A group of Memphis-based Teach For America
candidates is testing wireless headsets in the classroom. A mentor located in another room provides feedback and support to the teacher through the headset, just like an NFL coach does to a quarterback. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Memphis TFA branch will study how teachers who wear the headsets adjust to leading a classroom compared with teachers who don't wear the headsets. The idea is that real-time professional development, which is made possible by the back-and-forth between teacher and mentor via headsets, will lower the learning curve of new teachers entering the TFA program.
Teach For America Giving Teachers Feedback via Wireless Headsets originally appeared on Switched on Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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