He uncovered provisions in the legislation for establishing "teacher preparation academies" designed to promote "entrepreneurial programs like those funded by venture philanthropists.
From the start, this partnering establishes teachers as part of the SEP community.
However, when the PLC policy initiative was established, teachers can choose Learning Circle, Action Research or Lesson Study as a tool for professional learning.
We've been aware for years that in all of these primary schools we've established, teachers haven't had any formal training.
Her first priority was public schools, helping to establish teacher testing.
Faced with a profound teacher shortage, Mr. Levy has established teacher training partnerships with both the City University and State University systems.
Academies will be allowed to employ people with no formal teaching qualifications in a move that could sideline both the unions and the established teacher training colleges.
Its greatest accomplishments were in education: more than 1,000 black schools were built and over $400,000 spent to establish teacher-training institutions.
Ann Marcus, dean of the New York University school of education, said yesterday that she believed the Board of Education would be better served by using established teacher-training programs at area colleges to help train the 11,000 uncertified teachers it already employs.
Another way of generating leadership among teachers is to establish teacher teams considered to be influential in the evolution of a genuine working culture based on collaboration and capacity building.
