Tuesday, May 27, 2008

New Resource - Newsletter

I discovered a resource from the national ARC Association that I was not aware of. It is called Monday Morning in Washington, D.C. It contains information from a large variety of sources. It can be viewed at: http://thearclink.org/mmwdc.





This item from The Health Resource Center caught my attention. "Report-Teachers under prepared for diversity and SpEd students: Issue No. 3-Teaching in Changing Times: Diverse Classrooms Challenge New Teachers' Skills The third in our Lessons Learned series of reports on new teachers finds two specific areas in which teacher training may be lacking: preparedness for the diversity of the contemporary American classroom and teaching students with special needs. Seventy-six percent of new teachers said teaching an ethnically diverse student body was covered in their training, but only 39 percent said that training helps them a lot in the classroom. The survey covered twelve areas of teacher training ranging from direct instruction to their study of history, philosophy, and policy debates in public education. Lessons Learned is produced by Public Agenda and the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality. http://info.thearc.org/t/959389/23722927/44383/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5wdWJsaWNhZ2VuZGEub3JnL2xlc3NvbnNsZWFybmVkMy8%3d&x=135d9484

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