The Teacher Education Learning Collaborative (TELC) was created to address the need for feedback loops that connect the experiences of teacher candidates in their teacher education programs (TEPs) to their in-service K-12 students and experiences.

 

TELC is a unique partnership between TEPs and researchers. It leverages data about teacher education experiences to learn about the effective preparation of teachers. It is only possible to connect teacher candidate experiences to in-service teacher and student outcomes because the Washington State Legislature and the Institute of Education Sciences have invested in a data infrastructure that facilitates research on teachers and their students.