Education Policy and Reform Efforts
National Reform Initiatives
NCTQ Teacher Prep Report
UNI responds to NCTQ report on teacher prep programs
A report rating American teacher preparation programs recently released by the National Council for Teacher Quality (NCTQ) unfortunately did not meet its goal of accurately and fairly reviewing the institutions that prepare future teachers. View UNI response to the NCTQ report on teacher prep programs.
Education Preparation Reform Act - Senate Bill S.3582
The Educator Preparation Reform Act Powerpoint
National Commentary from Teacher Education Professional Organization
Teacher Performance Assessment
edTPA - Upcoming Release of New edTPA Online Implementation Resources
edTPA Fact Sheet - A Performance-Based Approach to Assessing New Teachers
Partnership for Teacher Quality
The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) formed the Partnership for Teacher Quality. The partnership promotes awareness, understanding, and collaboration about teacher quality issues at the state level. Below is a selection of Policy Brief documents.
Strengthening State Teacher Licensure Standards to Advance Teaching Effectiveness
Recognizing and Developing Effective Teaching: What Policy Makers Should Know and Do
The Clinical Preparation of Teachers
Learning to Practice: The Design of Clinical Experience in Teacher Preparation
National Council on Teacher Quality Report : "Student Teaching in the United States" - Article
"Student Teaching in the United States" - Powerpoint
Raising the Bar: Aligning And Elevating Teacher Preparation And The Teaching Profession - A report of the American Federation of Teachers Teacher Preparation Task Force 2012
Our Responsibility, Our Promise Transforming Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession - A Report by the CCSSO Task Force on Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession
Bridging the “Widest Street in the World” Reflections on the History of Teacher Education - American Education , Summer 2011 Issue
State Reform Initiatives
Building World-Class Schools for Iowa: A Legislative Brief - January 14, 2013
Building World-Class Schools for Iowa : A Response to the Governor's Reform Bill
Iowa Task Force Reports:
Administrator Evaluation Task Force - Final Report 10/15/2012
Educational Leadership Faculty Response to Iowa Department of Education's Administrator Evaluation Task Force Final Report
Instructional Time Task Force - Final Report 10/15/2012
Task Force on Teacher Leadership and Compensation - Final Report October 15, 2012
University of Northern Iowa educators commentary on the Task Force on Teacher Leadership and Compensation Final Report
Teaching Standards and Teacher Evaluation Task Force - Final Report 10/15/2012
University of Northern Iowa educators commentary on the Teaching Standards and Teaching Evaluation Task Force recommendations
Praxis II New Requirements
Excerpt from Senate File 2284 passed in May 2012:
Administer, prior to a student's completion of the practitioner program and subject to the director's approval, subject assessments designed by a nationally recognized testing service that measure pedagogy and knowledge of at least one subject area; or, a valid and reliable subject-area-specific, performance-based assesment for preservice teacher candidates, centered on student learning. A student shall not successfully complete the program unless the student achieves scores above the twenty-fifth percentile nationally on the assessments administered pursuant to this subparagraph. (p.25)
Further Guidance - Praxis Testing Requirements memo from Jason E. Glass, Director, Iowa Department of Education
Notification to all Student Teachers and Teacher Education Students.
Town Hall Community Meeting on Education Reform and the statewide impact that UNI COE has on the community.
The purpose of these meeting was to engage legislators in discussion about education reform as well as to inform them about the statewide impact that UNI College of Education has on the community.
See invitation and informational fliers for details.