Show Details
Teacher Quality: Ensuring Excellence in Every Classroom - Tuesday, March 19, 2002
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
Click here for our Web Casts and
Related Resources
Recruiting and retaining excellent teachers has always been a challenge, but now that challenge is greater than ever. Current projections indicate that America´s schools will need to hire 2.4 million teachers over the next ten years. Additionally, there are new demands on teachers´ qualifications, knowledge and skills as we ask them educate all children to meet high standards.
To ensure that every classroom has a highly qualified teacher, states and districts around the country are using innovative programs to address immediate and long-term needs, including alternative recruitment strategies, new approaches to professional development, financial incentive programs, partnerships with local universities, and much more. The March Satellite Town Meeting will explore how communities around the country provide teachers the tools they need to improve instruction and know their subject areas well in order to help all students succeed.
A panel of school leaders from communities across the country will explore such questions as...
- What does the research and practice show about reforming teacher certification, licensure requirements?
- What is the effectiveness of alternative teacher certification programs (e.g., Transition to Teaching, Teach for America, or Troops to Teachers)?
- How can research-based professional development improve the quality of teaching and increase student achievement?
- What is the impact of mentoring programs for new and experienced teachers?
- What are the barriers to innovation and improvement in teaching?
- How can schools and districts partner with postsecondary institutions and schools of education to recruit and retain the best teachers?
- How can parents and community organizations help ensure teachers are prepared to teach?
Web Cast and Interactive Feature
To view live or archived webcasts of the Satellite Town Meeting and to submit a question instantly on-line please visit http://www.connectlive.com/events/edtownmeetings/
Disclaimer
Permission: Teleconferences produced by the U.S. Department of Education are in the public domain. Use, duplication, and distribution are free and unrestricted. Thank You !
|
