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Why is it sometimes easier to become a teacher than get a driver’s license?
In many states, it’s easier to become a teacher than a licensed driver. That needs to change, says Sarah Beal, executive director of US PREP National Center, the University School Partnerships for the Renewal of Educator Preparation.Beal is one of 15 education leaders...
What happens when schools adopt Next Education Workforce models?
ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College is working with a number of schools in multiple school districts to implement Next Education Workforce models. While the specific shape of these models varies according to those schools’ particular needs, the defining...
MLFTC to host the Next Education Workforce Summit 2022
In February, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College will host the Next Education Workforce Summit 2022. The virtual event, which will take place over a day and a half, will bring together education leaders and experts, and provide the opportunity to collaborate to redesign...
Five AZ school districts set to adopt Next Education Workforce models
Mesa Public Schools, the largest school district in Arizona, has committed to adopting Next Education Workforce models developed in partnership with Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College. In addition to Mesa, the Roosevelt School District and ASU...
Networked cohorts inspire, support new models for schooling
When you picture team teaching, do you see six adults — three certified teachers, one teacher candidate and one instructional assistant — plus additional support from a special education team supporting a group of 60 or 70 multi-age learners? That’s the case at The...
MLFTC helps local educators build teams at 2021 summer institute
“I spent over 20 years as a classroom teacher, and for most of that time I was a single teacher trying to meet the needs of all learners, at all times. Over time, as we have learned more from the science of learning and development about how people learn, we have...
Where educators share and find support for big ideas
It’s “inspiring to be with so many like-minded educators trying new things with students,” says one educator at SPARK School at Kyrene de las Manitas in Phoenix, Arizona. “At the end of the day, I am beat but after these meetings, I am so inspired!!!,” writes another...
The Education Commission and MLFTC host a session on learning teams with global focus
Education systems in many countries struggle to provide enough teachers in the right places to meet growing demand and serve all learners. Often, the poorest, most disadvantaged areas have the least qualified, least supported teachers and larger class sizes. Emerging...
Partner schools build new models to better support learners and educators
At Riverview High School in Mesa, Arizona, teams of educators use technology to scale deeper and personalized learning for multi-age cohorts of students. Twenty minutes away, the 3rd-grade team at Stevenson Elementary School leverages inquiry learning approaches to...
Building the Next Education Workforce
For two days in January, more than 270 educators and education experts from around the country gathered virtually at the invitation of ASU’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College to address a big question: What should the next education workforce look like so that schools...