In the United States, for example, there are nearly 2,000
different teacher preparation programs.
In the state of Texas, for example, there are 100
different teacher preparation programs ranging from quick, district - run programs to extensive, traditional preparation programs run by Texas» best colleges.
For example, Illinois State as a whole is the largest supplier of new teachers in Illinois, but that's deceiving, because it offers 41
different teacher preparation programs.
Not exact matches
The survey results suggested that «
Teachers prepared in a single formal
program of
preparation feel better prepared than those who take a series of courses from
different institutions, who in turn feel better prepared than those who enter through alternative
programs... and those who enter without prior experience or training.»
In her May 13, 1999, testimony before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Feistritzer acknowledged that the term alternative
teacher certification can mean many
different things, «from emergency certification to very sophisticated and well - designed
programs that address the professional
preparation needs of the growing population of individuals who already have at least a baccalaureate degree and considerable life experience and want to become
teachers.»
Like college ratings, they would provide feedback to
preparation programs, help prospective
teachers choose among
programs, and help schools and districts evaluate job applicants from
different programs.
Do
teachers from
different preparation programs differ substantially in their impacts?
Studies of the relative merits of various certification policies and
programs are clearly important to the continuing policy debates concerning
teacher preparation and
teacher quality, but they ask questions that are fundamentally
different from those of the study described here.
Since the 1960's there have been many attempts to reform education; curricular changes, new approaches toward teaching reading and math,
teacher preparation,
programs for the disadvantaged,
different instructional approaches, new technologies introduced, and so on.
Suzanne Wilson from the University of Connecticut and Brian Rowan from the University of Michigan discussed the
different options and ideas regarding
teacher preparation accountability, and considered:
program accreditation,
program approval,
teacher licensure, and the impact of
teacher preparation.
Used in
teacher preparation programs, the ATLAS cases serve as a way to expose pre-service
teachers to real - life examples of how accomplished
teachers think and act in the classroom in
different scenarios.
Researchers need to understand how
teacher educators perceive blended courses when they teach
teacher candidates, because
teacher preparation programs have
different features than other higher education
programs have.
While the traditional
teacher certification route - enrolling in and completing a four - year
teacher preparation program - is common across the states, there are a number of
different routes an educator can take to become certified and enter the classroom.
The stories in this report, which include perspective pieces by current
teachers, look at new research surrounding
teacher stress and burnout, innovative ways to incorporate social - emotional learning into everyday lessons and with
different groups of students, and strategies for self - care, mindfulness, and cultural responsiveness, starting in
teacher preparation programs.
It then provides a thorough discussion of
teacher preparation in Mexico, including a description of the
different types of certification
programs and the history and growth of
teacher preparation.
Among the recommendations made in the report are the development of a common vocabulary for the
different types of assessment and use of that common vocabulary by
teacher preparation programs to focus on developing assessment literacy.
Teacher preparation programs should require preservice
teachers to take a minimum of two online courses from
different faculty members before student teaching.
The implied assumptions of the aforementioned linear formula are overly simplistic given the nonrandomness of the
teacher candidate population... If
teacher candidates who enroll in a traditional
teacher education
program are arguably
different from
teacher candidates who enroll in an alternative
program, and both groups are compared once they become
teachers, one group might have a distinct and unfair advantage over the other... What can not be overlooked, controlled for, or dismissed from these comparative investigations are
teachers» enduring qualities that go beyond their
preparation (Boyd et al., 2006; Boyd, Grossman, Lankford, Loeb, & Wyckoff, 2007; Harris & Sass, 2007; Shulman, 1988; Wenglinsky, 2002).
Maryland offers alternative
teacher preparation at the county and city level, which means there are many
different programs available throughout the state.
However, identification of
preparation program effects using school fixed effects requires
teachers from
different programs to teach in the same school.
Coursework for
teacher certification in Louisiana varies with
different state - approved
teacher preparation programs.
The differences in effectiveness between
teachers from
different preparation programs are very small.
When selecting
teacher leaders who will participate in a
preparation program or development experience to build that knowledge or those skills,
different selection criteria will likely be used.
For example, if the goal of
teacher preparation is to ensure that beginning
teachers are ready for responsible entry - level teaching, what are the relative merits of
different ways of judging
program impact?
The stories in this report, which include perspective pieces by current
teachers, look at new research surrounding
teacher stress and burnout, innovative ways to incorporate social - emotional learning into everyday lessons and with
different groups of students, and strategies for self - care, mindfulness, and cultural responsiveness, starting in
teacher preparation programs.