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Integrating Residencies Into Substitute Teaching, Prepared To Teach, Bank Street College
Integrating Residencies Into Substitute Teaching, Prepared To Teach, Bank Street College
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This one-page document illustrates the possibilities and benefits of having residents take on substitute teaching roles in a district. Dollars previously allocated to substitute teaching can be redirected toward candidate stipends while substitute teaching needs are largely met by the cohort of residents.
Coherent Schools, Powerful Learning: When Shared Beliefs Fuse School Culture, Structures, And Instruction, Douglas R. Knecht
Coherent Schools, Powerful Learning: When Shared Beliefs Fuse School Culture, Structures, And Instruction, Douglas R. Knecht
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Describes the evolution of a theoretical model of school quality drawn from my experiences teaching at different schools, pursuing graduate studies, leading district policy and support networks, and partnering with school systems, as I presently do at Bank Street College of Education. The model positions schools as the key lever for improvement and equity in our public system and focuses on the coherence of school culture, structures, and instructional approach grounded in beliefs of human development and learning. Using two contrasting schools as cases to explore and develop this model, I offer one as an example of incoherence and the …
Prepared To Teach Urban Transformation Strategy, Bank Street College Of Education
Prepared To Teach Urban Transformation Strategy, Bank Street College Of Education
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When teachers quit, education fails. Prepared To Teach is solving the crisis of teacher turnover in urban public schools.
Prepared To Teach Paradigm Shift, Bank Street College Of Education
Prepared To Teach Paradigm Shift, Bank Street College Of Education
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Prepared To Teach is changing the way we prepare teachers. Read about how we work with stakeholders to shift thinking about teacher preparation.
Urban Transformation Deck, Bank Street College Of Education
Urban Transformation Deck, Bank Street College Of Education
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Prepared To Teach's urban transformation summary.
Sample Mou For Residency Partnerships, Bank Street College Of Education
Sample Mou For Residency Partnerships, Bank Street College Of Education
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This sample document reflects Prepared To Teach's best learning to date. Partners can proceed in their work without a formal MOU in place, and develop one at an appropriate time to best support their needs and partnership.
About Prepared To Teach, Bank Street College Of Education
About Prepared To Teach, Bank Street College Of Education
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Learn more about Prepared To Teach and our work around sustainable funding for teacher preparation.
Cost-Saving Partnership Structures, Bank Street College Of Education
Cost-Saving Partnership Structures, Bank Street College Of Education
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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
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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
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Residency-trained teachers stay in the classroom longer, reducing district spending on recruitment, training, and on-boarding.
The Essa Opportunity For Residencies, Bank Street College Of Education
The Essa Opportunity For Residencies, Bank Street College Of Education
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The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) provides states and districts with a renewed opportunity to strengthen the quality of teaching and learning in schools by explicitly incorporating well-designed year-long pre-service co-teaching placements (“residencies”) into state ESSA applications as an allowable and encouraged use of funds. While “preservice” teacher preparation is not frequently conceptualized as an allowable use of these federal funds, when well designed preparation programs include funded, year-long co-teaching residencies, they address many of the goals contained within ESSA and contribute to the systemic educational improvements sought by states and districts.
Selected Research Supporting Sustainable Funding For Quality Teacher Preparation, Bank Street College
Selected Research Supporting Sustainable Funding For Quality Teacher Preparation, Bank Street College
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In countries where school systems have improved dramatically, pre-service teacher education has become more integrated with the regular school system. Aspiring teachers, while studying for their certification, are paid to practice under the guidance of an effective classroom teacher for a full year before seeking certification. Increasingly, evidence from the U.S. also indicates that such a model is effective. In fact, four persistent teacher quality challenges facing schools and districts can be positively impacted through the establishment of funded year-long pre-service clinical placement.