The NEA encourages its members to use Assessment Advisor to rate the assessments they’ve used in their classrooms! 4,000 teachers in 40 states have checked out the site so far. Have you?
Read the NEA Today article.
Survey: Today’s teaching force is less experienced, more open to change
By Jackie Mader
Hechinger Report, October 23, 2012
Teacher-Leader Corps Helps Turn Around Schools
By Stephen Sawchuck
Education Week, April 20, 2011
New Teachers are the New Majority
By Celine Coggins & Heather Peske
Education Week, January 19, 2011
Lesson Plan in Boston Schools: Don’t Go It Alone
By Mike Winerip
New York Times, August 8, 2010
The Teaching Policy Fellowship began in Boston in 2007 with a pilot cohort of sixteen teachers from urban Greater Boston schools. Since then, an additional 18 outstanding teachers were part of the 2009 cohort, including Adam Gray, Massachusetts’ 2012 Teacher of the Year. Right now, a third cohort of Boston Fellows are working together for policy change. The 2011 cohort is comprised of twenty-five elementary, middle, and high school teachers from district, pilot, and charter schools in Boston, Cambridge, Chelsea, Somerville, and Lowell.
Among this dynamic group of Fellows are graduates of Boston Public Schools and New York City Public Schools, graduates of Teach for America and the Boston Teacher Residency, new teacher mentors, graduate level course instructors, published authors, active union building representatives and committee members, and T3 Teacher Leaders. Our Fellows have been recognized at national, state, and local levels for their accomplishments both in and out of the classroom. The Fellows’ diverse backgrounds and experiences bring depth to their policy contributions and advocacy work. Read full set of Fellows’ bios.
The 2011 Teaching Policy Fellows are currently working on:Teacher evaluation reform
Early-career teachers’ involvement in teachers unions
Improving professional development practices
Educator preparation and mentorship Collaboration among district and charter schools
Among others, Teaching Policy Fellows are currently serving on:
MA ESE Administrator and Educator Evaluation Task Force
MA Education Secretary Paul Reville’s Teacher Cabinet
MA Race to the Top Curriculum and Assessment Committee
MA ESE Educational Personnel Advisory Council
Gates’ Measures of Effective Teaching Teacher Panel
MA EOE Education Preparation Advisory Group
MA PARCC Educator Leader Cadres
Teaching Policy Fellows have also been invited panelist/presenters at many local and national events, including:
The National Charter Public School Association
The Center for American Progress
NBC’s Education Nation
The Gates Foundation National Teacher Voice meeting
The Civil Rights Research Roundtable for the Warren Institute
Read more about Boston’s Teaching Policy Fellows’ policy impact here.
