e) Redesigned
teacher and principal preparation programs and licensure processes.
Tennessee's plan for improving
teacher and principal preparation programs is «founded on competition and accountability.»
Work on issues of report card usage, such as the renewal or non-renewal of state approval for
teacher and principal preparation institutions that are shown to be ineffective.
Tennessee has a well - established plan and strategies for improving the effectiveness of
our teacher and principal preparation programs.
§ 49-5-108 (a), the Board of Education has promulgated rules (which have the force of law) for alternative license paths for
teacher and principal preparation programs.
Investing wisely in
teacher and principal preparation and development can improve student achievement and generate overall budget savings by reducing costs associated with low student performance (including grade retention, remediation, and higher dropout rates).
Fully fund Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which provides resources for states and districts to strengthen
teacher and principal preparation programs; reform educator certification and licensure requirements; develop career advancement initiatives for teachers; and offer professional learning opportunities for teacher leaders and principals.
Harmer's thirty — year career in public schools included serving as principal of three award - winning elementary schools; K - 12 teacher and learning specialist; instructor in community college and university
teacher and principal preparation programs; and service on a wide range of professional advisory councils and boards.
States should develop standards and curricula for family engagement in education for
teacher and principal preparation programs and should ensure that teachers, principals, and other school leaders receive professional development on improving family engagement in education.
PRIORITY: NSBA urges Congress to reauthorize the Higher Education Act (HEA) to strengthen
teacher and principal preparation programs and retain the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, an important tool used to recruit effective educators into the field.
Then, to reanimate the whole system with a radically different vision of
teacher and principal preparation — we have made major strides in that direction.
Not exact matches
According to a 1955 Education article by Leon Mones, then an assistant superintendent in Newark, New Jersey,
and a former
principal, Symonds
and others were openly advocating that the emotional life of the
teacher become the focus of
teacher preparation, since «it is the
teacher's personality that is the tool with which he works rather than the content in which he gives instruction.»
Further, it is imperative that the education sector will need to collaborate in a unified manner through ongoing consultations to ensure that the standards truly reflect what
teachers and principals desire of the profession, in terms of
teacher preparation, professional learning
and training,
and professional recognition.
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.
For a country striving to reposition itself in the international setting, such normative thinking towards the
preparation and professional development of
teachers and principals may be prohibitive.
AITSL's evidence - informed recommendations
and advice describe what
teachers need to develop their leadership skills,
and the specific
preparation of those who aspire to become
principals.
The book makes three recommendations: a much smaller, selective, intellectually engaged,
and better compensated teaching force supported by technology; an open, transparent,
and accountable system of
preparation and professional development that drives out inferior providers
and rewards success;
and increased responsibility for
teacher development in the hands of
principals, who may be the strongest determinant of
teacher quality on the job.
Such bodies wield immense power through their control of
teacher (
and principal)
preparation standards
and certification decisions.
Teachers, bureaucrats
and principals must sustain their commitment to actively contribute to the critique
and reconstruction of
teacher preparation,
and be central to, course design
and accreditation, the delivery of the course
and the assessment of impact of programs on student learning.
«Programs that support
teacher and principal recruitment,
preparation and retention,
and student academic enrichment should not be sacrificed as proposed in the Trump Administration's budget.
Background: Chad Aldeman is a
principal at Bellwether Education Partners, where he has worked on the Policy
and Thought Leadership team since 2012, advising clients
and writing on
teacher preparation,
teacher evaluation,
and college
and career readiness.
Principal preparation programs with paid internships attract more underrepresented minorities
and strong
teachers who might not otherwise be able to afford time away from employment.
This included pacing guidelines
and home - grown efforts to improve
principal and teacher preparation.
Author Bio: Chad Aldeman is a
principal at Bellwether Education Partners, where he has worked on the Policy
and Thought Leadership team since 2012, advising clients
and writing on
teacher preparation,
teacher evaluation,
and college -
and career - readiness.
Each year, TFA contracts with an external researcher to survey these
principals,
and year after year the majority of
principals rate TFA
teachers»
preparation and performance as at least as effective as that of other beginning
teachers,
and in many cases as even better than the overall teaching faculty.
Releasing its «Excellent Educators for Each
and Every Child: A Policy Roadmap for Transforming the Teaching
and Principal Professions,» the group urges measures to strengthen the recruitment pipeline for
teachers and principals; build robust
preparation programs that ensure that future educators are profession - ready;
and cultivate opportunities for continuous growth
and leadership.
Federal law in postsecondary education must also be a robust source of support for local innovation, research,
and implementation of strategies designed to improve
teacher and principal effectiveness
and include: Evidence - based
preparation and professional development; Evidence - based evaluation systems that include, in part, student performance; Alternative certification programs that meet workforce needs; State
and school district flexibility regarding credentials for small
and / or rural schools, special education programs, English learners
and specialized programs such as science, technology, engineering, arts,
and mathematics;
and Locally - determined compensation
and teacher and principal assignment policies.
There is much talk about the need to improve
teacher (
and principal)
preparation programs in our country.
However, relatively few schools have parent engagement plans, not all
teacher or
principal preparation programs include courses on parent
and community engagement,
and few
principals allocate professional development time for practitioners to strengthen their skills in successfully involving parents.
Always, the
principal and teachers make explicit connections between career options, their educational requirements,
and the
preparation students are currently embarking on.
A distinguishing trait of the world's best school systems - systems that regularly outperform the school systems in the United States - is that they «invest in high - quality
preparation, mentoring
and professional development for
teachers and leaders, completely at government expense,» according to an international analysis.39 If U.S. school districts were to heed that finding, they would, for starters, provide mentoring for all novice
principals for at least a year.
It concludes with a discussion of how local, state,
and federal policymakers can strengthen the
preparation and ongoing development of
principals to create learning environments that better enable students
and teachers alike to thrive.
States can reserve up to 3 percent of their Title II funds for investments in «
teacher,
principal, or other school leader certification, recertification licensing, or tenure systems or
preparation program standards
and approval processes to ensure that (i)
teachers have the necessary subject - matter knowledge
and teaching skills, as demonstrated through measures determined by the State.»
With the passage of ESSA, local
and state policymakers can leverage federal funding to strengthen
principal preparation and development, an investment that can reap significant dividends — both in the form of increased
teacher retention
and the improved academic opportunities that come with a strong instructional leader.
«Many states
and districts have incorporated VAM in a comprehensive system to evaluate
teachers,
principals,
and educator
preparation programs,» the statement says.
The Commission of Higher Education is working to: 1) improve the quality of
teacher preparation and performance; 2) open the level of dialogue among superintendents
and principals and higher education
teacher preparation programs; 3) expand communication among vertical teams in P - 16 to support students entering post-secondary education;
and 4) review
and measure learning outcomes at all levels, including higher education
and demonstrate significant value - added for post-secondary options.
In 2017, the Indiana Department of Education began to annually survey
principals of first
and second year
teachers who completed
teacher preparation programs in Indiana.
Duncan said there will be more to come when the president presents his budget, but «all
teachers and principals deserve excellent
preparation, support
and opportunities for growth that go beyond what exists in most places today,» he said.
Invest in
principal preparation, training,
and empowerment to help them create school cultures that have a positive impact on
teacher retention by fostering creative
and innovative practices.
Twenty - eight percent of the points in the RTTT rubric centered on effective
teachers and principals; beyond that, other sections included requirements for identifying effective
teacher preparation programs, effective instructional strategies,
and effective schools, as identified by student - level data.
According to Melva Cárdenas, strategic education advisor at TalentEd
and former
teacher,
principal and HR executive director, that kind of
preparation is critical.
The other 50 percent of a
teacher's or
principal's evaluation will be based on meeting standards for planning
and preparation, classroom environment, instruction
and professional responsibilities
and development.
The whole question of ranking
teacher education,
and the study of
teacher preparation effects (Gimbert, Bol et al. 2007; Boyd, Grossman et al. 2009), ignores the fact that
teachers are rarely school leaders,
and begs the question of how we should measure the
preparation of
principals, superintendents, curriculum directors
and others.
Principals in that district determined their hiring needs
and began recruiting early, working with local universities to connect graduates of
teacher preparation programs with schools that have openings.
Promises to Keep is the first document of its kind, in which leading educators help to outline clear policy actions state agencies can take to ensure that their
preparation programs are more effective for
teachers and principals educating students with disabilities.
tying
teacher salaries,
principal evaluations,
and university
preparation programs to «student performance,»
and
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Stronger licensure standards for
teachers and principals, identification of skills educators need from their first day in the classroom,
and more rigorous
preparation programs for
teachers and school leaders are among the steps state education chiefs can -LSB-...]
Accumulating experience as a classroom
teacher is strong
preparation for becoming a vice
principal, as this experience provides a ground - level understanding of school operations that vice
principals will use when working with students
and faculty.
In a letter to Congress, a coalition of 56 organizations
and 200 +
teachers,
teacher leaders,
principals, other schools leaders, leadership
preparation faculty,
and advocates call for funding for the School Leader Recruitment
and Support Program (SLRSP).
2015 Session The funding priority was to increase funds for the Network for Quality Teaching
and Learning
and prioritize funding for the expansion of the School District Collaboaration Fund (state - funded CLASS process); the Oregon Beginning
Teacher and Principal Mentoring Program; completion and evaluation of the TeachOregon teacher preparation pilots; and funding for the new Leading for Learning initiative for new and current administ
Teacher and Principal Mentoring Program; completion
and evaluation of the TeachOregon
teacher preparation pilots; and funding for the new Leading for Learning initiative for new and current administ
teacher preparation pilots;
and funding for the new Leading for Learning initiative for new
and current administrators.