WELCOME
NEW!
Tennessee
State Department of Edcuation LEAD Conference October 20,
2004 'Using Data At All Levels' presentation and 'Raising
the Bar for Student Achievement & Teacher Performance
Through Mentoring & Induction' presentation
NEW!
Teacher
Turnover Data Tool
Follow Curricular
Innovations for more information on school
data disaggregation.
Watch for the new Teacher Resource Network website. This
website will host
multiple resources for novice teachers, mentor teachers,
and instructional leaders to utilize as they improve planning,
implementation, and evaluation of instructional practices.
Check out the revised Resources
link.
Sample Mentor activities are updated.
The Urban Impact Grant is a partnership of The
University of Tennessee, The
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the Tennessee
State Department of Education (TN SDE), Knox
County and Hamilton County
school systems, and business/community leaders focused
on improving the preparation of preservice teachers for
culturally diverse urban contexts and ensuring beginning
teachersí success and long-term employment in high need
schools.
This focus of all partnership activities is
in three primary areas:
-
restructuring
university coursework and university/school partnerships
to better equip preservice and beginning inservice teachers
with the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities
to succeed in working with diverse student populations.
- establishing a system of professional and social supports
during the critical first three to five years of teaching
that will reduce attrition, enhance student success, and
strengthen perceptions of professional efficacy.
- developing a broad-based understanding of, and support
for, the need for improving the preparation of teachers
for urban contexts which will directly involve the TN
SDE, business and community leaders, and national organizations
such as UNITE (Urban Network to Improve Teacher Education)
and the Holmes Partnership.
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