Be more than a member of the team; be an active part of the team, and be committed to it. Vern Henshaw, Alpine School District Superintendent and President of the BYU-Public School Partnership’s Governing Board gave this guidance to Leaders Associates participants.
Leaders Associates is a Public School Partnership (BYU-PSP) program that brings education leaders together to discuss teacher preparation and public schools. Participants include BYU faculty and deans from the McKay …

Rapid and extensive advances in technology are resulting in many new teaching and learning developments in every area of work. A widespread aspect of this progress is the increase in simulation programs. Darrell Turpin, Chief Technology Officer of Applied Simulation Technologies (AST), focused on driving simulation programs as he spoke at the BYU McKay School of Education’s weekly IP&T seminar.
Turpin discussed his work with driver training simulator applications, explaining to …

Amber Hall, a physical education teacher education (PETE) master’s student, had always planned on a career as an attorney, but after coming to college she realized she wanted to make a difference in the education system. After winning the Utah and regional awards for PE teacher of the year, she is now one of six teachers nominated for the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD) National …

Is success really based on hard work? Or are there hereditary and cultural factors that may make various forms of success easier or more difficult for some individuals?  Teacher education professors Erin Whiting and Ramona Cutri are conducting a qualitative study in their multicultural education courses to analyze their students’ perceptions of privilege and the influence of privilege in their lives.
“Privilege is the mediating force that makes things happen for …

Bryant Jensen from the Department of Teacher Education recently received a grant from the Measures of Effective Teaching Early Career Research Program to create a new classroom observation tool designed to capture cultural dimensions of social interactions—to improve learning opportunities for racial/ethnic minority students.
“The most pervasive problem in American schooling is the underperformance of black and Latino kids,” Jensen said. “My argument is we need to improve academic learning opportunities …