Sentences with phrase «urban teacher candidates»

In this previous role, and in addition to the summer school leadership development program, Castenzio served as a resource for aspiring urban teacher candidates and beginning teachers by working to ensure that they were equipped with the initial training necessary to be highly effective in the urban classroom.

Previously, Castenzio was the Director of Teacher Development at the Center for Urban Teaching (CfUT) in Milwaukee, WI, where he served as a resource for aspiring urban teacher candidates and beginning teachers, equipping them with the training necessary to be highly effective in the urban classroom.

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As part of his campaign plan for lifting children out of poverty, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley recently proposed spending more on child care and early - childhood education, guaranteeing health care for all children, and creating a new program to recruit teachers for urban and rural districts.

Harvard's Teacher Education Program (TEP) offers its candidates a carefully crafted curriculum grounded in fieldwork and coursework, practice and reflection, and attention to the teaching skills needed to provide students attending urban schools with the best education possible.

Existing programs include the Academy for Urban School Leadership in Chicago (training 53 this year), the Boettcher Teachers Program in Denver (16), and the Boston Teacher Residency, which currently (2007 — 08) has 84 participants and plans to have 100 to 120 candidates next year.

Researchers David Blazar (Doctoral Candidate at Harvard), Erica Litke (Assistant Professor at University of Delaware), and Johanna Barmore (Doctoral Candidate at Harvard) examined (1) the comparability of teachers» value - added estimates within and across four urban districts and (2), given the extent to which variations observed, how and whether said value - added estimates consistently captured differences in teachers» observed, videotaped, and scored classroom practices.

Principal hiring practices across the country often lack the rigor, thoughtfulness, and data needed to hire the right talent, and according to a study from TNTP — formerly called The New Teacher Project — hiring practices can result in districts, particularly urban districts, «not selecting the best candidates from [their] limited pool.»

Victoria Trinder is a clinical assistant professor and coordinator of the Urban Education: Elementary Education (BA) program, where she works with undergraduate teacher candidates to critically exam the role of schooling in urban contexts, both locally and nationUrban Education: Elementary Education (BA) program, where she works with undergraduate teacher candidates to critically exam the role of schooling in urban contexts, both locally and nationurban contexts, both locally and nationally.

Abstract: Given the importance of teacher quality and the limitations of using pre-hire characteristics to assess teaching potential, Urban Teacher Center has developed several formative assessments of its teacher candidates to ensure that they receive feedback to support continuous improvement as they develop their prteacher quality and the limitations of using pre-hire characteristics to assess teaching potential, Urban Teacher Center has developed several formative assessments of its teacher candidates to ensure that they receive feedback to support continuous improvement as they develop their prTeacher Center has developed several formative assessments of its teacher candidates to ensure that they receive feedback to support continuous improvement as they develop their prteacher candidates to ensure that they receive feedback to support continuous improvement as they develop their practice.

The inquiry comes as charter schools, once celebrated as laboratories of urban educational achievement and innovation, increasingly face a backlash from teachers» unions and political figures ranging from the mayor of New York City to a third - party candidate for governor of Connecticut.

Urban schools: Although there are larger numbers of teacher candidates in metro areas, many are attracted to schools serving students with fewer barriers to learning.

Candidates practice teaching lessons to student colleagues and faculty and receive feedback before they deliver the lesson in an actual classroom (Urban Teacher Residency United, 2015).

This results in a shortage of opportunities for teacher candidates to experience technology being used effectively in high - need urban schools in the course of their field experiences, which limits their ability to attain high levels of computer integration skills as teachers (Moursund & Bielefeldt, 1999).

Missouri will also look for ways to incorporate a larger focus on urban education and working with diverse students into its teacher preparation programs and will attempt to expand the field experiences that candidates have before entering the classroom.

Candidate in English Education at Teachers College, Columbia University and Research Fellow at the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) in Harlem.

The Teachers Infusing Technology in Urban Schools project (TITUS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago is developing an approach for addressing the shortage of opportunities for teacher candidates to experience technology being used effectively in high - need urban schools in the course of their field experieUrban Schools project (TITUS) at the University of Illinois at Chicago is developing an approach for addressing the shortage of opportunities for teacher candidates to experience technology being used effectively in high - need urban schools in the course of their field experieurban schools in the course of their field experiences.

Showing, Not Telling: Using Video Records of Practice to Support Preservice English Teachers» Enactments This session addressed results from a qualitative study of one higher - impact English teacher working in a minority urban public school and how to help candidates develop similar instructional practices.

In the other study, which appears in Teachers College Record, Dunn interviewed one of her brightest former teaching candidates, Samantha Durrance, who went on to become an urban middle school teacher — only to quit after just two years in the classroom.

The college utilizes its Teaching & Urban Reform Network (TURN) program to link teacher candidates with top performing urban schools throughout the Tulsa Public School District to help prospective teachers practice in an urban environUrban Reform Network (TURN) program to link teacher candidates with top performing urban schools throughout the Tulsa Public School District to help prospective teachers practice in an urban environurban schools throughout the Tulsa Public School District to help prospective teachers practice in an urban environurban environment.

Doctoral Candidate in Curriculum & Teaching, Social Studies Education I really care a lot about helping marginalized students achieve to their fullest ability, and I think SED does a great job preparing teachers and preparing me to prepare teachers for urban education.