Emily Feistritzer, Ph.D.

I am Emily Feistritzer, Founder and CEO of TEACH-NOW, a rapidly growing online teacher preparation school that has spent the past five years developing a new model to improve teacher education. Awarded status as an institution of higher education by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education of the District of Columbia, TEACH-NOW, Inc. has opened the doors of its Educatore School of Education, offering a number of tracks of a Master’s in Education degree, several of which lead to teacher certification in virtually all areas of the curriculum. TEACH-NOW is the only cohort-based, activity-based, collaborative model for teacher education that addresses what teaching is and was meant to be—a truly collaborative profession.

Unlike other teacher preparation programs, whether online start-ups or traditional brick-and-mortar institutions, TEACH-NOW is a project-based learning-to-teach model where candidates are grouped in small cohorts and move through a series of project-based modules together, working and learning collaboratively in virtual meetings, discussions, and group work as well as individual projects, with a focus on deep interaction among candidates and instructors.

The preparation program also helps teachers become comfortable with the technology that their future students have already mastered. Teacher candidates use technology to complete every activity, from creating infographics to producing videos of their practice teaching. They are also sharing information with not only their instructors but with the entire cohort of candidates—including a large percentage from other nations—thanks to a pioneering patent-pending digital platform. You can visit us at www.TEACH-NOW.COM