Teacher Preparation and Professional Learning Resources

Exploring California’s investments to address teacher shortages, examining impacts on the teacher pipeline, equity and student learning, and future efforts.

The convening explores how educator preparation can be strengthened with a focus on safety, belonging, and positive developmental relationships.

California and Texas have had success in seeding, sustaining, and scaling high-quality, paid teacher residency programs. Hear from experts on the strategies they have used.

This year, EdPrepLab’s Spring Convening invites participants to explore community-engaged educator preparation as a responsive approach to strengthening local relationships, elevating essential histories, and generating transformative possibilities for teaching, learning, and leading.

As educators face tremendous technological, political, and climatic change, EdPrepLab’s 2026 Virtual Forum explores the importance of centering meaningful human relationships as the enduring core of effective teaching, learning, and leading.