From a devastating pandemic to an overdue reckoning on racial injustice, we will all be transformed by the events of 2020. Perhaps nowhere has the reality of transformation been more palpably felt than in k-12 education. Over the course of this year, students and their caregivers, as well as teachers and school leaders, have been forced to adapt to an educational landscape that is wildly different from the one that they experienced just months prior. While we can assume that at some point in the future our lives will revert to a state of ‘normalcy’, it is unlikely that schools will emerge from this period unchanged.

As transformation is the inevitable outcome of this period in education, how do teacher educators and educator preparation programs ensure that pre-service teachers are adequately prepared for emergent educational realities? In particular, how do important topics such as systemic racism and ed-tech figure in a reimagined version of educator preparation? Finally, how can we engage the collective to envision a new way forward for educator preparation, and what are the implications of this new way forward for schools and societies?

Panelists
Rob Martinelle, Ed.D (Wheelock ’17), Lecturer in Curriculum & Teaching and Social Studies
Sandra Sarucia, Manager of Educator Preparation, MA Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education
Sujeidy Palmer, Managing Director of Teacher Preparation, Teach for America
Jennifer Hedrington, Teacher, Malden Public Schools, 2021 MA Teacher of the Year
Chandra Joseph-Lacet, New Teacher Developer, Boston Public Schools
Moderator: Dr. Jalene Tamerat, Ed.D. (Wheelock’18) Dean, The Charles Sposato Graduate School of Education

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