3rd National Summit Overview
The 3rd Annual Great Teachers for Our City Schools: National Summit
April 14-16, 2010 — Denver, Colorado
Download the full Program here.
A National Summit on Increasing Student Achievement through Effective Teaching provides an opportunity for leaders of state and local P-16 partnerships, urban district teachers and administrators, college and university faculty and administrators, researchers, and education policy analysts from around the country to share promising practices, discuss current knowledge and strengthen local and national commitment to effective teachers and student achievement in urban and high-needs schools.
Summit Collaborators
The Urban Teacher Partnership (UTP) wishes to thank and acknowledge the following Summit collaborators:
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
- Educational Testing Service (ETS)
- Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL)
- National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF)
- National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (TQ Center)
- State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO)
- The College Board
- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
3rd Annual National Summit Presentations
An Educator's Guide to Working with Students of Color: Strategies for Promoting Academic Achievement
Attracting and Retaining Effective Teachers in Denver Public Schools
Contributions of Effective Teachers to Urban Student Success: What Does the Research Tell Us?
Doing What Works to Improve Behavior in Elementary School Classroom
Educator Preparation Programs Leading to College and Career Readiness
Effective Integration of Community into Teaching and Learning Practices
Helping Urban and High Needs Students Become College Ready
The Henry Middle School Paradox by Project VOYCE
Organizing Schools for Improvement - Lessons from Chicago
Preparing Teachers for Culturally Responsive Teaching in City Schools
Preservice Residents and Differentiation
Project VOYCE Voices of Youth Changing Education: What Students Want and Need From Their Teachers
Race to the Top: Implications for Improving Teaching and Learning in Urban Schools
Supporting District Efforts to Enhance Teacher Effectiveness
The Tools 21st Century Teachers Need to Make Urban Students College and Career Ready
University of Chicago Urban Teacher Education Program: Forging a New Pathway of Preparation