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NextGen Educators Program

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Description

A Connecticut educator-pipeline programme run through a partnership between the state education department and Central Connecticut State University that places teacher candidates in K–12 classrooms with professional mentors.

Components

  • Region 2 educator pipeline and substitute-training programs (NextGen Educators, Educators Rising, Highlander fast-track substitute training, Warrior Teaching Fellows): The brief profiles state and district programs expanding the educator workforce in Connecticut, New York, and Rhode Island. Connecticut's NextGen Educators Program partners the state education department with Central Connecticut State University to bring cohorts of teacher candidates into K–12 classrooms with professional mentors; in 2020–21 there were 18 CCSU students in the program. Rhode Island's Highlander Institute runs a 10-hour asynchronous training covering online classroom management, lesson planning, and teaching practices for racially and culturally diverse classrooms, plus a help desk for new substitutes. (Dana Chambers et al. (2022))

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Key Sources

  • Dana Chambers and Trang Hoang. (2022). How Region 2 States Are Leveraging Innovative Strategies to Address Critical Shortages of Education Personnel. Special Issues Brief.
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title NextGen Educators Program
description A Connecticut educator-pipeline programme run through a partnership between the state education department and Central Connecticut State University that places teacher candidates in K–12 classrooms with professional mentors.
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