Our Model

Blue banner with white school icon and the text “Year Long Student Teaching Experience.”
Blue sign reading “Performance Gates and Growth Plans” with a presenter icon and upward arrow
Blue banner reading “Data-Driven Student Teaching Seminar” with a chart and person icon on the left.
Blue banner with white icon and text “POP Cycle and High-Quality Feedback”
Blue icon of teacher and students next to the label “Co-Teaching”
Blue accessibility icon with raised hands and the text “Access and Engagement”
Blue gear icon beside the text “Rubric Calibration and Norming” in a white rounded tab
Blue banner with white bar-chart icon and the text “Data Discussions and Data Use Practices”
SC logo with Site Coordinator Role text
Blue banner reading “Practice-Based Coursework” with a stopwatch and pencil icon
Blue calendar icon beside the text “Quarterly Governance Meetings” on a white banner.
Blue “Mentor Recruitment and Selection” button with white text and a mentor icon.
Blue icon with a meeting and speech bubble next to the label “Mentor Training”
Blue handshake icon beside the text “Mutually Beneficial Partnerships”

Transforming Teacher Preparation

The US PREP model is built from the work at Texas Tech University. There is a large body of research on the aspects of teacher preparation that have the most impact on quality teaching. From this literature, one can identify five key attributes that researchers have found to be associated with increased teacher preparedness:


  • A focus on practice
  • Mentoring and coaching
  • A coherent vision of teaching
  • Integration of coursework and clinical experiences
  • Partnerships as the driving force for change and improvement


The US PREP teacher preparation model embodies all of these elements. Using a shared leadership council, the Center assists school-university leaders in strategic planning, piloting, and scaling of the 14 essential teacher preparation components as outlined here.