Student Teachers listen to our panelists at the 2008 Forum on the Application and Hiring Process

Philadelphia Education Fund Working With Arcadia University (November 21, 2006)
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St. Joseph's University and Gompers Elementary School establish Professional Development School
(February 2007)

Long before the advent of No Child Left Behind, the School District of Philadelphia recognized that recruiting and retaining highly qualified teachers is an important priority.

The Student Teacher Pipeline to the Future is a collaborative venture between the School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Education Fund to address the issue of recruitment. The primary goal of Pipeline is to bring highly qualified teachers into the School District of Philadelphia (the District) – particularly into schools and subject areas that have traditionally been hard to staff. Under the Pipeline umbrella, several initiatives have been developed to support the goal of bringing the best teachers to the students in Philadelphia. These initiatives focus on:

Supporting student teachers primarily by providing professional development institutes


Enhancing the skills of cooperating teachers


Facilitating and providing support for the Co-Teaching opportunity


Developing and providing support for Professional Development School (PDS) partnerships


Collaborating with colleges and universities that place student teachers in the District


Creating and providing resources on the specifics of application and hiring in the District