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It is reasonable to assume that the next generation of potential leaders will come from pipelines other than colleges of education - a virtual breeding ground for educational stagnation - such as
alternative certification programs for teachers.
I agree with the «grow - your - own» strategy; our network of schools has partnered with
alternative certification programs like Relay Graduate School of Education to try to get more of our graduates to look at education as a viable and valuable career.
All of my students finished their first year of teaching through an urban
alternative certification program at my university and traveled with me to India as a part of their culminating coursework.
About half have gone through traditional certification programs (i.e., degree programs in education), with the other half
completing alternative certification programs that typically involved a combination of courses and classroom work.
Second, to the extent that
alternative certification programs do not emphasize — and sometimes deliberately deemphasize — teacher retention, they may be undermining their own supply benefits.
Then, the state «didn't regulate who was operating private programs, and people saw that was a way to make a fast buck,» said Rae Queen, the president of the Texas Alternative Certification Association, who also runs a for -
profit alternative certification program in San Antonio.
To see which states have established
genuine alternative certification programs and which have only symbolic ones of the kind described by Finn, we compared alternative certification rules to requirements for traditional certification in each state.
Emily Feistritzer, president of the National Center for Education Information (NCEI) and an expert
on alternative certification programs, says that Wexler's story is typical, both nationally and in California.
Program Overview The New
Mexico Alternative Certification program requires prospective teachers to complete 12 to 21 semester hours of coursework through an approved program in addition to student - teaching.
NTEC specializes in the design of on - the -
job alternative certification programs that allow committed adults to earn their license while serving their communities as full - time paid teachers.
New research from Harvard Graduate School of Education's Project on the Next Generation of Teachers reveals that sponsors of fast - track
alternative certification programs face hard choices as they seek to attract new candidates and ensure that they will become well - qualified teachers.
As Chester Finn, president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute (and Education Next senior editor), explains, «
Typical alternative certification programs have come to mimic standard - issue pre-service college of education programs....
In particular, Westly suggests
expanding alternative certification programs, improving outreach to college graduates, and utilizing funding and other incentives to attract STEM teachers, particularly in low - income communities.
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