Teacher Education Update November 30, 2017

The Michigan Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (MACTE) exists to promote, within Michigan, the learning of all PK-12 students through the promotion of high quality preparation and continuing education for all school personnel.

ercrit MACTE Board Jim Rooks Calvin College Anne Tapp Saginaw Valley State University Betty Kirby Central Michigan University Joe Lubig Northern Michigan University Doug Braschler Hope College Hakim Shahid Madonna University Caryn King Grand Valley State University Beth Kubitskey Eastern Michigan University Sally Rae Siena Heights University Susan English Aquinas College

Teacher Education Chaotic Becoming a teacher-complex/simple Hypercritical period for schools of education; teachers Time of unprecedented change

State and National Challenges Teacher shortage Substitute teacher shortage Changing demographics Our children

Teacher Shortage A decline in teacher preparation enrollments, 9,665 teaching certificates awarded to MI applicants in 2004; 3,696 in 2016 District efforts to return to pre-recession pupil-teacher ratios, Increasing student enrollment, and High teacher attrition. Sutcher, L., Darling-Hammond, L., & Carver-Thomas, D. (2016). A coming crisis in teaching? Teacher supply, demand, and shortages in the U.S.. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute.

Teacher Shortage Almost all states report special education teacher shortages Michigan critical shortage list While we used to focus on innovative ways to teach students; we now seem to focus on innovative ways to find teachers High turnover, low interest

Why? 8% turnover of teachers a year $$$ - beginning teachers make about 20% less than college grads in other fields Working conditions Teacher preparation Toxic political environment/public opinion

Response to Shortage Alternative credentialing routes and experimental programs Current certified staff * Full year shortage and basic sub permits Student teachers Daily and full-year basic sub permits Paraprofessionals Annual CTE authorization, full-year basic and expert sub permits

Alternative credentialing route Teachers of Tomorrow - allows individuals to begin working as ‘teachers’ while gaining certification online. “Reducing the qualifications to become a certified teacher is yet another avenue to deprofessionalizing the teaching profession.” - David Crim MEA

Substitute Teacher Shortage 4/2017 Every day roughly 1,200 substitute positions in Michigan classrooms are unfilled* Part of what is causing the substitute shortage is a law passed in December, Public Act 219 of 2015, that requires school districts to pay an extra 20.96 percent if they hire as a substitute a teacher who retired after June 30, 2010. https://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/2017-18_Critical_Shortage_Retirees_List_555370_7.pdf * Fox17 News Need for Substitute Teachers –Solution for Shortage 4/25/17

Changing Demographics 2014 – Majority/Minority Milestone 2012-84% of 3.4 million school teachers were non-Hispanic white; 7 % non-Hispanic black; 8% Hispanic National imperative to bridge cultural divide

Michigan’s Children 1 in 5 children in poverty 34% in single-parent homes 17% live in high-poverty areas (55%/29%) 46% subsidized lunch 54% not meeting 3rd grade reading standards 67% of 8th graders not meeting math standards Dismal NAEP scores

Teacher Education Chaos to Strategic Convergence? Opportunity Becoming a teacher – creative approaches Hypercritical period for schools of education; teachers/appreciation and value Rigorous standards/scaffolded practice

Raising the Bar National Accreditation - CAEP Partnership Agreement between the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation and the Michigan Department of Education (2013-2020)

National Accreditation - CAEP Content and Pedagogical Knowledge Clinical Practice and Partnerships Quality and Selectivity of Candidates Program Impact Quality Assurances

Clinical Practice Seismic shift Heart of teacher education programs Field-based Modeling, practice, feedback, alignment Shift towards stronger partnership agreements with Pk-20 Residency models

PRE/SAT Professional dispositions Professional competencies – end of program Program impact data Accreditation

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