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leadership and guidance of Dr. Risa Palm, the SUNY System Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.
The idea for urban centers to support the preparation of teachers in the State University of New York originated during the mid-1990s in discussions among the SUNY education deans and directors. The concept found leadership from Dr. Judson Taylor, SUNY Cortland President Emeritus. He acquired a planning grant from the Carnegie Corporation to further the concept of a New York City center. At about the same time the New York City Board of Education teacher recruitment staff conceived of the idea of inviting student teachers into city schools as a means of encouraging their return as permanent teachers after graduation.
The efforts of these groups and individuals came to fruition through the SUNY Advisory Council on Teacher Education's recommendation that the university system address the state's growing need for teachers, especially in urban public schools. Chancellor Robert L. King and former Provost Peter D. Salins accepted the council's recommendation and provided the essential leadership by incorporating the goal of a New York City center in A New Vision in Teacher Education *, a broad action agenda for teacher preparation reform. SUNY Chancellor, John Ryan has provided continuing support and encouragement for the growth of SUTEC.
Today SUTEC has become a vital force in New York City for SUNY's education and professional studies programs, offering the opportunity for a semester long student teaching program in the city's multicultural, multiethnic and socio-economically diverse schools. SUTEC also helps to strengthen SUNY's teacher training programs by offering student teaching seminars while students are in the city, hosting conferences for SUNY faculty, and collaborating with campuses on urban education research.
Located in a New York City Department of Education Building at 65 Court Street in Brooklyn, SUTEC collaborates and works closely with the department's Center for Recruitment and Professional Development in recruiting SUNY graduates to permanent teaching positions in the city.
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