How a doctor inspired a new way to train teachers — and how that is leading to a new kind of school - ChalkBeat | Professional Learning for Busy Educators | Scoop.it
From www.chalkbeat.org - July 18, 2018 12:20 PM
After decades of training teachers in largely the same way, professors at the University of Michigan are making a radical change.


They’re moving to end the longtime practice of sending educators into their own classrooms after just a few months of student teaching.

In its place, they’re creating a new method — one based on the way doctors are trained — that will extend teacher training through their first three years on the job, supporting them as they take on the daunting responsibility of educating children.