Teacher Preparation

Recruiting and retaining great school leaders and teachers is a crucial factor for improving student achievement.

Every student deserves a quality teacher, and every teacher deserves the support to be prepared and successful in the classroom.

This report describes only a handful of innovative policies and initiatives that states and local districts

are pursuing to tackle the six pipeline challenges. There are many more, and new ideas continue to

This resource was developed by members of CCSSO’s Network for Transforming Educator Preparation (NTEP). The network, launched in 2012, consists of 15 states working to transform educator preparation.

The intent of the Teaching, Leading, & Learning Collaborative is to emphasize the critical connectivity between standards implementation and the teacher and leader talent pipeline required to provide high quality instruction to each student, and to support states as they identify and take act

This resources shares stories about Washington's educator preparation work and the gains they have made by participating in CCSSO's Network for Transforming Educator Preparation.

This resources shares stories about Missouri's educator preparation work and the gains they have made by participating in CCSSO's Network for Transforming Educator Preparation.

This resources shares stories about Massachusetts's educator preparation work and the gains they have made by participating in CCSSO's Network for Transforming Educator Preparation.

This resources shares stories about Louisiana's educator preparation work and the gains they have made by participating in CCSSO's Network for Transforming Educator Preparation.