Transforming Educator Preparation

AUGUSTA, GA (PR) – The College of Education at Georgia Regents University is working with a local school systems to help better prepare future teachers for the classroom.

With the support of a grant from the Georgia Network for Transforming Educator Preparation, GRU is launching a pilot program that will see faculty working with P-12 school officials to provide professional development and directly supervise teacher candidates as they learn to implement teaching strategies they learned in actual classrooms, says Dr. Paula Dahoney, Associate Dean of the College of Education.


“Educator preparation is changing dramatically throughout the state and the nation,” she says. “This pilot program is designed to integrate field experience and academic coursework before student teaching.” Georgia is one of seven states selected to participate in a two-year pilot focused on transforming educator preparation and entry systems to the profession. The initiative — led by the Council of Chief State School Officers, or CCSSO, and formally called the Network for Transforming Educator Preparation, or NTEP — will add to the growing momentum to make university-based teacher preparation programs more accountable for student achievement.

The pilot program will begin in the Richmond County Schools with the intention of expanding to other schools and districts in the future.

New Superintendent of Schools

The Richmond County Board of Education has scheduled a Called Board Meeting for Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 9:00 A.M. for the Purpose of Selecting a Superintendent of Schools for the Richmond County School System.

After the 7 to 2 school board vote for the sole finalist, Dr. Angela Pringle, the new leadership will replace Dr. Frank Roberson as the new superintendent.

Because Dr. Roberson's contract is up on August 22, Deputy Superintendent Tim Spivey took over as interim superintendent during the transition.

She overseas 24 schools and almost 20,000 students as District 2 superintendent of Dekalb County schools in Atlanta. The county usually registers about 2,000 new immigrants a year, and were at about 1,300 earlier last week, according to school officials.

Some immigrant parents of Richmond County schools see Dr. Pringle as hope for their children, in spite of many not flattering comments about her on the Internet.

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