Sentences with phrase «educator workforce»

In our research, we heard from students and educators of color across the state about the importance of preparing, recruiting, and retaining a diverse educator workforce.

Applicants are required to complete a research project pertaining to educator preparation within 1 year that addresses educator preparation pedagogy or educator workforce development.

Many states are now actively building or implementing educator workforce systems with meaningful evaluation and support systems that are linked to improvements in classroom practices and student achievement.

A highly trained and engaged educator workforce will be the single most important driver of a successful competency education system.

Its mission is to promote policies, systems, and practices that support districts, schools, and educator preparation providers in developing and sustaining an exceptional educator workforce.

As minority children have become a majority in public schools, districts struggle to build a diverse educator workforce.

Through this program, AACTE supports teams of established and emerging researchers with the goal of developing a sustained research agenda on high - impact practices, dynamics and economics of educator workforce development, and other critical issues in educator preparation.

Yet, the study noted, «There is no easy path to sustaining a great educator workforce that is representative of New Orleans as a whole.»

A reduction in these funds will decrease the extent to which states and districts can build the capacity to implement the ambitious plans they are creating to implement ESSA, to close the opportunity and achievement gaps, and to support a strong educator workforce.

In the session we heard from representatives of various community colleges, universities, and school districts that have been working collaboratively and strategically to leverage resources to address the state's educator workforce needs, particularly for rural communities and districts with diverse K — 12 student populations.

Our recent report, The Road to High - Quality Early Learning: Lessons From the States, highlights the strategies that four states with successful early childhood programs have adopted to build a high - quality early educator workforce.

Using meaningful international comparisons to help support increased student achievement, grow a professional and high - quality educator workforce, and use appropriate accountability mechanisms should be reasons for participating in and evaluating the results of comparative international assessments.

For over 30 years, the State of Oregon has been committed to developing a diverse K - 12 educator workforce with the skills necessary to educate all students — that is, educators who are «culturally competent.»

The demographics of the American educator workforce has changed over the past 25 years, with the ranks Read more about September Issue Brief: The American Teacher -LSB-...]

«California teacher preparation programs are assessed using a wide array of measures of program quality,» he continued, adding that the Commission is «committed to remaining a nationwide leader in educator preparation in order to ensure California students have a well - prepared and exceptionally qualified educator workforce.»

Increasing access to Pre-K and full - day kindergarten, the spread of quality rating and improvement systems, and increased attention to the early childhood educator workforce are all signs of important progress at the state and local levels.

The House Committee bill gives a nod to educator workforce issues of recruitment and development — an important first step.

Provide individualized, activity - based guidance and technical assistance, based in part on the evaluation of seed funding, to assist additional local educational agencies (LEAs) and EPPs in forging strong partnerships to support the development of a strong local educator workforce; and

We must address a long list of challenges — including building a great educator workforce, increasing the number of students we graduate who are academically prepared for what's next and developing a long - term solution that establishes a single effective local governance entity for New Orleans schools, one that holds all schools accountable for quality and equity.

This requires federal investment in professional development, in community schools, and in a diverse educator workforce...»

Closing the Achievement Gap: Oregon's Bold Plan For over 30 years, Oregon has been committed to developing a diverse K - 12 educator workforce with the skills necessary to educate all students — that is, educators who are «culturally competent.»

This webinar was designed to inform LEAs (school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools) and partner organizations (institutions of higher education and nonprofits) about the latest research and promising practices in recruiting and retaining excellent educators, particularly in high - need fields and locations: What are evidence - based strategies for recruiting and retaining a strong educator workforce?

With baby boomers retiring, the nation's educator workforce is turning over at an unprecedented clip; there are now more teachers in their first year than at any other experience level.

For this Agenda the definition of «educator workforce» includes certified arts specialists, teachers of subjects other than the arts, school leaders, and community - based arts educators.

AEP partner organizations are working to ensure that all levels of the educator workforce are ready and able to engage the arts as a core academic subject, as a key instructional resource across all disciplines, and as a strategy for school turnaround.

Across Minnesota, students of color make up 29 percent of the student population, while only four percent of the educators workforce are teachers of color.

Our new research shows that the educator workforce in Greater Milwaukee is stretched, with districts struggling to retain current teachers and the supply of new teachers to fill vacancies shrinking over a recent five - year period.

This report is the second in a series on the educator workforce in the Milwaukee area.

According to the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) prepare 90 percent of Latino teachers, building a critical pipeline to diversity in the educator workforce.

Alcala's sentiments are echoed in a new report about Latino teachers in the educator workforce.

With this third report, we conclude a body of research that provides an unprecedented view of the educator workforce in Greater Milwaukee.

The Albert Shanker Institute's recent report on The State of Teacher Diversity in American Education names teacher diversity as a crisis in the educator workforce — the very topic being addressed by the 10 institutions participating in a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) sponsored by AACTE.

The state of racial diversity in the educator workforce.

Report highlighting progress in Oregon towards recruiting, preparing, hiring, retaining, and advancing and educator workforce that better reflects the state's K - 12 student demographics.

It includes an overview of Ohio's student enrollment, student achievement on both national and state exams, college readiness and post-secondary outcomes, educator workforce, and school funding.

CalED presents an opportunity for local educational agencies (LEAs) in California to strengthen and sustain their educator workforce.

The Michigan Department of Education (MDE), in collaboration with MASSP and other stakeholders, have been working to revise Michigan's teacher certification structure and improve the preparation of the state's educator workforce.

Takacs, the school board president, says Coffelt's years - long commitment to the school district and his ambition to improve and build up the educator workforce has made a lasting impact.

«Promising strategies for improving K - 12 education in Illinois: Improving the educator workforce,» The Illinois Report 2009 (pp. 49 - 64).

«The educator workforce shortage is one of the most critical public policy issues facing our state,» Evers said.

Our standards are a corner stone for our members as they promote their expectations to the educator workforce.