student achievement

There is an outstanding op ed by Carolyn Bucior in the New York times on substitute teaching. it is outstanding because the facts are just incredible and it is extremely well written by someone who is has been a substitute teacher for years.

So let’s review the facts:

• 77% of school districts give no training to substitute teachers at all - throw 'em in and hope for the best

Alert the Journal of Anecdotal Evidence! We have proof that ABCTE Teachers dramatically increase student achievement. Our sample size of one, Kelly Bow, an ABCTE teacher who teaches math in an Idaho middle school was able to accomplish the following:

For true alternative teacher certification programs, mentoring is a critical component to ensure that career changers are brought up to speed as fast as possible. In an independent study of ABCTE teachers, we were pleasanty surprised to see that 83% of our first year teachers had a mentor and received about 45 minutes per week with that mentor. So our school districts are helping new teachers.