Nadine Hartig has been using video with students in Radford University’s Counselor Education program for many years. For students learning the counseling process, says Nadine – who is the chairperson of the Counselor Education Department – the use of video is widely considered a best practice. In her previous use of video, however, Nadine became…
The saying goes, “Reading, writing, arithmetic.” But what about when the teachers you’re training teach subjects like business and administrative services, construction technologies, or family and consumer sciences? The alternative route teachers Jane Briggs works with through Bowling Green State University’s Workforce Education and Development program teach subjects like these. They are also new to…
As the #edTPA tweets reveal, finishing edTPA® is an important and challenging step in the process of becoming a teacher. Richard Giaquinto, Chair of the Education Department at St. Francis College in New York City, has been helping candidates through the process of compiling portfolios since New York state adopted the assessment in 2014. Richard’s…
The UTeach initiative aims to increase the number of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) majors working in classrooms. It’s a network of 44 teacher training programs across the country. UTeach at the University of Texas at Tyler is working to achieve this goal by leveraging something which interests many STEM majors: technology. Donna Wise, director…
Providing timely and frequent feedback to teachers can be challenging if you’re a coach and your teachers work in a different school or town. But what about when there are no roads and the only way to visit is by flying there? Amy Vinlove is a professor of teacher education at the University of Alaska,…