Texas Science of Teaching Reading – HB3
On January 1st, 2021 – Texas will be requiring teachers to complete the Science of Teaching Reading (STR) exam; which may seem far off, but in reality is rapidly approaching. …
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Professional Development for Teachers
Every day is an interesting day in education research – two studies on teaching demonstrate the need for high quality teacher professional development. The first is a Gates Study, Teachers …
Read MoreTeach Like A Champion!
Texas is providing a great new free resource for Texas Teachers so that they can learn and practice some ‘Teach Like a Champion’ techniques online at the new Texas TLAC website! …
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Engineers Week – it starts with great teaching
It’s Engineers Week! I am an Engineer and one of the main reasons I became an engineer was Mr. Masters – my physics teacher from Herndon High School. He was …
Read MoreedTPA studies
I will keep updating this post as it seems that more and more edTPA news comes in – on 2/26/2020 – The Pearson-scored test is meant to assess whether prospective …
Read MoreedTPA Problems Continue
I am not normally a podcast guy but a podcast that covers the recent AERA study on the edTPA problems actually got me to listen to the whole thing. This …
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Black History Month at Teacher of Tomorrow
Historial Teachers February marks the start of Black History Month – a tribute to African American men and women who have made significant contributions to America and the rest …
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Educate Me Teacher Scholarship
New press release out on our partnership with Educate Me to issue teacher scholarships to promote diversity in teaching! LOCAL GROUP TO ATTRACT UNDERREPRESENTED STEM TEACHERS, IMPROVE STUDENT PERFORMANCE Educate …
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edTPA – making the teacher shortage worse
Illinois is coming to grips with the fact that the edTPA makes their teacher shortage worse. In an article appearing today, legislators are not waiting anymore – they want to …
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Helping Solve the Teacher Shortage
It has been an incredible year for Teachers of Tomorrow as we work to help ensure that every child has a great teacher. We worked hard on teacher recruitment this …
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edTPA – more issues for the teacher certification exam
There is a new AERA publication on the edTPA that questions the validity of using the portfolio based assessment as a teacher certification exam. Since we operate in Texas, these …
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Micro-credentials and Teachers Know Best
It has been an interesting month for us as we attend a series of conferences around the country on education. We have been hearing now that more people want to …
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