper presented at the “Pedagogical Possibilities for Quality Teacher Preparation in an Urban Teacher Residency Program” symposium for the annual meeting for New England Educational Research Organization, Portsmouth, NH.

2016 European Educational Research Association
Lee, C.C., Akin, S. & Goodwin, A.L. (2016).  Prospective teachers’ articulations of their intentions to teach: Implications for recruiting quality candidates and retaining them in the profession. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the European Conference on Educational Research, Dublin, Ireland.

Vernikoff, L., Goodwin, A.L., Horn, C., & Akin, S. “This city is like hitting the jackpot”: Funds of knowledge in place based teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting for the European Conference on Educational Research, Dublin, Ireland.


2016-2017 Presentations

2017 AACTE
Chen, C., Vernikoff, L., Goodwin, A.L., Reagan, E.M., & Roegman, R. [1]  (2017). Purposeful change: Reimagining an urban teacher residency program. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Tampa, FL.

Horn, C., Darity, K., Vernikoff, L., & Goodwin, A.L. (2017). Navigating school cultures: A supervisor’s role. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Tampa, FL.

Vernikoff, L., Goodwin, A.L., Horn, C., & Akin, S. (2017). Reimagining urban teacher education using urban residents’ funds of knowledge. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Tampa, FL.

2017 NEERO
Horn, C., Darity, K., Vernikoff, L., & Goodwin, A.L. (2017). “Multiple layers”: Conceptualizing the university supervisor’s role. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the New England Educational Research Association

2017 AERA
Goodwin, A.L., Horn, C., & Chen, C. (2017). Learning from the city: Communities as resources in urban teacher preparation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

Horn, C., Darity, K., Vernikoff, L., & Goodwin, A.L. (2017). “Multiple layers”: Conceptualizing the university supervisor’s role. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

Roegman, R., & Kolman, J. (2017). “How am I going to make this work?”: Learner-centered mentoring in multiple and layered contexts. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

Roegman, R., Reagan, E.M., Goodwin, A.L., Chen, C., & Vernikoff, L. (2017). Revolutionary, evolutionary, or purposeful: Re-imagining social justice-oriented teacher preparation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.

2017 ECER
Horn, C., Darity, K., Vernikoff, L., & Goodwin, A.L. (2017). “Multiple Layers”: Re-conceptualizing the University Supervisor’s Role. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the of the  European Conference on Educational Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Vernikoff, L., Roegman, R., Reagan, E., Goodwin, A.L., & Chen, C. (2017). Reforming and reimagining within teacher education. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the European Conference on Educational Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.

 

2017-2018 Presentations

2018 AACTE
Goodwin, A.L., Chen, C., & Horn, C. (2018). Cities as partners: Learning from communities in an urban teacher residency. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Baltimore, MD.

Horn, C., Darity, K., & Goodwin, A.L. (2018). The supervisor’s role: Intentional knowledge development in an urban teacher residency. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Baltimore, MD.

Vernikoff, L., Reagan, E., Couse, L., Goodwin, A.L., Horn, C., & Schram, T. (2018). Beyond urban or rural: Effective clinical practices for teaching residencies in diverse contexts. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, Baltimore, MD.

2018 AERA
Chen, C., Akin, S., & Goodwin, A.L. (2018). “I’d like to be part of that”: Prospective teachers’ articulations of their teaching intentions. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Horn, C., Darity, K., & Goodwin, A.L. (2018). The stories we tell: Intentional knowledge development in an urban teacher residency. Paper will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

 

Publications

Publications (published, in press, and forthcoming)
Goodwin, A. L., Del Prete, T., Reagan, R. & Roegman, R. (2015).  A closer look at the practice and  impact of rounds. International Journal of Educational Research. 73, 37-43.

Goodwin, A. L., Reagan, R. & Roegman, R. (Eds.). (2015). Rounding out teacher preparation? International perspectives on education rounds for teacher professional learning and development. International Journal of Educational Research, 73. Special Guest Editors

Goodwin, A. L., Roegman, R., & Reagan, E. (2015). Is experience the best teacher?: Extensive clinical practice and mentor teachers’ perspectives on effective teaching. Urban Education, 1-28.

Kolman, J.S.,  Roegman, R., & Goodwin, A.L. (2016). Context as mediator: Exploring teaching residents’ opportunity and learning in high-need urban schools. Teaching Education, 27(2), 173-193.

Kolman, J., Roegman, R., & Goodwin, A. L. (2017). Learner centered mentoring in urban contexts: Theorizing the practice of effective mentor teachers and developing a vision of the possible. Teacher Education Quarterly, 44(3), 93-117.

Reagan, E., Chen, C., Roegman, R., & Zuckerman, K. (2015). Round and round: Examining teaching residents’ reflections on education rounds in an urban teacher resident program. International Journal of Educational Research.  73, 65-76.

Reagan, E.M., Chen, C., & Vernikoff, L. (2016). “Teachers are works in progress”: A mixed methods study of teaching residents’ beliefs and articulations on teaching for social justice. Teaching and Teacher Education. 59, 213-227.

Reagan, E.M., Roegman, R., & Goodwin, A.L. (2017): Inquiry in The Round? Examining education rounds in a residency program. Action in Teacher Education. DOI 10.1080/01626620.2017.131729

Roegman, R., Goodwin, A.L., Reed, R., Scott-McLaughlin, R. (2015). Unpacking the data: An analysis of the use of Danielson’s (2007) framework for professional practice in a teacher residency program. Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Accountability.  DOI: 10.1007/s11092-015-9228-3

Roegman, R., Pratt, S., Goodwin, A. L., & Akin, S. (2017). Curriculum, social justice, and inquiry in the field: Investigating retention in an urban teacher residency. Action in Teacher Education, 39(4), 432-452.

Roegman, R., Pratt, S., Sanchez, S. & Chen, C. (2017).  Between extraordinary and marginalized: Negotiating tensions in becoming teachers of students with labeled disabilities. The New Educator.

Roegman, R., Reagan, E. M., Goodwin, A. L, & Yu, J. (2016). Support and assist: Approaches to mentoring in a year-long teacher residency.  International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 5(1), 37-53.

Roegman, R., & Riehl, C. (2015).  Playing doctor with teacher preparation: An examination of rounds as a socializing mechanism for pre-service teachers.  International Journal of Educational Research. 73, 89-99.

Sanchez, S.R., Roegman, R., & Goodwin, A.L. (2016). The multiple roles of mentors. Kappan, 98(2), 66-71.

Vernikoff, L., Goodwin, A.L., Horn, C., & Akin, S. (in press). Urban residents’ place-based  funds of knowledge: An untapped resource in urban teacher residencies. Urban Education.

 

[1] All authors have equal authorship

 

 

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Week of March 12 in Teacher Ed News

GLOBAL
BBC News. Two more Scottish universities to offer teacher training

Gov.UK. Damian Hinds sets out plans to help tackle teacher workload   Teacher workload is one of the key issues of our time in education. It deters would-be teachers and makes it harder to retain good teachers.

The Irish Times. Hundreds of teacher-training places to tackle ‘crisis’   Hundreds of extra teacher-training places are to be provided this year amid concerns of a “crisis” in the supply of teachers for key subjects.

The Nation. Students’ enrollment threatens Teacher Education – Provost The Provost, Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo, Prof Olukoya Ogen on Tuesday examined critically the issue of enrolments in College of Education in Nigeria.


UNITED STATES
AACTE. In #AACTE18 Keynote, Ravitch Rebukes Detractors of Public Schools   She noted a recent surge in “phony” graduate schools of education that seem designed to produce teachers for charter schools, with a narrow focus on student discipline and test scores.

CBSNews 60 Minutes. Betsy DeVos on guns, school choice and why people don’t like her   And I hesitate to think of, like, my first-grade teacher, Mrs. Zorhoff, I couldn’t ever imagine her having a gun and being trained in that way. 

Chalkbeat. New York charter leader Eva Moskowitz: Colorado doesn’t spend enough on its students. “Our teachers come four to five weeks before the children come. And they go through a series of training including a very in-depth content institute… “

Education Week.
1) Departing N.Y.C. Schools Chief’s Advice for School Leaders We have made a big effort to recruit the best teachers—teachers who are well-trained in early childhood. We can’t teach a three-year-old the same way you teach a four-year-old. We have been very clear to teachers if they want to teach in these grades, they have to go back to school, generally during the summer, for retraining.
2) Most Teachers Oppose Arming Educators and Fear a School Shooting, Says NEA Poll   In addition, 82 percent of respondents said they would not carry a gun to school even if they had received firearms training and were allowed to do so. 

Hechinger Report. How one Mississippi college is trying to tackle teacher shortages The school has partnered with more than a dozen school districts around Mississippi to offer free or low-cost paths for aspiring teachers, career-changers, and assistant teachers who wish to become lead classroom teachers. 

InsideHigherEd ‘A Different Kind of University’ Cutting 13 majors — in any disciplinary area — is significant. Here is the full list of nixed majors: American studies, art (excluding graphic design), English (excluding English for teacher certification), French, geography, geoscience, German, history (excluding social science for teacher certification), music literature, philosophy…

National Review. Education Schools Must Improve The big problem with this “reform” is that it doesn’t do anything to address the weak knowledge many ed-school students have in general. They aren’t very sharp kids for the most part and don’t have to master any real academic discipline.

Network for Public Education Report. Online Learning: What Every Parent Should Know   It is important to note in the online learning context, the “teacher” may or may not be a certified teacher. Even if the “teacher” is certified, he or she may not have expertise in the subject matter in which the student needs assistance.

Noticel [San Juan, PR]. Profesor estadounidense aborda áreas grises de las “charters”   Samuel Abrams, quien dirige el National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education de la Facultad de Educación en Columbia University… Mejorar el adiestramiento a maestros y considerar incentivos para su reclutamiento [Eng: Improve the training of teachers and consider incentives for their recruitment]…

The Atlantic. DeVos Digs Herself Deeper The backdrop of the 60 Minutes segment was a White House announcement Sunday evening that it is supporting a Justice Department program that would facilitate state efforts to train teachers and other school employees to carry firearms…

Washington Post. Venture capitalist visits 200 schools in 50 states and says DeVos is wrong: ‘If choice and competition improve schools, I found no sign of it.’   We are demoralizing our teaching force, driving our best to early retirement and dissuading young adults from the profession that will shape our nation’s future.


NEW YORK STATE
Chalkbeat. What’s on deck at the March Regents meeting? The board is also scheduled to vote on a new teacher certification area that is specific to computer science

NYSED. March Regents Meetings. Higher Education Committee.
1) Proposed Amendments to §52.21 and 80-5.22 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Transitional G and Pre-Professional Certificates
2) Proposed Amendments to Part 30 of the Regents Rules and §52.21 and Part 80 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to a New Certification Area and Tenure Area for Computer Science
3) Proposed Amendment to Part 80 Related to the Creation of a Transitional Certificate for Certain Health Care Professionals to Obtain a Health Education Certificate
4) Proposed Amendment to §80-5.13 to the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education to Allow for Greater Flexibility in Alternative Teacher Preparation Programs
5) Proposed Amendment to §80-3.4 of the Regulations of the Commissioner of Education Relating to the Mentoring Requirement for Professional Certification

 

NEW YORK CITY
New York Daily News. City pols call for cultural sensitivity training in schools   Twenty-one City Council members have signed onto a letter calling for cultural sensitivity training for city educators in the wake of a series of racially charged incidents in public schools.

Politico New York Board of Health proposal would require preschool teachers, daycare staff to help kids brush teeth   Preschool teachers and daycare staff could soon be required to help brush children’s teeth under a new proposal from the New York City Board of Health.

Teachers College.
1) Making the Difference #TakeActionTuesday: A Civic Participation Series. March 20 5-9pm registration
2) Peace Corps Fellows Program new website launch.

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Teacher Education

Week of March 5 in Teacher Ed News

GLOBAL
Education International. Iraq: Commitments to education improvements given to Kurdistan Teachers Union in social dialogue  Other issues tackled included teachers’ scientific and educational standards as well as the importance of continuous training courses for teachers.

South China Morning Post. This remote Chinese school has just three students. But with live streaming technology, they share a classroom with hundreds   “In [Gansu] we don’t lack teachers, what we lack are resources and teachers who are skilled in specific subjects, like art or music,” Shao said.

UNITED STATES
American Institutes for Research. New Collaborations, New Approaches: Research for Improvement in Teacher Preparation

Education Week. Despite Equal Interest in STEM, Girls Trail Boys in Readiness   ACT suggests that the government create and fund a federally matched loan-forgiveness program to prepare more STEM teachers by the end of 2022.

Hechinger Report.
1) Betsy DeVos’s school choice ideas are a reality in Sweden, where student performance has suffered  “What went wrong in Sweden went wrong here,” said Samuel Abrams, director of the National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University who calls Michigan “a disaster.”
2) One reason students aren’t prepared for STEM careers? No physics in high school   … the New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning says that it has produced an average of 26 new physics teachers per year since 2010 using its alternative credentialing method.

InsideHigherEd.
1) A University-Run School District?   They point to the university’s roots as a teachers’ college and connections Ball State already has with Muncie schools, arguing the new arrangement would allow them to do more to help students.
2) Confusion Over Distance Education Rules   Additionally, institutions must provide specific information to students who are pursuing professions that require state licensure, which is common for nurses, teachers and counselors, among others. Institutions will be required to inform students if they are taking a program that will not qualify them to practice their chosen profession where they live.
3) Lacking Citation?  Dynarski, an expert on student financial aid policy, wrote in the tweets that in May 2006 she and her co-author, Judith Scott-Clayton (now a prominent scholar at Columbia University’s Teachers College), released a paper…

NYTimes. The West Virginia Teacher Strike Was Just the Start   Instead of raising pay to attract qualified applicants, West Virginia officials want to reduce certification standards.

NEW YORK STATE
NYPost. State Democrats want to ban armed teachers from schools

NYSED Regents. March meeting agenda

NYSATE/NYACTE. Influencing Teacher and Leader Policy and Practice Through Advocacy [Proposals for Fall Conf. Now Open]

NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat. 7 things to know about Richard Carranza, New York City’s new schools chief   He taught bilingual education before becoming a principal and then moving into district administration… In the districts where he has worked, he has worked to expand bilingual classes and widen the pipeline of bilingual teachers.

NYDailyNews. Houston superintendent Richard Carranza will be NYC’s next schools chancellor after first pick backs out of job  Like Fariña, Carranza is a lifelong educator who studied social sciences in college and learned to speak English at school.

NYTimes. Next to Lead New York’s Schools: An Educator With a Song on His Lips  …he became a social studies teacher at his former high school in Tucson…

Politico New York. New York City’s next chancellor will be Houston schools chief Richard Carranza  But he has not adopted the kind of stridently anti-reform posture that de Blasio’s critics see in the mayor: He pushed for Teach for America teachers to fill vacancies in San Francisco’s schools before he was overruled by his board.

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Teacher Education

Week of February 26 in Teacher Ed News

GLOBAL
Association for Teacher Education in Europe. Winter Conference 2018 Aftermovie

Education Week. In Canada’s Public Schools, Immigrant Students Are Thriving  “It’s very competitive” says Janette Pelletier, a professor at the University of Toronto. Last year, her university’s teacher-preparation program had almost 400 applicants for 75 available slots. And the government covers the costs of teacher preparation for prospective educators…

European Commission. Teaching Careers in Europe: Access, Progression and Support  The survey looks at how countries monitor the supply of teachers, how countries license teachers…

Tes. Exclusive: Recruitment crisis leaves millions for initial teacher training incentives unspent   The teacher recruitment crisis has left millions of pounds earmarked for initial teacher training unspent this year, a new DfE document reveals. 

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE.
1) Annual Meeting March 1-3
2) Congressional Briefing Highlights Impact, Importance of TQP Grants
3) NCTQ Brief Calls for Closer Tracking of Teacher Supply, Demand
4) Research on Deans’ Beliefs Wins AAUA Award

Chalkbeat.
1) Indiana lawmakers resurrect proposal to let districts hire more unlicensed teachers   The tests have been criticized recently for being too difficult and keeping potentially qualified teachers out of the classroom at a time when schools have struggled to hire in certain subjects such as math and special education.
2) ‘Personalized learning’ comes to teacher training, bringing big ambitions and big questions   The future of education will “move away from focusing on what you’re being taught to what you’ve actually learned,” said Arthur Levine, the former president of Teachers College and the head of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the organization behind the Academy.

Diverse Issues in Higher Education. Cultural Biases Persist in National Licensure Exam for Teachers   Weighing a pig won’t make it fatter, and racist exams will not increase the number of teachers of color and American Indian teachers in the nation’s classrooms.

Education Week.
1) ‘Educators Get Transformed From Life-Changers Into Wardens’: Chris Emdin on Urban Schools   This self-work is more important and rigorous than any academic work one may engage in on the path towards becoming an effective teacher.
2) States Should Use Data to Curb Teacher Shortages, Report Says   Massachusetts stands out for being the only state that actually requires preparation programs to demonstrate that they are training teachers in the areas that districts are hiring, a step that the report suggests other states should take.

NYTimes.
1) After Years of Fighting, Idaho Retains Climate Change in Its Education Guidelines  “When a new teacher comes in, they need to see all the concepts that they’re responsible to teach,” Ms. Ward-Engelking said. “To be honest, it’s kind of embarrassing that it’s been so controversial.
2) Trump Wants to Arm Teachers. These Schools Already Do   At a meeting at the White House with other governors on Monday, Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas, a Republican, told Mr. Trump that in more than 100 school districts in Texas, teachers and other personnel carry a weapon and are trained to respond to an attack.

 

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED.
1) Clinical Practice Work Group Survey and Regional Meetings
2) Office of Teaching Initiatives edTPA Multiple Measures Review Process Multiple Measures Review for those students who scored within two points of passing the edTPA. NOTE: The edTPA Safety Net will no longer be available as of July 1st,  final portfolio submission date May 24th.
3) Open Comment Periods for Proposed Regulations with Implications for EPP Programs
Continuous Accreditation Requirement for Educator Preparation Providers (P)  Public comments until: April 9, 2018. Allows certain institutions of higher education who seek registered educator preparation programs to be accredited by an accrediting association seeking recognition.
Safety Nets for Teacher Certification Examinations (P) Public comment until: April 9, 2018.Eliminates the requirement that candidates must complete all certification requirements on or before June 30, 2018 to be eligible to use one or more of the safety nets for the teacher certification exams. 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 by June 30, 2018. In addition, the amendment extends the Safety Net for Part two (mathematics) of the Multi-Subject 7-12 Content Specialty Test until such time that the revised Part two becomes operational
4) Urgent Need for Independent Sector Faculty for Theater CST Review Contact Anne Hartjen (518) 474-1087  <[email protected]>

 

NEW YORK CITY
Chalkbeat.
1) Alberto Carvalho stuns New York City by turning down chancellor job after first accepting it
2) I covered Alberto Carvalho in Miami. Here’s why I’m not surprised he snubbed New York City

Teachers College.
Presentations at AACTE 70th Annual Meeting.
1) Beyond urban or rural: Effective clinical practices for teaching residencies in diverse contexts. L. Goodwin, C. Horn, L. Vernikoff.
10:30 Thurs. March 1 Room 348, Baltimore Convention Center
2) Cities as Partners: Learning from Communities in an Urban Teacher Residency. L. Goodwin, C. Horn, S. Pratt
10:30 Fri. March 2 Brent – Third Floor, Hilton Baltimore
3)The Supervisor’s Role: Intentional Knowledge Development in an Urban Residency. K. Darity, L. Goodwin, C. Horn
4:30 Fri. March 2 Ruth – First Floor, Hilton Baltimore

 

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Week of February 19 in Teacher Ed News

GLOBAL
NYTimes. Lego Builds Foundations in China Classrooms as Old Markets Slow  “We are engaging with the government,” Jacob Kragh, general manager of Lego in China, told Reuters in an interview in Beijing, adding this was mostly related to “curriculum development and teacher training.”

OECD. Centre for Educational Research and Innovation [calls for participation] …exploring how to foster and assess students’ creative and critical thinking skills in higher education, including teacher education

The Canberra Times. ACT government calls for teacher education courses overhaul in review submission   The ACT [Australian Capital Territory] government has called for an overhaul of teacher education courses, listing tighter selection processes, better quality offerings and increased consistency as a possible solution to Australian students’ stagnating literacy and numeracy results.

The Tribune [India]. Pedagogy most critical factor affecting quality of education, says expert   A two-day teacher education congress on ‘Teacher Education: Challenges and the Road Ahead’ began today at Panjab University (PU) today.

 

UNITED STATES
AACTE. President Trump Releases FY19 Budget Request  Key Education Programs in FY19 Budget Request

Program FY19 Budget Request
ESSA Title II-A State Grants Eliminated
Teacher Quality Partnership Grants Eliminated

Bostonia.  Teaching’s Diversity Problem: Travis Bristol is working to keep male teachers of color in public schools   Arauz credits Bristol [TC, PhD 2014]—his teaching and his example—for his own achievements, which include a BS from Cornell University and a master’s in healthcare education from Teachers College at Columbia University.

Chalkbeat.
1) Three of Tennessee’s largest teacher training programs improve on state report card   Tennessee has graded programs that train teachers since 2009 but redesigned its report card in 2016 to provide a clearer picture of their effectiveness for stakeholders ranging from aspiring teachers to hiring principals.
2) In debt, with too many unlicensed teachers, Indiana College Preparatory School loses charter   The school was hiring many substitute teachers, city documents show, failing to employ enough teachers licensed in their subject areas to meet state requirements.

Chronicle of Higher Education. Who’s Teaching the Teachers?   It’s also worth noting that the resistance to addressing pedagogy in graduate education may be practical, as well as philosophical: Teaching someone to teach is hard.

Education Dive. Report: Community colleges play important role in preparing early educators

Education Week.
1) Computer Science for All: Can Schools Pull It Off?   To fill the void, [Janice] Cuny helped launch an effort to train 10,000 new computer-science teachers.
2) Educators Say ‘No Way’ to Trump’s Suggestion of Arming Teachers  Many educators said they are already stretched thin with both time and resources and aren’t prepared for the extra responsibility of being trained to fire a weapon.
3) Make Computer Science a Graduation Requirement, Says College Board   Clearly, such mandates would probably increase the number of AP exams given, generating considerable revenue for the College Board. But the group says it would be willing to help defray the costs of matching textbooks, exam fees, and teacher training…

Hechinger Report. How a growing number of states are hoping to improve kids’ brains: exercise   As a result of this new attitude, at least 14 state legislatures considered new laws in 2016 that would increase the amount of physical education or recess schools are required to offer or raise the bar for qualifications for physical education teachers

Inside Higher Ed.
1) ‘Poorly Paid’ Professors   Faculty members earn 15 percent less than others with advanced degrees, study finds. They work equally long hours.
2) Restructuring the Education Department  Proposed reorganization would eliminate office of under secretary, which oversaw higher ed policy for much of the Obama and George W. Bush administrations

Maryland. House Bill 1657  Teachers and Teacher Preparation Programs – Maryland Reading Standards Matrix – Established

NYTimes.
1) Agency-By-Agency Highlights of Trump’s 2019 Budget  On the chopping block is $5.9 million in teacher preparation and aftercare programs.
2) School Shootings Put Teachers in New Role as Human Shields  “You know, if I go through my college transcripts — master’s degree, doctorate courses, all that — I know for sure there are no courses that say: ‘Shooter on Campus 101,’”…

Salon. Schools, sex and scandals: See it all at the movies …schools and teacher preparation programs alike are rattled by the scandals, little has altered in the way that we prepare teachers for the personal, emotional aspects of their profession… national accreditation bodies for teacher preparation programs have included “dispositional” elements in their requirements of how practicing teachers are evaluated.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Missouri teacher preparation program ratings aim to help keep teachers on the job   On Thursday, the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education released its second annual performance scores for teacher preparation programs.

The 74. New Analysis: ‘No-Excuses’ Charter Schools Produce Huge Gains for Kids — and Could Close the Achievement Gap   Those practices, survey author Sarah Cohodes of Columbia University’s Teacher College asserts, can be transferred successfully to traditional district schools.

The Mercury News. Teacher shortages persist in California and getting worse in many communities   Over the past two years California has spent nearly $70 million on a range of initiatives to tackle the shortage, including a program that underwrites the cost of a teacher preparation program for classroom aides and other paraprofessionals already working in a district.

TrustEd. ‘Schools within schools’ recruit next generation of teachers  To stave off plummeting numbers and recruit fresh talent, several districts and states are actively recruiting aspiring teachers while they are still enrolled as high school students in their schools.

U S Department of Education. 18 of 31 senior staff positions vacant

WAFB. LDOE launches campaign to recruit next generation of teachers  The “Be a Teacher LA” campaign, which was announced during a special event attended by elected officials, educators and advocates, seeks to increase the number of high school graduates and college students who enroll in an undergraduate teacher preparation program and ultimately lead Louisiana classrooms.

 

NEW YORK STATE
NYSED Board of Regents. Professional Standards and Practices Board Approval of Bylaws  The Board approved an amendment to the PSPB Bylaws to increase the number of members from 28 to 31 and to require reporting to the Board of Regents each year and not restricted to only the month of July

NYS Legislature Regent Candidate Feb. Interviews  [Chancellor Rosa, Regent Chin interviewed for reappointment]