Feb. 4, 2009: Today NSDC releases Professional Learning in the Learning Profession: A Status Report on Teacher Development in the United States and Abroad. This also marks the launch of a multi-year research effort to measure the effectiveness of professional learning at the state leve
Study: Minority Teacher Shortages Linked to Poor Working Conditions - Teaching Now - Ed... - 0 views
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A new analysis of federal data suggests that minority teacher shortages are caused not by a lack of minority candidates entering the profession but by unsatisfactory working conditions in schools.
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minority teachers, who are more likely to work in hard-to-staff urban schools, tend to leave their jobs at a much higher rate than their white counterparts, creating a "revolving door" effect.
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ngersoll and May find that minority teachers' decisions to leave a school are most often related to dissatisfaction with their working conditions—particularly with "the level of collective faculty decision-making influence in the school and the degree of instructional autonomy held by teachers in their classroom." In other words, these teachers often feel a lack of professional control and independence.
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United States Is Substantially Behind Other Nations in Providing Teacher Professional Development That Improves Student Learning; Report Identifies Practices that Work
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Every year, nine in 10 of the nation’s three million teachers participate in professional development designed to improve their content knowledge, transform their teaching, and help them respond to student needs. These activities, which can include workshops, study groups, mentoring, classroom observations, and numerous other formal and informal learning experiences, have mixed results in how they effect student achievement.
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embedded in the work of collaborative professional learning teams that support ongoing improvements in teachers’ practice and student achievement.
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What Teachers Have Learned - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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What we need are teachers who are much more competent in their subject areas!
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I’ve seen many teachers ‘bomb’ over the years because they knew their subject matter, but not how to interact with, or be a role model for, children.
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I am a 21-year veteran teacher who took a whole boatload of education courses in furtherance of my BA and MS degrees. They were utterly useless. The only thing that actually prepared me for teaching was student teaching. All of the other courses taught theory, but nothing practical.
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New York Regents May Expand Ways to Certify Teachers - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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The State Board of Regents will consider letting alternative teacher training programs certify teachers, expanding the role that for decades has been exclusively performed by education schools
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Another would change the requirements for teacher certification, like having more difficult content exams and classroom demonstrations.
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While New York has had some alternative certification programs in place for years, like Teach for America and New York City Teaching Fellows, students are still required to take classes at education schools during the summer, nights and weekends to earn a teaching certificate.
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Coca-Cola Instructional Designer Envisions 21st Century Training (Interview) ... - 0 views
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Q. What is the greatest modern challenge in the training profession? Employee engagement drives turnover and performance. As business consultants, training professionals can drive improvements in employee engagement which in turn will lead to better retention and employee performance. Q. What makes current challenges so different from previous ones? In our current economy, performance improvement is paramount. To stay competitive, businesses must find efficiencies. Reducing turnover adds value to the bottom line through reducing costs. Engaged employees perform more efficiently and effectively which drives both revenue and cost management.
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