CAEP Commission Releases Draft of Next Generation Preparation Accreditation Standards for Public Feedback
The Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) Commission on Standards and Performance Reporting recently released its next generation draft accreditation standards for educator preparation for public input and feedback.
According to CAEP, the Commission has set challenging goals to enhance the value of teacher accreditation – goals that will change the guidelines for accreditation of educator preparation programs and add value to states that are in the process of reforming preparation policy.
Read More →Preparing Turnaround Principals: North Carolina’s Regional Leadership Academies
By Kathleen M. Brown, Ed.D.
Developing school leaders who are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to effectively lead low-performing schools has become a critical goal for local education agencies (LEAs) intent on dramatically improving student outcomes. North Carolina’s Race to the Top (RttT) plan acknowledges the pressing need for high-quality leadership in low-achieving schools; the component of the plan that focuses on ensuring equitable distribution of high-quality teachers and leaders identifies, among other things, a need for increasing the number of principals qualified to lead transformational change in low-performing schools in both rural and urban areas.
Read More →New Technology Bill Could Provide Assistance for CCSS Implementation
“Technology can be a tool to drive equity and to help transform how education is delivered, making learning more student-centered and recognizing teachers as education designers…”
This quote from Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) appears in recent coverage by Huffington Post education reporter Joy Resmovits of a new technology bill introduced by Miller that focuses on “tools that provide teachers with instantaneous feedback on their students’ progress.”
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