Building capacity and catalyzing change through research and professional development
The Collaborative will create its own database having to do with the following six research thrusts and their related research topics concerning preservice and in-service teachers. These research thrusts guide our inquiry into the most pressing challenges in teacher education.
The Collaborative for Innovation in Teacher Education acts as a clearinghouse for promising teacher and teacher education practices and serves as a source for professional development. We build important college and state capacity and serve as a catalyst for change in teacher education, teaching, and school contexts.
The Collaborative offers teacher professional development courses of which 1 hour of time is counted as 1 TEA credit. The professional development course model is designed based on five core themes:
The Collaborative sponsors two lectures per academic year: one in the Fall and one in the Spring. The purpose of this Lecture Series is to foster practical and professional dialogue in teaching and teacher education. Invited speakers address topics related to cutting-edge research, innovative teaching practices, and the connections between theory, practice, and policy in education.
The Collaborative organizes a regular research symposium series. This serves as a platform where in-service and pre-service teachers, school administrative leaders, college faculty, staff, and graduate and undergraduate students learn together about their own practice by connecting research to teaching and share knowledge of evidence-based, practice-oriented strategies and technologies that support innovative teaching and learning across settings and disciplines.
Through this symposium series, previously unacknowledged and unacted-upon linkages and connections will be made visible and actionable.
InFo-TED is an international forum working to promote professional development of teacher educators. In conjunction with InFo-TED, the Collaborative contributes to translate the knowledge bases into an international professional development programme, develop and implement supportive guidelines for induction and professional learning programmes, and explore how an enduring international supportive structure can be implemented for professional development activities.
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