Tales from the Classroom

Exciting news! Capital University's School of Education has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education for a program to address the teacher shortage in grades K-12. The Capital City Teacher Residency Program (CCTR) is a two-year licensure program offered in partnership with Columbus State Community College and Columbus City Schools. The goal is to increase diversity and grow the number of qualified, licensed classroom teachers in the CCS district. Let's celebrate this innovative program that will help address the teacher shortage in Ohio!

Learn more about CCTR by visiting https://www.capital.edu/academics/majors-and-minors/capital-city-teacher-residency-program/?fbclid=IwAR03DshU0M_xvAu2Ia9iq0vuQc_fiYWuHdjkiybXTp_771CjSh9CzOqI8KI

Pretty nice job by CNN summing up why people don’t want to be teachers or are quitting the profession:

“The pandemic exacerbated the existing problems. Fears of catching Covid-19 and enforcing pandemic protocols are additions to the long list of challenges teachers face daily -- from low pay and often little regard from their communities, to growing numbers of school shootings and legislative requirements about what and how to teach. Many educators have walked away in recent years and amid a dire shortage, few people want to fill their spots.”

Time is long past for change, elevating the teaching profession in society, treating teachers like professionals, actually doing something about school gun violence that doesn’t involve arming educators, giving teachers more curricular freedom, and paying them like they are of value to this society. The time is now!

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Three Strategies for Working with Students with Anxiety So often teacher are the first responders for students struggling with mental health issues yet they are not licensed mental health professionals. So when mental health issues such as anxiety arise, what are they to do? Dr. Jason Trumble offers three strategies teacher can implement to better suppor...

New Post Alert - Working with Students who Have Anxiety
So often teacher are the first responders for students struggling with mental health issues yet they are not licensed mental health professionals. So when mental health issues such as anxiety arise, what are they to do? Dr. Jason Trumble offers three strategies teacher can implement to better support anxious students.

Three Strategies for Working with Students with Anxiety So often teacher are the first responders for students struggling with mental health issues yet they are not licensed mental health professionals. So when mental health issues such as anxiety arise, what are they to do? Dr. Jason Trumble offers three strategies teacher can implement to better suppor...

New Post Alert - Keeping Our Schools Open!
In our latest post, Mara Aspinall, Jessica Little, and Leah Perkinson draw heavily on the research in outlining what schools need to do to remain open as the COVID-19 Delta variant continues to wreak havoc across the globe. Along with the measures most of us are familiar with, pooled testing offers hope for keeping schools running. It is truly an all hands on deck effort.

Widespread Adoption of Pooled Testing Critical to Safely Reopening K12 Schools Mara Aspinall, Jessica Little, and Leah Perkinson draw heavily on the research in outlining what schools need to do to remain open as the COVID-19 Delta variant continues to wreak havoc across the globe. Along with the measures most of us are familiar with, pooled testing offers hope for keeping sch...

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