A broken feedback loop can’t effectively repair the teacher pipeline

https://videopress.com/v/FhioxTqX?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true NC teacher licensure schemers avoided feedback for as long as possible and remain resistant to changes, yet the plan elevates student survey feedback as a core method to rescind teacher licenses. A scheme created with a rigged feedback loop is set to further damage the teacher pipeline, not repair it. Our students deserve better.... Continue Reading →

September 21, 2022 0

Recipe for Disaster: Creating Competition Within Teacher Support Networks

https://videopress.com/v/ANgaS5uQ?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true The PEPSC licensure scheme is set to transform NCEES, the current teacher evaluation matrix. It will change it from its original intent as a professional growth tool, into a punitive one that revokes a teacher's license for not being all things to all people, despite being everything their students need. You can offer feedback... Continue Reading →

September 16, 2022 0

NC DPI official admits EVAAS stacks the deck against recognizing growth

https://videopress.com/v/ZvZX62Eq?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&autoPlay=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true EVAAS is a flawed, norm-referenced tool that has been rejected by other states, and was eliminated for official use in teacher evaluations by North Carolina in 2016. NC also drastically scaled back its standardized test regimen after pushback from parents and educators. So why does a teacher licensure pitch headed soon to the North... Continue Reading →

September 12, 2022 0

Teacher Prep Faculty Group Calls Out Faulty Licensure & Compensation Scheme

Kudos to the North Carolina Association for Colleges of Teacher Educators for their strong statement calling out the history, current issues, and future consequences of the draft teacher licensure and compensation plan being laundered through PEPSC. PEPSC plan promoters have written off the concerns of Educator Preparation Programs (EPP) as sourced in EPP's self-interest to... Continue Reading →

August 10, 2022 0

If there’s a way, we must find the will

Please sign and share the petition to restore pipeline policies offered in 2007 but have been eliminated over the last decade: link.ncae.org/ExperienceMatters4NC

August 8, 2022 0

Why is a teacher pipeline plan designed with so many leaks?

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June 25, 2022 0

A crash course on the NC Teacher pipeline

https://videopress.com/v/McxVOIcI?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Share your concerns with NC policymakers: State Board of Education member list Find your NC General Assembly legislators here Contact Governor Cooper

May 21, 2022 0

Is NC’s teacher licensure proposal ‘bold and innovative’ or ‘tried and failed?’

The Dallas Morning News published an article titled "Texas’ ‘wild west’ teacher prep landscape could make teacher shortage worse." It reflects on Texas' decades-long experiment with exposing children to underprepared classroom teachers in the name of rejuvenating the teacher pipeline. It neither served students nor addressed the pipeline. Here are some highlights: “It’s about getting... Continue Reading →

April 25, 2022 0

Why does NC insist on telling 75% of its students and teachers they’re not good enough?

Completing college application materials is a stressful time in the lives of my 12th grade students. It's a mix of excitement and anxiety. They need us to write recommendations, offer feedback on their applications, and give pep talks to encourage them to have faith in the work they've done. I couldn't let the piece of... Continue Reading →

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