Addressing Teaching Shortages and Diversifying Teachers in the Classroom

This webinar will explore the causes and consequences of the teacher shortage, in general, as well as the importance of increasing the diversity of teachers. Strategies for addressing the teacher shortage while also improving the preparation of teachers will be presented and discussed.

Join Julie Gorlewski, PhD '08, EdM '92, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Teacher Education, Beth Etopio, PhD '09, EdM '00, Assistant Dean for Teacher Education and Director of the Office of Educator Preparation and Amanda Winkelsas, Director of UB Teach Residency Program as they share their first hand experiences and creative solutions.

About Julie Gorlewski, Beth Etopio, Amanda Winkelsas
As senior associate dean, Julie Gorlewski oversees the Graduate School of Education's growing teacher preparation programs and strengthen collaborative efforts with local schools to better prepare and retain teachers throughout New York State. Additional contributions include advances in research, increased attention to community needs and extended clinical experiences—all of which are based on a vision of teacher education as an endeavor that is shared among university, school and community stakeholders.

Beth Etopio, is the Assistant Dean for Teacher Education and Director of the Office of Educator Preparation in the Graduate School of Education. Her specialties and research focus are curriculum and instruction; access and equity; early childhood education; equity and poverty; music education; urban education and virtual reality.

Amanda Winkelsas, Director of UB Teach Residency Program in the Graduate School of Education, focuses on cultivating diversity in the teaching profession through innovative, community-centered models of teacher education and preparing teachers to work with students in historically under-served schools.