Late yesterday afternoon, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan held a press conference to announce the release of proposed federal
regulations for teacher preparation programs.
Looking for resources on the new federal
regulations for teacher preparation programs?
President Trump last week signed a bill passed by Congress scrapping the Obama administration's new
regulations for teacher preparation.
Those issues came up again yesterday at the state board meeting as Cerf's staff, led by assistant commissioner Peter Shulman, presented the new GPA requirement as part of a wide - ranging package of changes in
regulations for teacher preparation.
Not exact matches
In addition to rescinding
regulations on K - 12 school accountability and
teacher preparation programs, as well as guidance that jeopardized due process
for alleged sexual assault perpetrators, Trump worked with Congress to advance school choice in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which made private - school tuition eligible
for 529 savings plans.
Chiefs
for Change commends the
regulations released today that will help ensure students have great
teachers,
teachers are well prepared
for their jobs, and states and future educators have transparent data about the effectiveness of
preparation programs.
That was used to undo the Obama administration's rule
for holding schools accountable
for student performance under the Every Student Succeeds Act and an Obama - era
regulation aimed at strengthening
teacher preparation programs.
He also said that officials are looking
for ways to «boost pre-service training and professional development counselors» in the
teacher preparation regulations, a draft of which is due out later this summer.
And stricter
regulation of
teacher preparation and accreditation only creates shortages and bottlenecks that reduce the supply of capable new instructors
for U.S. schools.
«The demands
for teacher preparation accountability continue to grow, from the proposed federal regulations to new accreditation standards,» said Ronfeldt, who was also the 2016 recipient of AACTE's Outstanding Journal of Teacher Education Article
teacher preparation accountability continue to grow, from the proposed federal
regulations to new accreditation standards,» said Ronfeldt, who was also the 2016 recipient of AACTE's Outstanding Journal of
Teacher Education Article
Teacher Education Article Award.
In line with its commitment to providing stronger preservice supports
for aspiring
teachers, the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE)-- with support from the Louisiana Board of Regents — adopted landmark
regulations in October 2016 to expand yearlong residencies and competency - based curricula statewide.25 The BESE also approved a $ 7.3 million three - year transitional funding package to support the transition to these new
teacher preparation guidelines.
If the recent reaction from some schools of education to proposed federal
regulations aimed at improving the quality and impact of
teacher preparation programs is any indication, we can expect the traditional cacophony of complaints, such as «We can not hold
preparation programs accountable
for factors outside our control.»
The department also administers
regulations governing educator
preparation programs to ensure that
teachers enter the classroom with content knowledge and instructional skills aligned to the Standards of Learning and other objectives
for learning and achievement.
The
regulations call
for more detailed information to be gathered on how new
teachers are performing, aim to provide better tracking of retention rates, offers more flexibility to states in how they measure the performance of
preparation programs and require states to report annual ratings on their programs.
In the letter, we call
for draft
regulations that will enable states to better learn about, support and hold accountable
teacher preparation programs.
October 22, 2015 (Minneapolis)-- The Minnesota chapter of Educators 4 Excellence, a
teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of teachers in policy discussions, today released Re-envisioning the Teacher Preparation Experience, a new paper detailing teacher - authored recommendations for the future of teacher preparation programs and regul
teacher - led organization that seeks to elevate the voices of
teachers in policy discussions, today released Re-envisioning the
Teacher Preparation Experience, a new paper detailing teacher - authored recommendations for the future of teacher preparation programs and regul
Teacher Preparation Experience, a new paper detailing
teacher - authored recommendations for the future of teacher preparation programs and regul
teacher - authored recommendations
for the future of
teacher preparation programs and regul
teacher preparation programs and
regulations.
The U.S. Department of Education has proposed
regulations to improve
teacher preparation programs by holding institutions of higher education accountable
for how well they train graduates
for the classroom.
The Washington Post: Obama administration releases long - delayed
regulations for teacher -
preparation programs http://wapo.st/2dLuuqC
As you may know, embedded in the
teacher preparation program
regulations proposed by the U.S. Department of Education is a request
for feedback from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) concerning the cost estimates and burden estimates of the proposed information collection.
Shortening
teacher preparation into 30 instructional hours and 100 classroom hours certainly makes it easier
for these schools to recycle
teachers at a rapid clip while not having to worry about
regulations requiring them to retain
teachers whose
preparation experiences make them far more likely to want to stay in the profession — and whose accumulated coursework and classroom experiences may give them ideas of their own about how teaching and learning happen that might contradict the in - house model.
The
teacher -
preparation regulation, which stemmed from the Higher Education Act, required states to issue annual ratings
for training programs within their borders.
If you are so inclined, you may also want to read the recent Washington Post (10.24.16) article, entitled «The big problem with the Obama administration's new
teacher - education
regulations», in which the chair of Connecticut College's Education Department co-wrote that the «academy provisions» which were incorporated into ESSA (after initially being developed by the two charter lobbyist organizations New Schools Venture Fund and Relay Graduate School of Education) would exempt «entrepreneurial «start - up programs» (i.e.
teacher preparation «academies»)... from many of the requirements that states will enforce
for other programs — such as hiring faculty who hold advanced degrees or conduct research, holding students to certain credit hours or course sequences, or securing accreditation from the field's accrediting bodies.»
The Division of
Teacher Education and Licensure implements
regulations governing Virginia's approved education
preparation programs and
regulations for the licensure of school personnel.
HOUSE VOTES TO KILL ESSA ACCOUNTABILITY RULE &
TEACHER PREP REGS: The House on Tuesday passed two resolutions that would block the Obama administration's regulations governing teacher preparation programs and its rule for the accountability provisions under the Every Student Succee
TEACHER PREP REGS: The House on Tuesday passed two resolutions that would block the Obama administration's
regulations governing
teacher preparation programs and its rule for the accountability provisions under the Every Student Succee
teacher preparation programs and its rule
for the accountability provisions under the Every Student Succeeds Act.