Urban Teacher Education Program Secondary Math and Science

芝加哥大学城市教育学院的城市教师教育计划(UTEP)和芝加哥大学正在培训72名训练有素的教师，以解决城市学校缺乏高素质的数学和科学教育人员的问题。该大学有较高的招生标准和严格的学术项目，确保其毕业生在各自的内容领域拥有坚实的基础，为UTEP提供了一个优秀的申请者池。UTEP有着良好的记录，留住教师的比率远远高于城市学校的一般报告。该计划是一个两年以上的计划，其中包括15个月的密集临床经验；紧密编织的临床和学术工作；致力于将教学描绘为脑力劳动；精心挑选和支持临床教师，在实习期间指导学生；独特的关注城市教育的背景，包括探索种族、阶级和文化问题；两年入职支持计划；严格的招生过程和评估制度，跟踪学生通过明确定义的检查点；与芝加哥公立学校(CPS)建立良好的关系，提供机构和财政支持；以及承诺招收少数族裔候选人。该项目在很大程度上借鉴了芝加哥大学教师的专业知识。UTEP的创新课程设计已被证明在培养和留住城市小学教师方面取得了成功，也为关键的数学和生物领域的中学教师教育做出了类似的贡献。UTEP已经展示了将坚定的大学教职员工与经验丰富的城市从业者的力量结合在一起的力量，这种合作关系将随着该项目进入中学教育领域而加深。UTEP从母校和芝加哥公立学校得到的不同寻常的支持可以作为学术机构履行其对主办城市的义务的方式的典范。与小学教师培训计划一样，中学教师培训计划是建立在芝加哥大学城市教育研究所和芝加哥公立学校之间现有的、富有成效的合作伙伴关系基础上的。此外，CPS还支持UTEP作为学校改进的一种战略，将毕业生集群安排在合作学校，集中临床教师、实习生和项目毕业生。

The University of Chicago Urban Education Institute's Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP) and the University of Chicago are preparing 72 highly trained teachers to address the shortage of well-qualified educators in mathematics and science in urban schools. The university has high admissions standards and demanding academic programs that ensure its graduates possess strong grounding in their content areas, providing UTEP with an excellent applicant pool. UTEP has a strong track record retaining teachers at rates far beyond those reported for urban schools generally. The program is a two-year plus program, which includes 15 months of intensive clinical experience; a tight weave of clinical and academic work; a commitment to portraying teaching as intellectual work; careful selection and support of clinical instructors to mentor students during their internships; a unique focus on the context of urban education, including exploration of issues of race, class and culture; a two-year induction support program; a rigorous admissions process and assessment system that follows students through clearly defined check points; a well established relationship with Chicago Public Schools (CPS) that provides institutional and financial support; and a commitment to recruiting minority candidates. The program draws heavily from the expertise of faculty at the University of Chicago. UTEP's innovative program design, which has proven to be successful in the preparation and retention of urban elementary teachers, is making a similar contribution to secondary teacher education in the critical areas of math and biology. UTEP has demonstrated the power of joining the forces of committed University faculty with experienced urban practitioners, a partnership that will deepen as the program moves into the realm of secondary education. The unusual support UTEP receives from its parent University and from the Chicago Public Schools can serve as a model for the ways in which academic institutions can fulfill their obligations to the cities which host them. Like its elementary counterpart, the secondary teacher preparation program is built upon an existing and fruitful partnership between the University of Chicago Urban Education Institute and Chicago Public Schools. Further, CPS has supported UTEP as a strategy for school improvement, placing clusters of graduates in partner schools with a concentration of clinical instructors, interns, and program graduates.