Teacher Preparation
Education news, analysis, and opinion about how teachers are prepared for the classroom.
Teacher Preparation, Explained: Alternative Routes, Enrollment Trends, and More
Learn about teacher preparation in the United States, including how new apprenticeships work and how the pipeline has recently narrowed.
- Teacher Preparation Opinion COACHELLA TICKETS!! WHERE DO I SIGN??I like to know what incentives, marketing materials, and salaries they are offering. Last year I came across the most amazing teacher recruitment advertisement ever. It was so cool, I considered going back in the classroom, packing up my family, and moving to California. Going into my 20th year, I'm vested in insurance and retirement, I may have to reconsider.Teacher Preparation Can Hiring Ed. School Students Help Solve Substitute Teacher Shortages?Education school students at Midland University in eastern Nebraska can fill in for absent teachers as part of a new effort to help alleviate the area's substitute teacher shortage.
Teacher Preparation Review of Graduate and Alternative Programs Finds Gaps in Teacher PrepThe National Council on Teacher Quality's latest review of 714 graduate-level and alternative teacher-preparation programs finds that many aspiring teachers don't have the content knowledge necessary for the job.Teacher Preparation Opinion The Virtual Construct and Lifelong LearnersCurrent research and educational pundits theorize that burgeoning initiatives in artificial intelligence (AI) and rapidly accelerating technological advances, that it will be incumbent upon students and the future generations of society to perpetually self-educate, prepare and nurture individual students in a process of lifelong learning. Virtual teaching is a new frontier in the evolution of education. Student and teacher preparedness is the best means by which to ensure the long-term viability of a free and independent democracy.Teacher Preparation 'I'm Not Getting Paid What I'm Worth': Teachers Share How They Get ByLow teacher pay has led some educators to take on second or third jobs.Teacher Preparation Opinion So You're Going to Work!!Working within your chosen profession of Teaching will bring you many many "ah-ha" moments as you reach those students who are hard to reach can certainly be life changing experiences. Embrace these times of work, be the master of your craft, work hard and watch the fruits of your labors be plentiful.
Teacher Preparation Four Teachers Share Their Experiences Leading Nonprofits and BusinessesCurrent and former teachers are using their classroom experience to create nonprofits and startups that aim to make changes to education.Teacher Preparation Opinion Education Re-imaginedThe demands of the digital epoch require creative and innovative thinkers who are tasked and capable of finding unique solutions to complex problems. The future of innovation, the economy and ethical means of advancing the needs of humanity require students who are intellectually confident and emotionally secure in making mistakes while finding heuristic and complex answers to challenges facing humanity.
Teacher Preparation Opinion Essential Professional Development We Must ProvideWe have a responsibility as educators to know and understand what is happening and provide an opportunity for our communities to learn and understand, and most importantly, create an awareness and understanding in the youngsters in our charge.
Teacher Preparation Here's How States Are Using Title II Funds to Strengthen the Teaching ProfessionA new Center for American Progress report looks at how states are planning to use their Title II, Part A funds—money that could be at risk in Congress' final budget.
Teacher Preparation The National Shortage of ELL Teachers Has Caught the Eye of CongressLegislation proposed by congressional Democrats would create a grant program intended to help colleges of education and school districts partner on creating curricula for aspiring ELL teachers.
Teacher Preparation Need a STEM Teacher? This District Trains Its OwnThe Guilford County, N.C., district is one of a handful of districts nationwide that recruit, train, and license teachers for STEM classes.Teacher Preparation Opinion The Long Game: Preparing for the Interview from the StartWhile the shortage of certified teachers is real in pockets across the country, there continues to be a need for preparation prior to interviewing for that first job. In some school districts, the competition is still fierce and in order to be successful, teacher candidates will have to bring their "A" game in order to secure the job they want. So, when does that preparation start?
Teacher Preparation Teacher Ed. Group Calls for More High-Quality Student TeachingA report by a prominent teacher-education group names 10 criteria for high-quality, evidence-based clinical practice in teacher-preparation programs.
Teacher Preparation Opinion Stop Talking About Teacher Diversity. Start Tackling the ProblemTeacher-prep programs and education schools should take a page from minority-serving institutions. BranchEd founder Cassandra Herring explains why.
