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UNR outlines competency-based learning, high-leverage practices and pathways for educator preparation
Summary
University of Nevada, Reno officials presented to the commission on how their educator preparation programs are incorporating competency-based learning, high-leverage practices, accelerated master's pathways and certificates to address licensure and teacher shortages.
Officials from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) briefed the Nevada Department of Education's Commission on Professional Standards on their work to integrate competency-based learning, high-leverage practices, and aligned assessment into educator preparation programs.
Shannon Taylor, interim department chair of educator preparation at UNR, and Richard (Winship) Barner, data and assessment coordinator at UNR, described multiple recruitment pathways, program structures and curricular changes intended to better prepare candidates for Nevada classrooms.
Taylor said UNR runs outreach programs that begin in middle and high school, such as the Dean's Future Scholars program, and maintains transfer and pathway agreements with several community colleges to smooth transitions into teacher-preparation degrees. Barner and Taylor described undergraduate…
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