Sentences with phrase «potential teachers of color»

These types of exams fail to assess deep content knowledge, pedagogical skill, or performance leading a classroom.3 Additionally, many believe these types of exams act as a mechanism that disproportionately filters out potential teachers of color.4

Certification is an essential guarantor of teacher quality — but its testing component is not, and, further, creates barriers for both low - income candidates and potential teachers of color.

«Members of CEA's Ethnic Minority Affairs Committee have recommended that we need to reach out to potential teachers of color before college,» O'Neill said.

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These factors help develop trusting teacher - student relationships.18 Minority teachers can also serve as cultural ambassadors who help students feel more welcome at school or as role models for the potential of students of color.19 These children now make up more than half of the U.S. student population in public elementary and secondary schools.20

Fundamental constraints limit the potential supply of highly effective teachers of color.

The study presents stark differences in how African - American teachers versus non-African-American teachers view the potential of students of color.

An article on the National Education Association's website admitted this when describing reasons for the national shortage of teachers of color: «Salaries are low for teachers compared to salaries for other professionals, which lowers the prestige and social value of a career in teaching for many potential minority teachers.

Retaining teachers of color: A pressing problem and a potential strategy for «hard - to - staff» schools.

Ken Taylor, Executive Director of Kids Forward, believes the actions promoted by this bill would do little to protect teachers, and would instead make it harder for students to achieve their full academic potential, particularly youth of color.

Create teacher preparation pathways for communities of color that begin recruiting prospective teachers in high school, and that expand lateral entry opportunities for professionals from minority groups who show interest and promise as potential educators.

Mary E. Dilworth will lead a discussion that probes beneath the surface to recognize and explain how the current generation of teachers and those of color, in particular, have a distinctly different mindset than their baby boomer and generation X predecessors; what habits of mind and experiences contribute to their understanding of quality teaching and student learning; what constitutes good and useful preparation and practice; and what processes and policies accommodate cultural responsiveness and allow for all students to meet their full potential.