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Our Responsibility, Our Promise: Transforming Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession
| Author(s) | CCSSO Task Force on Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession |
| Publication date | December 2012 |
| publication pdf | Click here to download Our Responsibility Our Promise: Transforming Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession |
| Twenty-five states have agreed to advance the recommendations in the report. | Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia |
| Click here to see quotes of support of this work. | Organizations supporting this work: American Federation of Teachers, Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, Data Quality Campaign, National Association of State Boards of Education, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, National Education Association, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, State Higher Education Executive Officers. |
Our Responsibility, Our Promise: Transforming Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession was written by a CCSSO task force composed of current and former chief state school officers, with input from the National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE) and the National Governors Association (NGA). This report is a call to action for chiefs and an invitation to our colleagues, especially members of NASBE and NGA who contributed to this report, and those in educator preparation and others interested in transforming entry into the education profession for teachers and principals to join us in supporting the implementation of the recommendations contained in this report. While the report attempts to focus on the state policy levers chiefs can activate, it is clear that the work required by these recommendations is not easy and will require the leadership and collaboration of all stakeholders involved in P-20 education.
Task Force on Educator Preparation and Entry into the Profession
CCSSO
- Tom Luna, Chair, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Idaho
- Terry Holliday, Vice-Chair, Commissioner of Education, Kentucky
- Virginia Barry, Commissioner of Education, New Hampshire
- Mitchell Chester, Commissioner of Education, Massachusetts
- Judy Jeffrey, Former Director of Education, Iowa
- Christopher Koch, Superintendent of Education, Illinois
- Rick Melmer, Former Secretary of Education, South Dakota
- Jim Rex, Former State Superintendent of Education, South Carolina
- Melody Schopp, Secretary of Education, South Dakota
NGA
- David Archer, Senior Policy Advisor to Governor John Hickenlooper, Colorado
- Jeanne Burns, Board of Regents, Louisiana
NASBE
- Brenda Gullett, NASBE Board of Directors, Arkansas Board of Education
- Steven Pound, NASBE Board of Directors, Maine Board of Education
- Patrick A. Guida, Esquire, NASBE Board of Directors, Rhode Island Board of Education
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