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The Moving Force of Change
Unless you are a baby with a wet diaper, change doesn’t feel so good; especially when it is pushed, or worse yet, forced from the top down. Just ask any educator who lived through A Nation at Risk, No Child Left Behind, or Race to the Top. Let’s face it, most people like things just Continue reading
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Avoiding the Vortex: the Impact of Preparedness on Retention
We get it. These are dark times in education. The teacher workforce crisis has created a palpable sense of dread for school leaders, many of whom are scrambling to shore up faculty numbers. The pool of candidates is bone dry, and though certified teachers are strongly preferred, anyone with an associate’s or bachelor’s degree and Continue reading
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“JOURNEYWORKER”, ONE WORD OR TWO?
When was the last time you heard the term “Journeyworker”, or for that matter, “Apprentice”, in conversation? Likely never if you work in the field of education where the more familiar terms for teacher pathways are “student teaching”, “cooperating teacher”, “field experience”, “state certification” and “tenure”–usually, in that order. Yet the trades and technical fields Continue reading
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Waving a Magic Wand: the Alchemy of Funding
At the Spring 2023 US Dept of Labor Eastern Seaboard Apprenticeship Conference, the question was asked, “if you could wave a magic wand and fix or add anything to the residency Apprenticeship model, what would it be?” Great question. My mind immediately reflected on the legendary Ron Thorpe, late President and CEO of the National Continue reading
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Help Us, Help You
An educator workforce crisis, years in the making, has schools and communities scrambling to find solutions as new teachers leave the profession in droves and pandemic-fatigued veterans retire to begin new life chapters. The stakes could not be higher as our nation’s democracy, Gross Domestic Product, infant mortality rate, and societal values, depend on a Continue reading
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