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Teaching Jobs and CareersTeaching is both a Career and PassionIn this interview, ASCD author Margaret Searle discusses the field of education and the value teaching offers as a career and passion for young people.Margaret Searle · Aug 6, 2015 · 1 min read
EducatorsCBS MoneyWatch: Lessons from Sesame Street about preschool educationPhoto Credit: Walter Limby Mark ThomaAn issue that's likely to arise in the debates leading up to the next presidential election is preschool education. Among the questions involved: Should preschool programs be available to all children no matter their socioeconomic status? Should America invest in programs such as Head Start or Perry Preschool so that all children can attend? Does any evidence show these programs work?Read the rest of the story at CBS MoneyWatch.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 31, 2015 · 1 min read
Personalized LearningPersonalized Learning Encompasses Teacher PDIn this interview, assistant principal Allison Rodman of Mariana Bracetti Academy in Philadelphia discusses personalizing professional development for teachers.Allison Rodman · Jul 31, 2015 · 1 min read
Teacher RetentionASCD: Importance of Teacher Education Prep ProgramsEmily Davis, ASCD Emerging Leader, is the New Teacher Center Program Director, Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project. Davis is also the author of Making Mentoring Work. Davis stalks about her work and the topics currently driving education. Summary of Making Mentoring Work (published by Rowman and Littlefield): Making Mentoring Work is a practical guide for school leaders interested in beginning or enhancing their mentoring programs for new teachers. Readers can use the mentoring program rubric to pre-assess their program and then choose the chapters that correspond to areas of growth. Each chapter provides background research as well as practical steps and tools to make mentoring work in a school environment. At the end of each section, readers will find discussion guides that support program leaders in making the next steps; organizing conversations with stakeholders that will transform and streamline new teacher support programs; and increase new teacher retention and practice.Emily Davis · Jul 27, 2015 · 1 min read
Professional DevelopmentASCD: Pete Hall – Reflection Supporting Teacher EffectivenessIn this interview, ASCD Faculty member and former principal Pete Hall explains how reflection supports teachers' professional growth and effectiveness.Pete Hall · Jul 22, 2015 · 1 min read
Around the WebNature: University learning: Improve undergraduate science educationPhoto credit: U.S. Department of Agricultureby Stephen E. Bradforth, Emily R. Miller, William R. Dichtel, Adam K. Leibovich, Andrew L. Feig, James D. Martin, Karen S. Bjorkman, Zachary D. Schultz & Tobin L. SmithIt is time to use evidence-based teaching practices at all levels by providing incentives and effective evaluations, urge Stephen E. Bradforth, Emily R. Miller and colleagues.Read the rest of the story at Nature.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 17, 2015 · 1 min read
Professional DevelopmentTeacher Effectiveness Tools Reach New HeightsIn this interview, IRIS Connect's Andy Newell discusses the company's U.S. expansion and the video tools that let teachers take control of their development.Andy Newell · Jul 7, 2015 · 1 min read
EducatorsFrom Forbes: 10 Things Every College Grad Needs To Know About MoneyPhoto Credit: Susan AdamsOne Stanford student thought “paid vacation” meant that her boss would pay for all her travel and leisure activities. Another didn’t know there was such a thing as a water bill, and a third threatened to call the police and report the work study office because it was letting the government withhold money from her paycheck.Read the rest of the story at Forbes.EdCircuit Staff · Jul 1, 2015 · 1 min read
K-12 TeachersFrom AFT: How Due Process Protects Teachers and Studentsby Richard D. KahlenbergTeacher tenure rights, first established more than a century ago, are under unprecedented attack. Tenure—which was enacted to protect students’ education and those who provide it—is under assault from coast to coast, in state legislatures, in state courtrooms, and in the media.In June 2014, in the case of Vergara v. California, a state court judge struck down teacher tenure and seniority laws as a violation of the state’s constitution.* Former CNN and NBC journalist Campbell Brown has championed a copycat case, Wright v. New York, challenging the Empire State’s tenure law (which was consolidated with another New York case challenging tenure, Davids v. New York). Similar cases are reportedly in the works in several other states.Read the rest of the story at AFT.EdCircuit Staff · Jun 30, 2015 · 1 min read

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