Sentences with phrase «alternative certification route»

Teachers who enter the education profession through alternative certification routes are 83 percent more likely to turn over than those who choose traditional teacher programs.

American Federation of Teachers president Sandra Feldman voiced her concerns about the quality of alternative certification routes in Ignoring Standards, a column she wrote in August 1998.

The study finds that the gap between the qualifications of NYC teachers in high - poverty and low - poverty NYC schools has narrowed substantially since 2000, mostly ensuing from the city's concentrated effort to match exceptionally capable teachers with very needy students and the virtual substitution of newly hired uncertified teachers in high - poverty schools with new hires from alternative certification routes: NYC Teaching Fellows and Teach for America.

Although many states now staff their schools with teachers prepared through alternative certification routes, there is a growing concern about the quality and relevance of the programs to produce excellent teachers, especially teachers to serve the teaching fields with the most needs — math, science, special education and English as a second language and bilingual education.

The variation in state practice allows us to provide some preliminary answers to questions frequently raised about alternative certification: Do states that provide a genuine alternative, not simply a symbolic one, recruit more teachers who take the alternative certification route?

I entered the profession through an alternative certification route after completing a 20 + year career in telecommunications.

If you have a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited school that is not in the state of Utah, you can apply for the Academic Pathway to Licensure (APT) initial license, which is considered an alternative certification route.

There are two ways to become certified to teach in Florida — complete a bachelor's degree in an education program or complete an alternative certification route.

Helps states redesign programs that prepare business professionals to become career and technical education teachers through an alternative certification route.