2 0 1 4 – 1 5 ANNUAL REPORT
2014-15AnnualReport_Final
2014-15AnnualReport_Final
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Human Capital<br />
Pipelines<br />
“Getting teacher preparation right is<br />
one of our top priorities as a community:<br />
what could be more important than<br />
ensuring that the teachers who shape our<br />
next generation are as highly qualified,<br />
highly prepared, and highly supported as<br />
possible?”<br />
<strong>–</strong>Bob Mong, President, UNT Dallas<br />
Current Funders: 1<br />
• The Boone Family Foundation<br />
• The College Football Playoff Foundation<br />
• The M.R. & Evelyn Hudson Foundation<br />
• The Eugene McDermott Foundation<br />
• Todd & Abby Williams Family Foundation<br />
• Ellen Wood<br />
WHY THE PIPELINE MATTERS<br />
3<br />
Early childhood, elementary and secondary<br />
school teaching are three of the top 10 fastest<br />
growing professions in DFW 2<br />
COMMUNITY ACTION<br />
4,600<br />
more new teachers are hired each year in DFW<br />
public schools than regional schools of higher<br />
education produce, reflecting a substantial gap<br />
too often filled by providers of uncertain quality 3<br />
16%<br />
The number of ACT-tested high school<br />
graduates interested in education has declined<br />
16% since 2010, with only 20% of educationinterested<br />
graduates judged college ready by<br />
their ACT scores 4<br />
30 2<br />
600<br />
regional partners advocated for state approval<br />
to create a new regional teacher prep program<br />
focused on excellence in early childhood<br />
education and close an anticipated 4,100<br />
educator gap by 2020<br />
national exemplars in teacher preparation,<br />
including Urban Teachers, are discussing<br />
partnerships with Dallas County education<br />
institutions<br />
teachers attended the first regional Teacher<br />
Summit to help uplift the profession in January<br />
2015<br />
16<br />
1. “Current funders” have given to the work for the 2014-15 period at a level of $25,000 or greater<br />
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics projections for Dallas Workforce Development Area, 2013<br />
3. State Board Educator Certification. Accessed at https://secure.sbec.state.tx.us/Reports/prodrpts/rpt_edu_tchr_prod_counts.asp?width=1440&height=900<br />
4. “The Condition of Future Educators 2014,” ACT survey of students expressing interest in education as a profession. Accessed at http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2014/states/futureeducators.html
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