Erik W. Robelen reports that The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing has approved High Tech High to certify teachers in mathematics, science, English, history/social studies, Spanish, Mandarin, and art through its Teacher Intern Program.

High Tech High leaders say establishing formal programs for educators was a natural outgrowth of a school climate that by design fosters adult learning.

“We already have lots of contexts within the teacher’s day where teachers reflect on their practice and do planning together,” said Robert C. Riordan, High Tech High’s director of instructional support.

The program will have distinguished visiting faculty members, including Mr. Vander Ark (former official of the Bill and Milenda Gates Foundation), who is now the executive director of the X Prize Foundation in Santa Monica, Calif., and Theodore R. Sizer, the founder of the Oakland, Calif.-based Coalition of Essential Schools and a former dean of the Harvard education school.

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