ETSU Education Career Fair hosted by the College of Education and University Career Services On Friday, April 5, from 1:00-4:00 pm, the Education Career Fair will be held on campus in the D.P. Culp Center, Ballroom. All interested students are welcome and encouraged to attend. This fair is open to all education majors, undergraduates, graduate students and alumni. We strongly encourage students to learn about employers of interest by visiting their web site before talking with recruiters at the fair. Bring copies of your resume and dress professionally. What you wear sends a message to school recruiters about how much you care. For additional information about making the career fair work for you, please click on the following web link: http://www.collegecentral.com/interstatefair/tips.cfm

Don't miss this opportunity to learn about potential employers and job opportunities with school districts and other education organizations. For information, please contact University Career Services at 423-439-4450.

UPDATED: Participants List

Appalachian School of Law – Grundy, VA; Ashley Academy - Johnson City, TN; Jefferson County Schools – Dandridge, TN; Hamblen County Schools - Morristown, TN; Hamilton County Schools – Chattanooga, TN; Hawkins County Schools – Rogersville, TN; King University – Bristol, TN; Kingsport City Schools – Kingsport, TN; Knox County Schools – Knoxville, TN; Milligan College – Milligan College, TN; Mountain Mission School – Grundy, VA; Putnam County Schools – Cookeville, TN; Teachers – Teachers.com – Kingston Springs, TN

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission today released the 2012 Report Card for Teacher Training Programs in Tennessee.  The report provides considerable information about the characteristics of program completers from the state's 44 programs that prepare teachers.  The report only includes data for graduates who are teaching in an area for which there is a TCAP assessment or EOC assessment.  The report included 155 ETSU teachers who graduated in the last three years (2010-11, 2009-10, and 2008-09).

ETSU's Beginning Teachers' TVAAS scores were compared with the TVAAS scores of all Beginning Teachers in the state.  They performed as well as all other beginning Teachers  on all TCAP tests as well as End of Course (EOC) tests given in Algebra I, Algebra II, and English II.  ETSU Beginning Teachers did not perform as well as others on the EOC Composite or English I assessments.  ETSU Beginning Teachers were also compared to the state's Veteran Teachers (those with more than 3 years of experience).  In those comparisons, ETSU Beginning Teachers performed as well as Veteran Teachers in each of the TCAP subjects (Math, Reading/Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies) and in the English II EOC assessment.  ETSU Beginning Teachers did not perform as well as Veteran Teachers on the TCAP and EOC Composites or in Algebra I, II, or English I.  The full Report Card, with data on all Tennessee teacher preparation programs is available at http://www.tn.gov/thec/Divisions/fttt/report_card.shtml.

The Tennessee Board of Regents has approved a Ready2Teach Differential Maintenance Fee that will be in effect beginning Fall, 2012.  The fee is $25 per credit hour for certain 3000 and 4000 level courses in initial teacher licensure programs including interdisciplinary studies, early childhood education, special education, physical education, and secondary education (all fields) and 5000 level courses in the MAT programs and in master's degree programs in early childhood education and special education that lead to an initial license to teach. The proceeds from the fees will be used to support the increased emphasis on field-based learning and will be used to provide support for mentor teachers, to cover the cost of the mandated Teacher Performance Assessment, and to provide additional technology support in these programs.  This fee is being charged at all Tennessee Board of Regents institutions.