Spring Cubberley Lecture: "Does Teacher Education Have a Future?"
A panel discussion with:
Deborah Ball
William H. Payne Collegiate Chair, University of Michigan School of Education Dean
Steven Farr
Chief Knowledge Officer at Teach for America and
Pam Grossman
Nomellini Olivier Professor, Stanford University School of Education
Moderated by Deborah Stipek
I. James Quillen Dean, Stanford University School of Education
Teacher preparation and professional development are under the
national microscope. Can we fix the current system for preparing
teachers, or do we need something completely different? What lies ahead
for new approaches in education schools, professional development
programs, and teachers’ fellowship and residency programs that are
currently gaining traction?
A Q and A session and reception will immediately follow the lecture.
Deborah Loewenberg Ball is the dean of the University of Michigan School of Education. Ball is
an expert on teacher education, mathematics instruction, and
interventions designed to improve its quality and effectiveness. Ball
has served on national and international commissions focused on policy
initiatives and the improvement of education, including the National
Mathematics Advisory Panel (appointed by President George W. Bush), and
the National Board for Education Sciences (appointed by President Barack
Obama). Ball earned a BA in French and Elementary Education, an MA in
Teacher Education, and a PhD in Curriculum, Teaching and Educational
Policy from Michigan State University.
Steven Farr
is the chief knowledge officer at Teach For America. He studies the
distinguishing strategies of highly effective teachers in low-income
communities. Those findings, which inform the organization’s teacher
selection, training, and support, are featured in his book Teaching As Leadership
and its annotated archive of videos, how-to guides, common pitfalls and
resources. A member of the 1993 Teach For America corps in the Rio
Grande Valley, Farr taught high school English and English as a Second
Language. He is a graduate of the University of Texas's Plan II Honors
program and Yale Law School.
Pam Grossman is the Nomellini Olivier Professor of Education and
faculty director of the Center to Support Excellence in Teaching at
Stanford University. Grossman’s expertise includes teacher education and
professional education more broadly and the teaching of English. Her
current research focuses on the classroom practices of effective middle
school English Language Arts teachers; this work is part of the Measures
of Effective Teaching project, funded by the Gates Foundation. A
former English teacher, Grossman teaches prospective English teachers in
the Stanford Teacher Education Program. Grossman earned a BA in English
from Yale University and a PhD from the Stanford University School of
Education.
