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Wrong Place, Right Time, Rachel Mazor
Wrong Place, Right Time, Rachel Mazor
Occasional Paper Series
Mazor recounts working in the three distinctly different environments during her first year of teaching: sixth-grade math, pre-school social studies, and first-grade reading. Each of these experiences taught her specific skills that she later applied to assignments; additionally, each experience helped her develop her own style as a teacher.
Teaching My Child To Resist In Kindergarten, Christine Ferris
Teaching My Child To Resist In Kindergarten, Christine Ferris
Occasional Paper Series
Ferris describes how she taught her son to resist in his kindergarten classroom while drawing on her own experiences as an educator. Their experience draws attention to common teaching methods that do not promote socialization or free thinking. This also highlights the issues that can arise when the value system of a school does not align with a family's own beliefs - especially when alternative schools are not a viable option.
The Power Of More Than One, Jane King
The Power Of More Than One, Jane King
Occasional Paper Series
Jane King reflects on her experiences as a preschool teacher eager to use methods outside of the norm. She resists activities that encourage homogeneity and strives to promote autonomy and free thinking in her students. After transitioning from teacher to parent, she still uses this philosophy to make small changes in her daughter's classroom and encourage her children to engage in acts of resistance and critical thinking both in and out of school.
Cost-Saving Partnership Structures, Bank Street College Of Education
Cost-Saving Partnership Structures, Bank Street College Of Education
All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations
Residency partnerships can create structures that save dollars in the long run.
Building Strong Partnerships For Preparation, Bank Street College Of Education
Building Strong Partnerships For Preparation, Bank Street College Of Education
All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations
When strong partnerships are established, districts and preparation providers make changes to the way they work and and the way they work together. The result is a system transformation through the kinds of shifts illustrated below. These partnerships enable IHEs and districts to bring existing resources to bear on work in new, mutually beneficial ways.
Cost Savings Through Reduced Turnover, Bank Street College Of Education
Cost Savings Through Reduced Turnover, Bank Street College Of Education
All Faculty and Staff Papers and Presentations
Residency-trained teachers stay in the classroom longer, reducing district spending on recruitment, training, and on-boarding.