tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post468113322448305539..comments2023-10-03T11:28:42.397-04:00Comments on Badass Teachers Association Blog: BadassTeacher Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06249079678877556839noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-11095645984820262182015-02-05T15:38:48.439-05:002015-02-05T15:38:48.439-05:00Maybe all teacher training programs should be mode...Maybe all teacher training programs should be modeled after an urban residency---one full year in a master teacher's classroom with follow up support.<br /><br />Dana Goldstein mentioned urban residency program in her book, "The Teacher Wars" and on page 250 of the advanced bound galley that I read, it clearly says: "Nationwide, urban teacher residencies have an 87% retention rate at four years, compared to the loss of nearly half of all new urban teachers over a simliar period and two-thirds of Teach for American teachers."<br /><br />In fact, I went through a program that was a residency where I was paid a modest stipend to work full time for an entire school year in a master teacher's classroom. After that year, I spent the next 29 years teaching in schools that had a poverty rate of about 70% - 80% and 92%+ of the students were minorities, not white.<br /><br />With such a great success rate, why are the reformers ignoring what looks like the best teacher training program in the country and adopting the 5 weeks of workshop training that TFA recruits get.Lloyd Lofthousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08828275232705892137noreply@blogger.com