FORWARD TOGETHER
Educator Pathways
Welcome to the Educator Pathways website!
Vision
Teacher Candidates will experience joyful, authentic, continuously supported field experiences that prepare them to teach Grade Level Standards Aligned (GLSA) instruction in PPS classrooms.
Mission
We believe in building future PPS teacher capacity through a systematic, aligned, continuous, coherent, and collaborative partnership to develop a diverse, high-quality, thriving workforce that disrupts the predictability of learning outcomes for our most persistently underserved students.
Please click on the links above to navigate to our various program pages. To submit general questions, refer to the form linked below.
Contact Information
Dr. Lisa Blount
Educator Pathways Assistant Director
Tessalie Schulte
Educator Pathways TOSA
University Partnerships
Through a year-long process, the PPS community articulated a vision to reimagine PPS. It describes the Graduate Portrait for PPS students, Educator Essentials (skills and dispositions that will enable adults to support our students), and 11 System Shifts that will enable our organization to bring these to life. PPS is working to ensure that all district strategies and decisions are aligned toward achieving our vision.
The Educator Pathways Program works in collaboration with Human Resources and our University Partners to prepare and recruit a high-quality educator workforce that reflects the diversity of the broader community and inspires a culture of learning, growth, and development.
To ensure we enact the above system shifts with efficacy, we have developed an Educator Pathways Framework, partnering with university programs aligned with our District Mission, Goals, and Instructional Priorities.
PPS partners with the following universities for Teacher Candidate Field Experiences
Lewis and Clark University
Pacific University
Portland State University
University of Portland
Warner Pacific University
Resources
PPS Educator Pathways Field Experience Handbook 2024-25.pdfOregon Administrative Rules
PPS Educator Pathways Complies with the following Oregon Administrative Rules
