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Teach for Canada Langley Teachers Association February 2015 tml:usw2009:leu#35 Introducing Teach for Canada Introducing Teach for Canada Founded in 2013 Co-founded by Adam Goldenberg (BA Harvard) Co fo nded b Adam Goldenberg (BA
Langley Teachers’ Association February 2015
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Co fo nded b Adam Goldenberg (BA Har ard)
and Kyle Hill (PhD Oxford). Mi i T th k C di
education more equal. l h d t ‘ d th di it i C d ’
education outcomes’
but limited experience as educators: Goldenberg
spent a summer as a volunteer teacher in Iqaluit, Nunavut (Bettencourt- McCarthy, 2012), and Hill volunteered to teach in Jamaica and the Ukraine (Suavé Scholars, n.d.).
“project leader” for Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the
largest private companies in the U.S. and one of the largest private companies in the U.S. and one of the
world’s largest management consultancies. Goldenberg - Hill, with degrees from yale and Harvard - worked as a speech writer and
political advisor for Canada’s Liberal Party. political advisor for Canada s Liberal Party.
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before they begin teaching for an ‘intensive community focused before they begin teaching for an intensive, community-focused preparation program’, designed and led by education experts, master teachers, school and community leaders, and elders,
their perception of ‘community preparation’.
in which they will serve, and they will learn decolonizing and anti-racist pedagogies that can be d i th l ’ used in the classroom’.
This is a primary concern for those concerned with another form of colonization of aboriginal peoples. M t h b li th BCTF h ld t th t th BC Many teachers believe the BCTF should request that the BC Ministry of Education undertake an thorough overview of the curriculum prepared by Teach for Canada as a preparation program before their TFC recruits start teaching in aboriginal p g g g communities in the province.
Canada.”
schools, another disadvantaged group in their
summer,” compared to TFA’s five weeks.
However: The main thr st of TFC at its fo nding as the The main thrust of TFC at its founding was the same as TFA – sending inexperienced and inexpensive teachers into the toughest classrooms with the least ability to attract and retain teachers. In the USA there is a placement fee that funds TFA. TFC states there will be none here…
Their ‘new’ vision is “to identify B.Ed graduates who have the skills attitudes, and mindsets to succeed.”
and attrition compound historical injustice and systemic inequities to produce educational
student achievement is lowest…?” student achievement is lowest…?
education on reserves and in urban centres in Canada.
inexperienced, primarily non-Indigenous people into schools in these communities ignores the fact that Aboriginal communities have been fact that Aboriginal communities have been leading the fight for decades to take their children’s education into their own hands.
people’s demands for control over education with inertia and paternalism.
remains lower than students in provincial schools, a gap which is increasing.
credentialed teachers, and the aim is to place them in some of the most demanding classrooms across Canada.
need for or value of locally-sourced, home-grown educators. educators.
as an attempt to improve the working conditions of teachers.
into remote communities is analogous with ‘teaching as tourism’ (Shaker, 2014), and may normalize (or aggravate) professional isolation normalize (or aggravate) professional isolation among teachers in remote communities.
“at best unhelpful and at worst harmful” because:
teacher attrition) and
factors that drive teacher turnover.
inexperienced, mostly non-Indigenous people into schools in these communities:
have been leading the fight for decades to take their children’s education into their own hands. hands.
recruits is $8.2 million over five years, compared with the $2.2 million for traditional teachers, according to 2014 Report from the University of Colorado-Boulder’s Education and the Public Colorado Boulder s Education and the Public Interest Center.
There will probably be a similar fee structure for TF Canada.
corporate and private donors.
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2013, it was at Torys LLP’s Toronto offices (Chiose, 2013). 2013).
Teach For Canada (i) “rests on the pres mption
that well-meaning individuals from outside can come in to school systems and fix all that is not working”;
done by governments, teachers, school boards and communities to improve educational experiences and outcomes for all students”; experiences and outcomes for all students ;
best serve Aboriginal communities”; and (i ) “i t f l d th t i t
dismantle and privatize public services including public education.”
commitment to a profession. Fast-track teacher preparation programs devalue teacher professionalism.
established, it includes an offshoot branch that supports Teach For... alumni in running for supports Teach For... alumni in running for public office to work against public services.
They are on the move: Deadline to apply: March 15, 2015
t d t f h i d a recent graduate of such a program, or an experienced educator—and you’re qualified to teach within grades JK-8. TEACHER SELECTION: APRIL 2015
select the first cohort of Teach For Canada teachers. TEACHER PREPARATION: SUMMER 2015 TEACHER PREPARATION: SUMMER 2015
a month-long Teacher Preparation Forum in northern Ontario Ontario.
Topics include, but from whose point of view?
g topics including Canadian history, residential schools, intergenerational trauma, federal policies on Indigenous education, and anti-racist and decolonizing pedagogies.
governance local traditions and knowledge and local governance, local traditions and knowledge, and local challenges.
schools: Lessons on specific learning styles, comm nit foc sed pedagog c rric l m community-focused pedagogy, curriculum guidelines, classroom management, assessment and instruction, and working with students and f ili families.
development social emotional support self care development, social-emotional support, self-care, and strategies for successful community engagement.