AAPT - Committe on Teacher Preparation Minutes - Edmonton 2008 - Jul 28, 2008

The Committee on Teacher Preparation met on July 20th at the AAPT meeting in Edmonton, Alberta. Topics discussed included increasing the number of sites with Math Science Partnership grants, the Task Force on Physics Teacher Preparation, the new RTOP listserv, PhysTEC and PTEC, and sessions and workshops for the summer 2009 AAPT meeting.

The Role of Colleges and Universities in the Preparation of Future Teachers - May 12, 2008

Physics teachers suffer the highest rate of attrition of any subject area, and are often under-qualified for their positions.

PhysTEC Newsletter Volume 1 - Spring 2008 - Apr 25, 2008

The first edition of the yearly PhysTEC newsletter. This issue introduces the new PhysTEC sites and contains articles about the 2008 PTEC conference. Articles also include interviews with Master Teachers and coverage of the regional PTEC meeting in North Carolina.

APS Forum on Education Newsletter - Fall 2007 - Feb 9, 2008

The most recent issue of the Forum on Education newsletter contains articles detailing teacher preparation resources in other collections on ComPADRE.

APS Forum on Education Newsletter Fall 2006/Spring 2007 - Sep 20, 2007

This edition of the Forum on Education Newsletter contains detailed descriptions of the teacher recruitment efforts at Arkansas, Arizona, Western Michigan, and Colorado, all PTEC sites. Also included is an article by two PTEC teachers in residence and an article about NSF funding for teacher preparation.