Unpacking the Unknown: Tracking New Teachers' Progress after Graduation
November 18, 2020
Unpacking the Unknown: Tracking New Teachers' Progress after Graduation
NIET CEO Dr. Candice McQueen moderates a virtual panel discussion with higher education leaders to discuss the importance and how-to of tracking new teachers after graduation from educator preparation programs.
NIET, as part of a U.S. Department of Education Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant, has worked with higher education partners to strengthen institutional approaches to tracking program completers, and in this one-hour webinar, our five panelists share:
- why tracking is valuable and important,
- how evidence is collected and used to inform program improvement,
- how evidence is utilized for accreditation, and
- challenges they face in this process.
The panelists also offer their recommendations for best practices based on their experiences for other institutions. Our panelists include:
- Dr. Carole Basile, Dean, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
- Dr. LaTonya Turner, Dean, Klipsch Educators College, Marian University
- Dr. Gary Ritter, Dean, School of Education, St. Louis University
- Dr. Matthew Springer, Robena and Walter E. Hussman Jr. Distinguished Professor of Education Reform, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
- Dr. Malina Monaco, Vice President of Accreditation, Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
View the following papers for background and reference:
- Tracking Program Completers by Dr. Carole Basile
- Why Should Educator Preparation Programs Track Program Completers? by Dr. LaTonya Turner
- Education Preparation Programs – Tracking Grads by Dr. Gary W. Ritter
- The Unpacking is Underway: Current and Future Directions for Teacher Preparation Data Systems by Dr. Matthew G. Springer, Dr. Kevin C. Bastian, and Christopher Brooks
- Importance of Tracking Completer Data by Dr. Malina Monaco
- Understanding the Early Teacher Pipeline: What We Can (and, Importantly, Can’t) Learn From National Data by the National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) Policymakers Council
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