intro to nctq teacher prep review

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W hats at stake in teacher prep

� 1,400+ higher ed teacher prep institutions in U.S. but what is known about their quality?

� Public schools hire 240,000 new teachers annually,90 percent of whom get initial training in higher edteacher prep.

� First year teachers are responsible for educatingroughly 3.6 million students each yearadisproportionate share of whom are poor and

minority.� No other school-based factor has as much impact

on student learning as teacher quality.

Are the nations teacher preparation programs

getting new teachers student-ready? 2



Traditional teacher preparationcurrently does not make teachers

more effective

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Source: Gordon, R., Kane, T. J., & Staiger, D. O. (April 2006). Identifying effective teachers using performance on the Job

(Hamilton Project Discussion Paper). Washington, DC: Brookings Institution.

Data presented here is consistent with other research on impact of teacher preparation

programs on teacher effectiveness



Most students lose ground whenassigned a new teacher, no matter how

they were trained.

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Source: Gordon et al., Identifying Effective Teachers. (April 2006).

As shown in the figure, most first-year teachers actually negatively affect students, with

second- and third-year teachers virtually identical in their effectiveness.



W e can build better teachers

In 2010, the National Research Council identified threekey factors for high-quality teacher prep:

� Select academically capable candidates

� Make sure they have in-depth knowledge of thesubjects they will teach

� Provide them with useful, hands-on techniques tofacilitate learning.

I ts time to make sure all teacher preparation programs follow these principles.

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NCTQs review:Shining a spotlight on teacher prep

� Examining evidence from both undergraduate andgraduate teacher prep programs , including elementary,secondary and special education routes into classroom

� Assessing program design against a comprehensive set of standards.

� Partnering with U .S. News & World Report to publish the

review in late 2012.

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Examining the nuts andbolts of teacher prep

To assess teacher prep program quality, NCTQs field-testedmethodology looks at:

� Admissions standards

� Syllabi and course descriptions, course catalogs� Required textbooks

� Policy manuals on student teaching

� Data on outcomes of students taught by teacher prep grads

I n just the initial step, NCTQ spends approximately 40 hoursexamining some 60 documents for each program.

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Just some of what we are looking for

� Selectivity of the admissions process coupled withrecruitment of talented minority candidates.

� Preparation in teaching children how to read.

� Rigor of content preparation.

� Attention to STEM subjects, particularly elementary math.

� Adapting instruction for special education students.

� Training in classroom management strategies.

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Teaching of state standards, testing and data analysis.� Structure of the student teaching experience.

� Opportunities for teachers to practice what they learn.

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W hat the review will do

1. Identify the best of teacher prep

� Highlight programs worthy of emulation by their peers

� Persuade aspiring teachers to attend great programs and

school districts to hire from them

2. Provide concrete recommendations on how programscan improve.

3. Encourage state authorities to sanction and close the worstprograms.

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Teacher prep:Too important for secrecy

Almost 300 institutions

have signaled that they

will not cooperate,

forcing NCTQ to resort tolegal open records

(sunshine) requests to

get the documents for

the review.

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All teacher prep programs are publicly approved to prepare public school teachers shouldnt basic information aboutthese programs be made public?



How you can help

� Sign up on our website (www.nctq.org) forupdates on the review

� Follow us on Twitter @NCTQ and on Facebook

(www.facebook.com/teacherquality)� Help us send a message that the public wants a

thorough assessment of teacher prep.

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