ENG 108 Chapter Notes - Chapter 64: Boston Public, Teach For America
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64 summary: training the next teachers for america. Uses evidence from several studies to support her proposal. First year as a teach for america (tfa) corps member. Didn"t have the knowledge to teach her students. Didn"t have a great understanding for the experiences her students had in their community. Trying to develop a toolkit to prepare her students with the education they would help them equalize themselves in the system. Recommending alterations in the preparation of corps members. 1: extend tfa commitment to 3 years. 2: convert 1st year of teaching to a residency training year. Could help tfa fulfill it"s mission in creating leaders who will promise change in education. Teaching residency act by barack obama and the preparing excellent teachers act by. The passage of the legislation would create opportunity for tfa to make new strategies for teacher preparation. They would observe, suggest ideas for improvement and discuss effective instructional strategies.
