Teaching Profession

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Fourth grade teacher Andrea Coulter, and her student-teacher, Kelsey Frost, background, instruct students using a co-teaching method at Clearview Elementary School in Clear Lake, Minn.
—Jenn Ackerman for Education Week

Better Teacher-Candidate Mentoring Targeted

To improve the student-teaching experience, teacher education programs are taking more care in picking and guiding "cooperating" teachers. (November 26, 2012)

Spotlight on Teacher Evaluation

Understand how combined measures can provide a more balanced picture of teacher performance.

Spotlight on Professional Learning Communities

Build teacher-to-teacher collaboration and learn how to start your teacher learning community.

Issue Backgrounder

For background on this topic, see:
• Teacher Quality
• Professional Development

Teacher Beat Blog

06/19 12:00 am | Feds Offer Flexibility on Teacher-Evaluation Implementation | Instituting teacher-evaluation systems was one of the conditions of the waivers the department offered states in exchange for getting out of some requirements of the No Child ...

Teaching Ahead Blog

06/19 06:01 pm | For Real Teacher Advocacy, Don't Forget Unions | Jennifer Martin Just yesterday, my friend Linda came to me with an update on her daughter, who's spent the past year as an early-childhood educator in a Midwestern, inner-city ...

On-Demand Webinar

When Teacher's Out: Building a Professional Substitute-Teaching Force
In this webinar, our guests discuss the role of the substitute teacher, the implications of teacher absences, and how school districts can improve the quality of substitute teachers.

Special Collection

Commentary Collection: Perspectives on TFA in its 20th Year
In its two decades, Teach For America has dispatched more than 20,000 young teachers to work in some of America's poorest schools and communities.

PD Sourcebook

The Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook features a directory of courses, materials, and resources for teachers on:
• Professional Learning Communities

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Common Core: Diamond in the Rough?
In a discussion about what the common core means for educators, two teachers describe the ways they’ve seen it lead to “joyful learning.”
June 18, 2013 - Teacher
Gaining a New Appreciation for Assessments
Upon transferring to a school in Mexico that has insufficient records of students’ literacy levels, a teacher comes to see the value in assessments.
June 18, 2013 - Teacher
Disputed Review Finds Disparities in Teacher Prep
The National Council on Teacher Quality says most of the nation's teacher education programs that were reviewed are weak, but critics find fault with the project's methods.
June 18, 2013 - Education Week
Rapid Rise Seen in Use of Digital Tools for PD
Teachers and principals are becoming increasingly comfortable using online tools to hone their professional skills, according to a new survey.
June 11, 2013 - Digital Directions
'Flipped' PD Initiative Boosts Teachers' Tech Skills
A Minnesota district's ed-tech professional-development strategy emphasizes how-to videos and support from technology-integration specialists.
June 11, 2013 - Digital Directions
My Breakthrough Moment as a Teacher
Working with, and ultimately getting through to, a difficult 6th grader reminded this teacher that students' personal gains are often as important as their academic ones.
June 11, 2013 - Teacher
Commentary
Time for Progress in Teacher Prep
Judgments of teacher-prep programs should be linked to student achievement, say Edward Crowe, Michael Allen, and Charles Coble of Teacher Preparation Analytics.
June 11, 2013 - Education Week
Commentary
Teaching Toward Utopia
As a teacher-educator, Julie Gorlewski writes that she struggles with the same tensions that she faced in her K-12 classroom.
June 11, 2013 - Education Week
Common Core: A Steep Climb
Third of Four Parts
Year-End Tests Bring Urgency to Common-Core Push
A veteran teacher uses the last weeks of the school year to bolster her students' literacy skills before spring tests.
June 11, 2013 - Education Week
States View Teacher Quality as Pre-K Rating Factor
Quality Rating and Improvement Systems are seen as a prod to professionalize the preschool field.
June 11, 2013 - Education Week

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