TeachingWorks

Francesca Forzani was recently struck by some feedback she received from a participant in our Foundations of Practice-Based Teacher Education Workshop:

"Thank you to TeachingWorks for continuing to offer high-quality professional development for teacher educators. I feel the winds of change are blowing through teacher prep and beginning to prioritize workforce models and partnerships between LEAs/EPPs—which are great!—but conversations about quality preparation are quickly being left behind. We truly value this space, and we encourage every partner to attend."

In her latest blog post, Francesa reflects on this affirmation of the TeachingWorks approach and unpacks how high-leverage practices—such as leading a group discussion, explaining and modeling content, eliciting and responding to student thinking, and cultivating a safe and productive learning environment—should undergird teacher preparation, regardless of the model used. She asserts that grow-your-own programs, residency models, apprenticeships, district-based pathways, and other workforce development approaches all have the potential to develop skillful teachers at scale, but only if they remain rigorously grounded in what we know about teaching and teacher learning—in the practices that are basic for advancing skill in teaching and matter to student learning and flourishing.

🧑‍💻 Read Francesca's full reflection here: https://www.teachingworks.org/ideas-news/keeping-quality-at-the-center-of-preparation-as-teacher-workforce-models-proliferate/

🔍 Learn more about the TeachingWorks high-leverage practices here: https://library.teachingworks.org/curriculum-resources/high-leverage-practices/

👀 And keep an eye on this space for some exciting announcements about those HLPs later this summer!

Keeping Quality at the Center of Preparation as Teacher Workforce Models Proliferate At a recent TeachingWorks workshop for teacher educators, a participant wrote something in the final survey that has stayed with me: Thank you to TeachingWorks for continuing to offer high-quality professional development for teacher educators. I feel the winds of change are blowing through teacher....