Not exact matches
Hessel: If you liken mentoring to
residency and internship programs
in other professions, it fits as part of a comprehensive
model of
teacher training.
Even as «
residency» programs and other hands - on
teacher education
models flourish, the vexing question of what prospective
teachers in the United States should learn
in their coursework has gained far less attention
in the discourse of international comparisons.
Homegrown
models such as the Capital Teaching
Residency in DC and the Boston
Teacher Residency produce excellent, diverse educators.
In the long term, collecting data that could link student achievement to resident teachers will be important for sustaining interest in and support for residency model
In the long term, collecting data that could link student achievement to resident
teachers will be important for sustaining interest
in and support for residency model
in and support for
residency models.
Establish
teacher residency models for hard - to - staff districts to recruit and retain talented and diverse candidates
in high - need schools while better preparing them for the challenges they will face.
One
model that worked well when I was superintendent
in Boston Public Schools was programs for
teacher residencies and principal fellowships.
Building on the medical
residency model,
teacher residencies offered
in districts like San Francisco and Los Angeles and charter school organizations like Aspire provide an alternative pathway to
teacher certification grounded
in deep clinical training.
The
residency model — which has been launched successfully
in urban and rural school communities across the country — saves money and boosts student achievement, which is otherwise depressed both by high rates of turnover and the effects of novice
teachers.
NCTR's annual network programming provides continuous support to all partners
in their efforts to transform
teacher preparation through the
residency model.
This brief looks at the
teacher residency model, a promising approach to addressing recruitment and retention challenges
in high - needs districts and
in shortage subject areas.
«I am also hopeful that reauthorization will provide the resources necessary to support and retain
teachers, such as investing
in residency models and mentoring programs.
These two poll findings support National Board President and CEO Ron Thorpe's call
in the September issue of Kappan to create a universal one - year medical
residency model for
teachers that builds a pipeline of preparation and support leading to Board certification.
Teacher preparation providers across the United States are embracing the internship or
residency model as a way to hone
in on teaching these practices and skills.
The book's concluding chapter, «A Profession of Hope,» offers the TeachingWorks professional development system founded by Ball and the Boston
Teacher Residency (BTR), which has hired Lampert
in a leadership position, as
models for disseminating teaching practices that work to novice and experienced
teachers alike.
Teaching
residency programs are a
model of
teacher preparation
in which prospective
teachers complete graduate - level coursework alongside a year - long fieldwork experience
in the district
in which the prospective
teacher will be hired.
Urban
teacher residency programs, pioneered over the last decade
in cities such as Boston, Chicago, and Denver successfully apply the medical
residency model to
teacher preparation.
The components of the
residency model resonate with policymakers, educators, and parents, and states are now positioned to usher
in systems - level change
in teacher preparation.
While at different points
in their study and implementation of the
model, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming specifically name the development of
residencies as a key effort for moving the needle on
teacher effectiveness.
Some of the proposals are clear cut: Support
residency models and school / university professional development partnerships for
teachers, especially
in high - need communities, and
residency components of preparation programs for administrators.
The
Residency Year flips the
model of
teacher preparation by increasing the amount of clinical experience and strategically placed where they are learning from effective Mentor
Teachers in schools where they will become t
Teachers in schools where they will become
teachersteachers.
For more on these findings, see table 1
in Roneeta Guha, Maria E. Hyler, and Linda Darling - Hammond, The
Teacher Residency: An Innovative
Model for Preparing
Teachers (Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute, 2016), 14.
There are several
models of high - quality
residency and induction programs that school districts can implement
in cooperation with partner groups, such as
teacher preparation programs and other support agencies.
Conversely, alternative routes into teaching have been criticized for focusing on «learning by doing,» with limited theoretical grounding and little or no opportunity for supervised student teaching alongside expert
teachers modeling good practice.5 These critiques, coupled with the challenge of hiring and keeping well - prepared
teachers in hard - to - staff districts, have led to the «third space» from which
teacher residencies have grown
in the last 15 years.6
Individually, network programs have tremendous impact
in their community; collectively, they demonstrate the power of the
teacher residency model as the standard for
teacher preparation nationwide.
Based on the medical
model of
residencies in preparing doctors, the LAUTR program blends theory and clinical practice to train highly talented people from diverse backgrounds who are committed to becoming transformative
teachers.
In recognition of the need for more and especially better clinical preparation, researchers are now arguing for a shift away from the typical student teaching experience as a distinct and final step in completing preparation and toward integrating clinical components into the preparation experience early and throughout the program.30 A number of programs across the country have made this shift, including by incorporating residency models into their teacher preparation programs, 31 but this kind of program design is still relatively uncommo
In recognition of the need for more and especially better clinical preparation, researchers are now arguing for a shift away from the typical student teaching experience as a distinct and final step
in completing preparation and toward integrating clinical components into the preparation experience early and throughout the program.30 A number of programs across the country have made this shift, including by incorporating residency models into their teacher preparation programs, 31 but this kind of program design is still relatively uncommo
in completing preparation and toward integrating clinical components into the preparation experience early and throughout the program.30 A number of programs across the country have made this shift, including by incorporating
residency models into their
teacher preparation programs, 31 but this kind of program design is still relatively uncommon.
Although some preparation programs require that students complete as many as 600 clinical training hours through student teaching, other programs — which are all low - quality alternative certification programs — report that their students did not complete any clinical training hours.25 Even the most intensive
teacher preparation experiences pale
in comparison with the 10,000 hours of deliberate practice that researchers say are needed to develop expertise
in any given field.26 While there are isolated examples of excellent clinical
residency models that provide students with ample time to practice their skills
in a classroom setting, 27 there is not an entire system that supports this approach.
Dallas
Teacher Residency also, unlike traditional teacher preparation programs, explicitly prepares teachers to teach in specific partnering school districts, allowing our preparation model to directly align with district goals and initi
Teacher Residency also, unlike traditional
teacher preparation programs, explicitly prepares teachers to teach in specific partnering school districts, allowing our preparation model to directly align with district goals and initi
teacher preparation programs, explicitly prepares
teachers to teach
in specific partnering school districts, allowing our preparation
model to directly align with district goals and initiatives.
Through a rigorous and purposeful year - long apprenticeship program patterned after a medical
residency model, Dallas Teacher Residency is a district - based teacher education program that pairs master's level education content with a rigorous full - year classroom apprenticeship with trained mentor teachers in urban cl
residency model, Dallas
Teacher Residency is a district - based teacher education program that pairs master's level education content with a rigorous full - year classroom apprenticeship with trained mentor teachers in urban clas
Teacher Residency is a district - based teacher education program that pairs master's level education content with a rigorous full - year classroom apprenticeship with trained mentor teachers in urban cl
Residency is a district - based
teacher education program that pairs master's level education content with a rigorous full - year classroom apprenticeship with trained mentor teachers in urban clas
teacher education program that pairs master's level education content with a rigorous full - year classroom apprenticeship with trained mentor
teachers in urban classrooms.