{"id":12,"date":"2014-09-19T23:49:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T23:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rodelfoundationde.org\/blueprint\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2014-10-13T15:20:03","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T19:20:03","slug":"the-teacher-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.rodelfoundationde.org\/blueprint\/the-teacher-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"The Teacher Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PERSONALIZED LEARNING
\nand The Teacher Experience<\/h1>\n

In order for teachers to be successful in their roles, they must be empowered to concentrate their time, energy, and expertise on individual students’ needs. Not only must their roles be made more flexible, the means through which they receive relevant professional development throughout their careers must also be relevant and flexible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"teacher\"<\/div>\n
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Pre-service training to focus on personalized learning<\/h3>\n
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Teacher training that occurs during the undergraduate and graduate school years for an emerging teacher is critical to success in the classroom.<\/p>\n

What are the challenges?<\/h6>\n

There are presently few options and little to no requirements for beginning teachers in Delaware to receive training in personalized learning practices, such as blended learning or competency-based learning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Policy Recommendations<\/h6>\n

\"districts\"
\n\"high-ed\"
\nAdapt higher education and preservice training\u00a0and mentoring programs to reflect the new\u00a0roles teachers may play in their classrooms in\u00a0personalized learning models and the use of\u00a0technology to facilitate personalized instruction.<\/p>\n

\"doe\"
\nRevise Comprehensive Induction Program for new teachers to one that supports teachers in the use of personalized learning in instruction.<\/p>\n

\"doe\"
\n\"legislators\"
\nSet aside funding for excellent teachers to serve as mentors who train new teachers in personalized learning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"districts\"
\n\"schools\"
\n\"teachers\"
\nPlace new teachers with highly effective teachers who personalize learning and who are able to serve as one-on-one mentors throughout the new teacher mentoring program.<\/p>\n

\"districts\"
\n\"schools\"
\n\"teachers\"
\n\"high-ed\"
\nCollaborate with college\/university leaders to improve the selection process for placing student teachers with cooperating teachers, and increase student teaching requirements, as well as length of time spent teaching for student teachers.<\/div>\n

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