Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning: Competency-based Teacher Preparation and Development
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Educators are the lead learners in schools. If they are to enable powerful, authentic, deep learning among their students, they need to live that kind of learning and professional culture themselves. When everyone is part of that experiential through-line, that’s when next generation learning thrives.
By Karen Cator, Carri Schneider & Tom Vander Ark.
If we truly are to harness the power that technology brings and seize the moment wrought by new college and career-ready standards supported by aligned assessments, we must reexamine the processes and methods used to prepare teachers, accredit institutions doing the preparing, and support continuous development of teacher competency throughout their professional careers.