Title: Technical Educator Development Act of 2018
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Technical Educator Development Act of 2018
This bill requires that each eligible agency desiring assistance under the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 describe how (1) comprehensive professional development (including initial teacher preparation and activities that support recruitment) for career and technical education teachers, faculty, administrators, and career guidance and academic counselors will be provided; and (2) the eligible agency will ensure that such professional development will be provided to all career and technical education teachers, faculty, administrators, and career guidance and academic counselors in the state, and will include specified other opportunities for each career and technical education teacher.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5943 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5943

To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
to improve professional development for career and technical educators.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2018

  Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
to improve professional development for career and technical educators.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Technical Educator Development Act 
of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR CAREER AND TECHNICAL 
              EDUCATORS.

    (a) Amendments.--Section 122(c)(2) of the Carl D. Perkins Career 
and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2342(c))(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (G) as 
        clauses (i) through (vii), respectively, and indenting such 
        clauses accordingly;
            (2) by inserting ``and'' at the end of clause (vii) (as so 
        redesignated);
            (3) by striking ``describes how'' and all that follows 
        through ``development that--'' and inserting the following: 
        ``describes--
                    ``(A) how comprehensive professional development 
                (including initial teacher preparation and activities 
                that support recruitment) for career and technical 
                education teachers, faculty, administrators, and career 
                guidance and academic counselors will be provided, 
                especially professional development that--''; and
            (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(B) how the eligible agency will ensure that such 
                comprehensive professional development--
                            ``(i) will be provided to all career and 
                        technical education teachers, faculty, 
                        administrators, and career guidance and 
                        academic counselors in the State; and
                            ``(ii) will include opportunities for each 
                        career and technical education teacher--
                                    ``(I) to gain an understanding of, 
                                practice, and use, appropriate 
                                industry-specific technologies and 
                                programs, and to receive a proficiency 
                                evaluation in the use of such 
                                technologies and programs;
                                    ``(II) to present classroom 
                                instruction techniques, demonstrate a 
                                lesson, or present lesson plans to peer 
                                teachers, administrators, and 
                                appropriate industry stakeholders, who 
                                will analyze such presentation or 
                                demonstration and provide constructive 
                                feedback; and
                                    ``(III) to receive, upon request, 
                                peer coaching from teachers and 
                                mentoring from appropriate industry 
                                stakeholders.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply 
with respect to each State plan for a 6-year period prepared by an 
eligible agency in accordance with section 122 of the Carl D. Perkins 
Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2342) that is 
submitted to the Secretary on or after the date that is one year after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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