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The unprecedented introduction of COVID-19 in Spring 2020 has created an academic earthquake in higher education. There was an instant halt to academic programs, student support, the learning environment, instructional methods, and delivery at all levels. Teacher educational programs were no exception. These programs consist of both coursework and a culminating practicum. There was an instant need to conceptualize a model that would assist with transitioning pre-service teachers from a traditional teaching practicum to a virtual teaching practicum. This model would ensure the demand was met from the Ministry of Education for qualified teachers despite the global pandemic. Hence, a team of researchers at the University of The Bahamas designed and developed two virtual teaching practicum models. They were the foundational platform for transitioning pre-service teachers from traditional to virtual teaching practicums. Implications for theory and practice are also discussed. [The page range cited on the .pdf (pp. 1-29) is incorrect. The correct page range is pp. 1-28.]

To present our achievements in the School of Education over the past 40 years we must keep in focus where we came from. We must ask ourselves 'What did we achieve?" The information presented below gives basic highlights or milestones of our progress in the preparation and training of the nation's teachers under the umbrella of the Teacher's Training College then the Division of Teacher Education and now the School of Education, the College of The Bahamas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]