The Supervisors of Teacher Education Network Team (STENT) is an associated organization of the California Council on Education. As a collaborative group of educators, STENT works to understand the unique position that supervisors hold in preparing future teachers.

STENT is the first of its kind, connecting supervisors from across California to cultivate community, create professional development opportunities, and increase awareness around their work and expertise. STENT’s goals are to:

• Identify, discuss and share equity and social justice practices for teacher educators, including specific examples from fieldwork supervisors. 
• Increase communication and collaboration between teacher educators and across teacher education programs in California and beyond. 
• Examine current student feedback, observation and teaching evaluation tools and processes to make improvements and identify common challenges
• Identify equity focused supervision practices to guide future improvement efforts across teacher education programs. 
• Support the professional learning of teacher education supervisors

As part of STENT, the team also hosts an annual conference that addresses the theme “Building a Community of Supervisors for Equity and Justice.” The workshops encourage interaction between participants, highlighting the importance of collective knowledge to achieve equitable outcomes in the education field.

Why is STENT here?

STENT was established by the California Teacher Education Research and Improvement Network (CTERIN), a consortium that was originally funded by the University of California Office of the President. CTERIN has since been concluded, however; the STENT team and conference series will continue operating as an independent entity, steered by a leadership team that includes Lisa Sullivan of the UC Davis School of Education.