In the news: What it takes to recruit future teachers during the pandemic.

Exciting and innovative approaches to training educators have been born out of the decline in enrollment in teacher preparation programs nationwide. 

“The pandemic has made what people in the field have long seen as systemic problems impossible to ignore,” Paul Gediman, executive director for marketing and advancement at Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at Arizona State University, told EdSurge.

Paid student teacher internships, full college scholarships and a new approach to the education workforce are just some of the dramatic changes.

MLFTC’s Next Education Workforce Initiative is one way the college is working to reshape teacher roles and learning environments. 

“The idea is that the country won’t have enough teachers—and won’t reach good academic outcomes for kids—until the profession is reimagined,” says Gediman.

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