1. Dr. Martha Kanter Under Secretary of Education February 14, 2011

2.  The TEACH Campaign ◦ To inspire and empower the most talented and dedicated Americans to become teachers

3. “People need to understand what the value of a teacher is and the power that teachers have to shape society.” – John Legend “One of the greatest things about teaching for me is that I can help my students achieve their goals and their dreams.” -Dr. Jill Biden “I remember vividly the profound impact my high school physics teacher… played in my intellectual development.” -Dr. Steven Chu

4.  We will transform teacher preparation by fostering an outcomes-oriented culture that will: ◦ Reward the good – give top tier programs funds to expand Teaching Fellowship programs for exceptional students. ◦ Improve the middle – provide programs with useful data about graduates’ performance, disseminate best- practices, and invest in minority-serving institutions. ◦ Boost the low performers – establish rigorous standards and measures to identify and offer support to the lowest performing schools, and close those that do not improve.