Urban Teacher Education part of the Education Reform Network

Field Experience

• AmeriCorps - Urban Education Service Corps (UESC).
  Professional Development Initiatives. The Nation's Voice for Urban Education, Council of Great City School.Seven urban school district and college of education partnerships, reflective of the regional and demographic diversity of the Great City Schools and the Great City Colleges, have participated in The Urban Education Service Corps (UESC) project.
• Lessons learned.
  Gloria Ladson-Billings summarizes some of the lessons learned from working with the Teach for Diversity certification program.
• Project FUSE (Field-based University and School Education)
  A program developed by Florida International University and implemented in the Dade County Public Schools to prepare teachers for urban classrooms.
• Project Site Support
  Since 1999, Project SITE SUPPORT (PSS) has made unmatched contributions to the Baltimore City Public School System by providing hundreds of highly qualified teachers who have been specially trained to meet the diverse learning needs of students in this challenging urban environment.
• Social Learning Theory and the Influence of Male Role Models on African American Children in PROJECT 2000
  This study is an assessment of observational learning commonly known as social learning theory of a group of 55 African American students who are participants in a mentoring program known as PROJECT 2000. From first through sixth grades male role models, who were largely African American, were in the classroom as teacher assistants.
• Teachers for Chicago
  Teachers for Chicago. Promising Practices.