Chancellor Zimpher to Host National Teacher Education Summit in Albany
November 7, 2012
Albany – State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher next week will host a national summit on teacher education, which will also serve as the kick-off event for SUNY’s Statewide Teacher and Leader Education Network (S-TEN).
The summit is OPEN PRESS and will be held as follows:
Date: Thursday, Nov. 15
Time: 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Location: Desmond Hotel
660 Albany Shaker Road
Albany, NY
Chancellor Zimpher will provide a keynote address, followed by featured speakers Linda Darling-Hammond, Stanford University’s Charles E. Docummun professor of education; Sharon Robinson, president of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education; and Merryl H. Tisch, chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents; John B. King, commissioner of education and president of the University of the State of New York; Johanna Duncan-Poitier, SUNY Senior Vice Chancellor for the Education Pipeline and Community Colleges; and Christine Givner, SUNY Fredonia dean and professor, and chair of the S-TEN Design Team. Faculty leaders in teacher and school leader education will also highlight best practices and examples of work underway across SUNY.
In July 2012, SUNY was awarded $3.5 million in Race to the Top (RTTT) funds by the New York State Education Department to develop and implement a comprehensive teacher education initiative with SUNY faculty, with the goal of advancing the future of teacher and school leader preparation to meet the needs of New York State’s children. Through a series of faculty development and research opportunities, the S-TEN initiative will enable SUNY to lead campus faculty and their education partners as they implement clinically-rich teacher and leader preparation strategies, including the implementation of Common Core Standards, data-driven instruction, and knowledge of teacher and education leader performance assessment, both before and after certification.
About the State University of New York
The State University of New York, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, is the largest comprehensive system of higher education in the United States, and more than 95 percent of all New Yorkers live within 30 miles of any one of SUNY’s 64 colleges and universities. Across the system, SUNY has four academic health centers, five hospitals, four medical schools, two dental schools, a law school, the country’s oldest school of maritime, the state’s only college of optometry, and manages one US Department of Energy National Laboratory. In total, SUNY serves about 1.4 million students amongst its entire portfolio of credit- and non-credit-bearing courses and programs, continuing education, and community outreach programs. SUNY oversees nearly a quarter of academic research in New York. Research expenditures system-wide are nearly $1.1 billion in fiscal year 2022, including significant contributions from students and faculty. There are more than three million SUNY alumni worldwide, and one in three New Yorkers with a college degree is a SUNY alum. To learn more about how SUNY creates opportunities, visit suny.edu.
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