Cedar Hill Scholars Excel at Virtual Future Educators Competition
December 10, 2020
Cedar Hill High School scholar Sydne Webb is one of four CHHS scholars to qualify for the Texas Association of Future Educators State Competition in March. Share via:
The event usually involves traveling outside of the city and meeting aspiring educators from neighboring school districts.
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the competition was held virtually, and four Cedar Hill High School scholars excelled in the competition, advancing to the State TAFE Competition.
The State Competition is scheduled to take place in Round Rock (north of Austin) in March, with anywhere from 2,000-3,000 attendees. It hasn’t been canceled, but it’s possible that it may be held virtually as well.
and it s as difficult to pass the bar if not more difficult in japan to become a teacher. the credentialing and licensing is really difficult. and what you also see is the teachers will do anything to help the next generation of students. so i tell many stories in the book where it will be 7:00 p.m. at night, and whenever the house phone rang, we knew it was a teacher who was teaching from who was i should say calling from the teacher collaboration room that all the teachers went to, because so much of their time isn t spent necessarily in the classroom but it s working together collaborating through professional development and lesson planning. and in the united states teachers spend 27 hours a week on average in the classroom. whereas the average for oecd nations is 19 hours. so that s something that we have to address as well. so they re teaching too much and they re not spending enough time getting professionally enriched and developed?
in japan, to become a teacher. so the credentialing, the licensing, is really, really difficult. and what you also see is the teachers will do anything to help this next generation of students. so i tell many stories in the book where it will be 7:00 p.m. at night, and whenever the house phone rang we knew it was a teacher who was actually i should say calling from the teacher collaboration room that all the teachers went to. because so much of their time isn t spent necessarily in the class room, but it s working together and collaborating through professional development and lesson planning. and in the united states teachers spend 27 hours a week on average in the classroom, where as the average for oecd nations is 19 hours. so that s something that we have to address as well. so they re teaching too much and they re not spending enough time getting professionally enriched and developed? yes. and the other thing that happens
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