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Capitol Hill Briefing Addresses STEM Teaching CrisiseSchool News reports that the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) and the US Senate's STEM Education Caucus hosted a briefing on the shortage of highly qualified instructors in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math June 21 on Capitol Hill. According to the speakers at the event, shortages of highly-qualified math and science teachers exist in most states across the country, resulting in a circular effect that has become problematic not only to the STEM fields, but to the field of teaching. Poor teaching has produced math-phobic citizens who are increasingly unprepared to pursue careers in these subject areas, much less pursue jobs teaching these subjects. The panel offered a number of recommendations to help remedy the issue: - competitive and equitable salaries - high-quality teacher education (possibly at the government's expense) - mentoring/induction programs - ongoing professional learning embedded in 10 or more hours a week of planning and professional development - requiring clinical experience before becoming licensed teachers - supporting teachers' development of content knowledge
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