Family Engagement University, a program of Metro Nashville Public Schools» Department of Family and Community Partnerships, and Building Bridges, a program of Oasis Center, worked to elevate the need for policies that advance teacher quality through trainings and
preparation around diversity, identity, privilege, and equity for all students.
Not exact matches
For example, the Council for the Accreditation of Educator
Preparation explicitly sets standards
around teacher
preparation candidate
diversity.
There have now been a few successful lawsuits brought to challenge various versions of these tests, with rulings centering on tenuous connections between the skills being tested and those necessary to do the job.120 To address some of these underlying concerns, the TeachNY Advisory Council, supported by a grant from the New York State Department of Education, drafted policy recommendations in May 2016
around teacher
preparation recruitment, selection, and cultural competence in the hopes of finding ways to improve teacher quality and
diversity.121