{"id":8228,"date":"2017-10-16T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=8228"},"modified":"2017-10-12T06:57:32","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T10:57:32","slug":"state-school-chiefs-offer-playbook-improving-teacher-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/state-school-chiefs-offer-playbook-improving-teacher-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"State School Chiefs Offer ‘Playbook’ on Improving Teacher Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has released<\/span> Transforming Educator Preparation: Lessons Learned from Leading States<\/span><\/em>, a playbook offering specific steps states can take to improve educator preparation.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2012, CCSSO released Our Responsibility, Our Promise<\/em>, boldly challenging state education leaders to raise expectations and strengthen policies to better prepare teachers before they enter the classroom. The report found that change was urgently needed to ensure every teacher is prepared to meet the needs of all students on their first day in the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

CCSSO supported this call to action by creating the Network for Transforming Educator Preparation (NTEP), a multi-year collaborative of states committed to creating policies and taking steps to ensure teachers are “learner-ready” on day one in school.<\/span><\/p>\n

States that joined NTEP committed to exploring multiple avenues to strengthen teacher preparation. States partnered with teachers, district administrators and institutions of higher education to improve how teachers are prepared, how teachers are licensed and how data is collected and used to inform decisions. Each state in NTEP received technical support as part of its participation in the network.<\/span><\/p>\n

States that participated in NTEP include California, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah and Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result of NTEP, these states worked with stakeholders across the education sector to create stronger standards for teacher preparation programs, better measure how prepared new teachers are to enter the classroom, and provide meaningful and timely data to continuously improve how teachers are prepared in the long-term.<\/span><\/p>\n

While there is no single way to approach the change process for educator preparation, participating states learned that specific steps, outlined in the playbook, lead to the most significant progress. The steps include:<\/span><\/p>\n