San Diego State University La Mesa Spring Valley

● ● San Diego State University & La Mesa -Spring Valley School District ● University of the Pacific & Stockton Unified School District University of Missouri Crossroads Charter Schools & Kansas City Public Schools ● University of Houston & Houston ISD Texas Tech University & Lubbock ISD Sam Houston State, Klein ISD UT San Antonio & San Antonio ISD UT El Paso & El Paso ISD 1 new Texas University (selected in December) Lehman College & NYC DOE ● Brooklyn College & NYC DOE ● Touro College & NYC DOE ● ● ● ● ● University of Memphis & Shelby County Schools Jackson State University & Jackson Public Schools Southeastern Louisiana University & Ascension, St. Charles, and Tangipahoa Parishes

Traditional University Structure

Conducts all performance assessments & walkthroughs Provides ongoing feedback & coaching to teacher candidate Works with principals to carefully select and train the mentor teachers Teaches methods courses as well as a weekly student teaching class Facilitates quarterly governance meetings with principals Meets with mentor teachers quarterly in the semester to provide data and coaching support

Scale

High-Quality Standards for Every Pathway ● Full-time faculty site coordinator ● Year-long co-teaching clinical experience/residency ● Selected & trained mentor teachers ● Quarterly district partnership governance meetings ● Practice-based coursework ● A robust framework for teaching, and administration of a pre-and post ● K-12 student perception survey ● Teacher educator practice framework ● Semester-by-semester data summits

Evidence-Based Teacher Preparation Practices ● Novice teachers are more effective when they learn to teach in collaborative environments that serve high percentages of minority students. ● Teacher candidates in a co-teaching environment contribute to student achievement ● Strong mentors can have a powerful impact on the effectiveness of apprentice teachers.