Many states are seeing record high numbers of teacher turnovers and vacancies. While the problems that caused this shortage have not gone away, there are groups of people who are coming up with some creative ways to address this situation, new and surprisingly affordable pathways for training good, enthusiastic teachers. Two of these programs are Oxford Teachers College at Reach University and Educators Rising. In this episode, educator Kimberly Eckert talks with me about how and why both of these outstanding programs work.
Thanks to Edge•U Badges and EVERFI for sponsoring this episode.
To read a full transcript of our conversation and find links to all the resources mentioned in this episode, visit cultofpedagogy.com/teacher-shortage.
150: A Few Creative Ways to Use Student Blogs
149: Nine Ways Online Teaching Should Be Different from Face-to-Face
148: Backward Design: The Basics
147: Why White Students Need Multicultural and Social Justice Education
146: Reopening School: What it Might Look Like
145: Flash Feedback: More Meaningful Feedback in Less Time
144: Making Great Screencast Videos
143: To Teach Social-Emotional Learning, Start with Yourself
142: Distance Learning: A Collection of Resources for Teachers
141: Getting Rid of "I Don't Know" in Your Classroom
140: Nine Ways to be More Inclusive of Diverse Students
139: How to Create a Project Based Learning Lesson
138: Making Cooperative Learning Work Better
137: How Afterschool Staff Can Take Your Class to the Next Level
136: Six Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2020
135: The Time I Made a Fart Sound During a Test
134: Repairing Harm: A Better Alternative to Punishment
133: How One Makerspace is Meeting Students' Social-Emotional Needs
132: How to Spot Dyslexia, and What to Do Next
131: How World Language Teaching Has Evolved
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