…state-specific alerts using information from the tracker on pertinent state policy affecting educator preparation. To arrange a demo of the State Policy Tracker and discuss how the e-mail alerts can…
…performance-based assessment available to every educator preparation program across the country. The briefing’s panelists—including a classroom teacher who completed edTPA in her preparation program, a teacher educator, state policy leaders,…
…and insights from attending the session: Federal Policy Outlook: While federal policy changes regarding teacher preparation program licensing and funding streams like TEACH grants were discussed, the panelists emphasized that…
…2015 doctoral fellowship for the Special Education Policy Studies, a grant specifically designed to prepare doctoral scholars as leaders in the field of special education policy. The following year, she…
…Each and Every Child: A Policy Roadmap for Transforming the Teaching and Principal Professions. The Coalition also held House and Senate briefings on Capitol Hill with practitioners to help explain…
…and develop policy and legislative goals to address the problem. They engage with elected officials and community leaders to turn their policy goals into action. Students have advocated for budget…
…for policy engagement: The 4 Ps: people, process, politics, and policy. The 4 Ps framework offered the Holmes Scholars an analytical tool to unpack how policy happens on Capitol Hill…
…was the focus of more than 250 educators, policy makers, and community leaders who gathered December 7 for the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) inaugural “Summit on Nevada Education.”…
The AACTE 2020 Washington Week will feature two virtual Holmes Program events: the Holmes Advanced Policy Course, September 2-3, and the Holmes Policy Institute, September 8-10. Holmes Advanced Policy Course:…
…participate in the Holmes Policy Institute (September 8 – 9) and Holmes Advanced Policy Short Course (September 14-15) during Washington Week. These events will focus on policy solutions to address…
…Lee, Illinois State University Eva Zygmunt and Kristin Cipollone, Ball State University (IN) Kenneth Zeichner, University of Washington Andrews and Richmond opened the forum by acknowledging the growing popularity, albeit…
…“the quality of USF students’ application of theory into practice during their field experiences.” In recognition of her leadership, she was appointed to the Illinois Association for Teacher Education in Private…
…taken in Illinois to improve school leadership by making the program approval process more rigorous and requiring all programs to reapply (see this report from the Illinois Education Research Council)….
…to advance diversity in the teaching workforce. A presentation about state policy and teacher diversity was provided by Jason Hefler, deputy superintendent of the Illinois State Board of Education, and…
…group (led by William Teale of the University of Illinois at Chicago and Louann Reid of Colorado State University) partnering with the National Council of Teachers of English to revise…
