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July 2002

Bank Street to Participate in Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Initiative, Teachers for a New Era

Bank Street College of Education has been selected to submit a proposal to participate in a Carnegie Corporation of New York landmark initiative, Teachers for a New Era.

“As on of the four universities chosen—out of a field of 1,300 educational institutions—we take our selection as a great honor and a great challenge. It is an honor to be considered exceptional by Carnegie Corporation and by the participants in a rigorous selection process. It is our challenge to push ourselves to be even better. In this way Bank Street College of Education can help insure that all our children get the caliber of teaching they deserve and that the health of our communities requires,” said Jon Snyder, dean of the Graduate School, Bank Street College of Education.

The other institutions of higher education chosen to participate in Carnegie Corporation’s Teachers for a New Era initiative are California State University, Northridge; Michigan State University; and the University of Virginia.

“Teaching reform is central to school reform, and these institutions are pioneers in the movement. These four institutions have already embraced the principles central to Carnegie Corporation’s idea of what it takes to produce excellent teachers for tomorrow’s children,” said Vartan Gregorian, president of the Carnegie Corporation. “If we really want to improve student achievement, we have no choice but to improve teaching.”

Teachers for a New Era has established three guiding principles as critical in the redesign of schools that prepare teachers:

1. Leadership on the part of the presidents of supported institutions that elevates the role and importance of schools of education within the university community and a design that builds on research evidence.

2. Top-level collaboration between university faculty in the arts and sciences with the schools of education faculty to ensure that prospective teachers are well grounded in specific disciplines and provided a liberal arts education.

3. Teaching as a clinical profession, with students mentored by master teachers in a formal two-year residency as they make a transition from college to classroom.

“Bank Street is proud to be among those chosen to participate in this truly critical and challenging initiative. We look forward to working to strengthen teacher education nationwide so that excellent teachers can be available to all children” said Augusta Souza Kappner, president of Bank Street College of Education.

The success of the institutions chosen to be part of the initiative, their graduates, and the research produced during the next five years are expected to challenge and inspire other institutions to follow these ideas.

“At the conclusion of this investment,” Daniel Fallon, chair of Carnegie Corporation’s education division predicts, “the participating universities will be seen as having established the standards for best practice in educating professional teachers.”

Teachers of a New Era will ultimately include at least eight higher education institutions by 2004 and involve a foundation investment of up to $5 million that each institution will match over a five-year period. Additional foundation grants will cover evaluations and up to $750,000 in grants that each university will share with its local partners, including school districts and other teacher education programs. In all, Carnegie Corporation has committed more than $30 million for the initiative at a total of six institutions; in addition to making two awards this year, in each of the next two years the Corporation will ask two additional universities to submit proposals. Joining the Corporation’s initiative in this round of grants are the Ford Foundation and The Annenberg Foundation, which each committed $5 million. The Rockefeller Foundation will be covering the costs of a major ongoing external evaluation of the initiative. The number of participating universities could increase if other foundations join the initiative in future years.

In addition to being recognized by the Carnegie Corporation, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) recently accredited Bank Street College of Education at the initial teacher preparation and the advanced education levels. NCATE is the most rigorous and prestigious national accreditation body for teacher education institutions in the country.#

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