Albright College’s Board of Trustees has approved a new School of Educational Innovation. In addition to bachelor’s degrees in general education, PreK-4 education, secondary education, and K-12 programs in special education, art education, foreign languages — Albright offers master in education degrees and certifications in several categories. A new 4+1 bachelor-to-master degree program, launched this year, allows Albright students to earn both degrees in five years.
Teacher burnout
Exasperated by the pandemic, teacher burnout is at an all time high. Last fall, the National Education Association estimated a shortage of roughly 300,000 teachers and staff across the nation, particularly in rural districts and where special education and STEM teachers are in high demand. Administrator burnout is highest in urban districts. Albright’s new academic structure aims to further develop teacher programs that impact professional educator satisfaction and expand the teacher pipeline.
Meant to alleviate teacher and administrator burnout, the move toward a comprehensive School of Educational Innovation at Albright College has been led by an Albright faculty taskforce, Provost Karen Campbell, Ph.D., and Adelle Schade, Ph.D., dean of pre-college and summer programs.
