Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Mandel Professor of Jewish Education, named to National  Blue Ribbon Panel on Teacher Preparation

Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Mandel Professor of Jewish Education at Brandeis, and director of  its Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, has been named to a new blue ribbon panel of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). Feiman-Nemser will help restructure the way that teachers develop before, and after, they enter the classroom .

The establishment of such an expert panel signals the beginning of a sea change in the preparation of the nation’s teachers.

As part of the NCATE panel, Feiman-Nemser will help frame a set of principles for the clinical preparation of teachers that focus on building the expertise necessary for effective teaching practice.

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