Deans for Impact (DFI)
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We are a national organization dedicated to ensuring that every child is taught by a well-prepared teacher.
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Impact Academy fellow Dr. Victoria Theisen-Homer penned an op-ed for the azcentral on the necessity of upholding strong standards for quality in teacher education, and calls for restoring financial aid funding to train thousands of new teachers for Arizona 💯 azcentral.com/story/opinion/…
Congratulations to our partners at UNC Charlotte, VCU, Towson University College of Education, and Reach University for being awarded Teacher Quality Grants from the U.S. Department of Education! TQP grants support recruiting and training the next generation of excellent teachers.
5 years ago, 6 #edprep programs joined DFI's Learning by Scientific Design Network. Since then, we’ve supported 14 programs to redesign coursework & clinicals grounded in a scientific understanding of how students learn. What have we learned? What’s next? deansforimpact.org/about/news-and…
The Learning by Scientific Design Network "really added teeth to our work. We're able to support our practitioners to not just be able to do these teaching skills, but understand why they matter." - Chris Joyce, Louisiana Resource Center for Educators deansforimpact.org/about/news-and…
“...the Frederick County plan is tackling learning as a whole — across subjects and grades — to systematically alter the paradigm of how teaching and learning happens throughout its schools.” Frederick County Public Schools - Virginia Hood College Holly Korbey The 74 the74million.org/article/what-h…
Check out this role at Alliance for Education: Senior Director of the Seattle Teacher Residency Seattle Teacher Residency, an innovative teacher preparation program offering aspiring teachers a route to become exceptional and equity-focused educators in Seattle Public Schools! seattlechamber.com/pages/jobs/?gn…