On December 3, 2009, the Bush Foundation and its 14 partner universities held a press conference in St. Paul, MN, to announce its ambitious Teacher Effectiveness Initiative. Here are resources for that event:
  

Press conference video (the press conference agenda given at the bottom of this page provides time stamps for each portion of the conference, including each question in the Q&A segment)
 

12:50

• St. Cloud State University

Dr. Earl Potter, President, St. Cloud State University

18:30

• North Dakota/Minnesota Partnership

Dr. Steven Shirley, President, Valley City State University

23:45

• Twin Cities Teacher Collaborative (TC2)

Dr. Linda Distad, Professor of Education, St. Catherine University
 

25:40

Introduction of Bernadeia Johnson

Susan Heegaard
 

26:37

Remarks from a K-12 Partner

Bernadeia Johnson, Deputy Superintendent, Minneapolis Public Schools
 

30:40

Introduction of the Panelists

Q&A – Panel of University Deans/Presidents

Moderator:  C. Scott Cooper, Director of Engagement and Communication, Bush Foundation
 

33:30

Question 1: What happens if universities don’t fulfill the guarantee? Is there a reward for those who do or consequences for those who don’t?
 

42:10

Question 2: How are you going to measure teacher effectiveness?
 

48:15

Question 3:  How many of the current 72,000 teachers meet the effectiveness criteria of this initiative? Is there something wrong with the teachers we have?

52:20

Question 4:  How will the education of a student teacher differ in five years from how it happens today?
 

1:01:40

Question 5:  What steps are you taking to increase diversity of teachers?
 

1:07:30

Question 6:  How will you attract top students if the compensation model doesn’t change?
 

1:13:54

Adjourn