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March 8, 2019
New Mexico’s Legal & Financial Weekly
Vol. 9.99 No. 10
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New Report Reveals Gaps in Private School Teachers’ Training
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here are more than 34,000 private schools educating more than 4.9 million K−12 students in America, according to the most recent federal data. And as school choice programs that help families afford to send their children to private schools continue to expand across the U.S., those numbers will only continue to grow. But are our future teachers and school leaders well-prepared to work in both public and private schools?
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New research released last month answers that question. The Private School Teacher Skills Gap, a report by EdChoice’s National Director of Research Dr. Michael McShane, reveals that teacher training programs have room to improve.
With a few simple changes, educator preparation programs could provide pathways for preservice teachers and school leaders to get the training they need to be successful in private schools. They could cross-list courses from other departments— such as finance, law and even theology— and give students credit for taking them.
Private and Public School Teachers Share Skills The study found that the list of skills public and private school teachers and leaders need to be successful is much longer than the list of skills they don’t share. Characteristics both need include being innovative, communication, critical thinking, organization, planning, understanding research, flexibility, acting as a role model and being a team player.
In states with large private school populations or large private school choice programs, the demand for well-trained private school teachers might be high enough for colleges of education to consider offering prep programs specifically geared to the private sector. Creating new, standalone, private school-focused programs might also make sense for religious colleges aligned to elementary and secondary schools that share
Private School Teachers May Need More
In many cases, however, private school teachers need to know and be even more. For example, because private their faith tradition. schools are often faith based, those teachers and leaders need to act as faith leaders and models of faith. Private school educators may also need Learn More more preparation in legal compliance, accounting and finance than do their public school peers. For further information about this report or school choice policies in America, go to www.edchoice.org. Teacher Prep Programs Can Prepare Private School Educators Better -(NAPSI)
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Spring (Duct) Cleaning
wo out of three American homes get a thorough cleaning at least once a year, reports the American Cleaning Institute, often in the springtime.
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Fortunately, you can fix this. Have the ducts cleaned regularly by A Problem a member of the National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA). NADCA members possess general liability insurance, are trained and That can be a healthy thing to do, but there’s one place even the most tested regularly, sign on to a code of ethics, and must clean and restore fastidious families can forget: the air ducts. This can be a problem in your heating and cooling system in accordance with NADCA standards, homes with pets, plants, or people with allergies. Dirty filters let dust, so they provide a high level of security. dander, allergens and mold spores in. So do leaks around duct joints. In a typical six-room home, up to 40 pounds of dirt—including dangerous Learn More chemicals and other pollutants—is created annually through everyday living. The contaminants cause the heating and cooling system to work For further facts on having healthy air in a healthy home, go to www. harder, use more energy and wear out faster. That can cost you money— BreathingClean.com. To find a NADCA member nearby, go to http:// the U.S. Department of Energy says 25 to 40 percent of the energy used nadca.com/en/prosearch/all and enter your zip code. for heating or cooling a home is wasted. -(NAPSI)