Chemists are exposed to chemistry by their teachers today. So too are future agriculture engineers, soil scientists, and natural resource managers exposed to these career paths by their agriculture education teachers. Like many other teaching certification programs, in-field teaching experience is a requirement of certification. Before Edthena, Oklahoma State’s ag ed program was unable to…
Colorado contains more than 75 percent of the land area of the United States above 10,000 feet. It’s fitting, then, that the Colorado Education Association (CEA) has sky-high ambitions for the state’s public education system. CEA, state affiliate of the National Education Association, supports more than 36,000 educators across the state. Offering best-of-class professional development…
Detroit is a city with a long history of innovation. Detroit where Henry Ford invented the Model T. It’s the birthplace of Motown and techno. And William Potts, a Detroit police officer, invented the yellow light in traffic lights to help you avoid a crash. The spirit of innovation continues with TeachDETROIT, an organization working…
Today’s learners—and tomorrow’s teachers—use video throughout their everyday lives on platforms like Snapchat and Instagram. Cherry Steffen says video should be used throughout a teacher candidate’s university experience, too. As the chair of the department of education at Washburn University, she has helped formalize the use of video within the field experience for student teaching.…