A coalition of teacher educator associations is in the process of developing a series of Technology
Competencies for Teacher Educators.
Not exact matches
Whilst quality and accountability is essential to
teacher and principal development, and the notion of professional standards is supported in principle, it is of concern to many
educators that the complexity of professional growth, development and training has been reduced to a set of basic
competencies that may not truly reflect the complex nature of teaching, the principalship,
teacher education and the preparation of
teachers and educational leaders
for contemporary times and a challenging future.
It will also offer insights into one district's strategy
for increasing administrators» and new
teachers» intercultural
competency — and how the program is enhancing
educators» careers.
The National Board Certified
Teachers and LDC experts who laid the groundwork
for this partnership believe LDC
competencies and tools are valuable resources
for educators engaged in that pursuit.
Building on the promise of the
competency - based movement and the urgent need to engage more aspiring
teachers earlier, the
Educators Rising Beginning to Teach microcredentials aim to become a key part of a systemic solution for improving how aspiring educators demonstrate their skills and knowledge on their road to becoming accomplished
Educators Rising Beginning to Teach microcredentials aim to become a key part of a systemic solution
for improving how aspiring
educators demonstrate their skills and knowledge on their road to becoming accomplished
educators demonstrate their skills and knowledge on their road to becoming accomplished
teachers.
Working from the assumptions that every
teacher of every subject can share equal responsibility
for teaching and evaluating skills,
educators can infuse inquiry - based learning in schools today by creating performance rubrics focused on student
competencies, and by making skills - oriented growth 60 % of their grade.
One
teacher said her school rendered an observation rubric «meaningless» by focusing on all of its
competencies, but yet another
educator said looking at all 22
competencies enables her school, a Promise Academy Charter School, to plan effective training sessions
for the entire staff.
Dr. Kinsella details cross-curricular writing instruction imperatives
for educators serving English learners and striving readers, including a focused yet accessible analytic rubric
for each assignment, targeted lessons on language and rhetorical devices
for specific writing types, explicit analysis of an appropriate writing model, and brief, frequent doses of interactive,
teacher - meditated writing practice to build critical
competencies for longer, independent assignments.
To bring these standards to life
for aspiring
teachers,
Educators Rising will release a set of micro-credentials (i.e. portfolio - based assessments of specific
competencies where students can earn achievement badges) in October 2016.
Micro-credentials, a digital form of certification that recognizes
educators for demonstrating their skills and
competencies, are gaining traction in the education system because of their unique ability to empower
teachers to engage in hands - on, personalized learning.
Teacher preparation programs should lead efforts to develop a set of technology competencies for online teacher edu
Teacher preparation programs should lead efforts to develop a set of technology
competencies for online
teacher edu
teacher educators.
Research in
teacher effectiveness — in particular, the research within the process - product paradigm — offered
teacher educators a potential curriculum
for training that was more defensible than the skills listed in the
competency modules, even though there was considerable overlap at times.
Submissions
for earning micro-credentials must show evidence or demonstrate the
teacher's development of
competency through activities, assessments, or projects that are ultimately reviewed by other
educators.
Our voices in The Global Search
for Education this month — Dr. Siva Kumari, Dr. Denise Pope, Rebecca Ingram, Alexa Joyce, Francesca Borgonovi, and Mario Piacentini, along with our Top 12 Global
Teacher Bloggers — shared profound insights, with many commonalities, regarding the
competencies that
educators, parents and policymakers owe today's world citizens.
However, aside from the issue of older Texas certification exams not being sufficient to demonstrate
competency in the subject taught under NCLB, Texas certification requirements generally exceed the NCLB Act's highly qualified requirements in that candidates
for Texas
teacher certification must complete an approved
educator preparation program, which is not required under the NCLB Act.
It describes promising interventions
for promoting
teacher competencies and strategies
educators can use to help their students master social and emotional skills, attitudes, and behaviors.