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The BranchED portal is designed to support both teacher educators and PK-12 partners in their professional development. Whether you’re seeking information on a particular topic, looking to take an online course, or to stay current with our evolving library of resources, we’ve got something for you.
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BranchED Teacher Educator Competencies
BranchED, has created a set of teacher educator competencies which resulted from a thorough review of the literature, collaborative contributions from teacher educators, and feedback from both internal and external partners.
Teacher Attrition Infographic
This infographic illustrates the cost of teacher attrition and the role of quality professional development in supporting retention.
Survey Development and Validation Process
Surveys are important tools to gather data necessary to inform and improve educational offerings and support. It is vital that the tools leveraged to collect information are valid and reliable. This toolkit provides a process to assist educators in efforts to develop valid and reliable surveys.
BranchED Signature Framework: Principle Briefs
Each brief visits one of the design principles to ensure continued relevance to quality educator preparation and provide additional information on each based on the literature.
BranchED seeks to support individual educator preparation programs (EPPs) and the field at large in reimagining and redefining “quality” preparation programs such that attention to issues of diversity and equity are explicit, embedded, and inextricably linked to high-quality performance.
The Resource Portal was created to support our community by providing resources such as instructional materials, online modules, podcasts, practice-based learning opportunities, research briefs, teaching video library, tool/toolkit, and webinars.