The District of Columbia establishes specific requirements
for alternate route programs through the Pathway II: State - Only Non-Degree Post-Baccalaureate Accreditation and Program Approval process.
• The «highly qualified teachers» mandate resulted in a vast paperwork - compliance exercise, while creating new hurdles
for alternate route programs (like Teach For America) and charter schools.
Not exact matches
Fourth, big changes are brewing in teacher preparation and licensure as ed schools come under fire, as «
alternate routes» proliferate, as
programs like Teach
For America get greater traction, and as more attention is paid to what a teacher knows about her subject than to what pedagogy courses she took in college.
A regionally - accredited institution of higher education offering a teacher preparation
program for a New Jersey instructional certificate, and the preparation
program for any person seeking an instructional certificate through the State's
alternate route program, shall incorporate
programming on the subject of information literacy, as that term is defined in section 1 of P.L., c. (C.)(pending before the Legislature as this bill).
Finally, the bill requires that teacher preparation
programs and
alternate route programs for a New Jersey instructional certificate incorporate
programming on the subject of information literacy.
The T2T
program is specifically designed to meet the needs of
alternate route teachers; in fact, Indianapolis Teaching Fellows and Teach
For America corps members are the only participants.
Free teacher education classes
for alternate -
route teachers in Meridian: William Carey and the Meridian Public School District launched an initiative this year to form an
alternate -
route teaching
program.
Here's an example of the high stakes: During the last election cycle, controversial initiatives like Common Core, charter schools,
alternate route programs, vouchers and teacher tenure have all been on table
for elected boards to consider in Louisiana and other states.
Yet, nontraditional preparers such as
for - profit higher education institutions and a variety of
alternate route programs continue to increase their share of the educator preparation market.
Establish coursework guidelines
for all
alternate route preparation
programs.
Adult Vocational Services
Alternate Routes to Certification Assistive Technology Autism
Programs Behavior Services Business Partnership Opportunities Councils Early Childhood Services EdgePrep
for SAT / ACT Educational Policy Fellows
Program Facilities and Construction Management Facility Rental Fingerprinting Insurance Collaborative International
Programming Minority Teacher Recruitment Occupational Therapy Physical Therapy Professional Learning Services Technology Transportation Visual Impairment
Transcript analysis is likely to result in additional coursework requirements, even
for traditionally prepared teachers;
alternate route teachers, on the other hand, may have to virtually begin anew, repeating some, most or all of a teacher preparation
program in Kentucky.
New Jersey is commended
for both the length of its
alternate route program and its coursework requirements, which offer the flexibility and content that new teachers need to succeed in the classroom, without being overly burdensome.
New Jersey reiterated that the mentoring
program is 34 weeks
for alternate route teachers, whereas traditionally trained teachers receive only 30 weeks.
Transcript analysis is likely to result in additional coursework requirements, even
for traditionally prepared teachers;
alternate route teachers, on the other hand, may have to virtually begin anew, repeating some, most or all of a teacher preparation
program in the District.
The graduate
alternate route certification is a one - year
program for full - time teachers in one of Relay's partner schools, which
for Philadelphia is only Mastery, who want to be certified in PA (Relay Graduate School of Education, 2015f).
To qualify
for the exam you must have a degree from an accredited veterinary technology
program (or the
alternate route).
This longitudinal study follows 25 exemplar elementary, secondary English, and secondary math teachers prepared in New Jersey's
alternate route program (AR) or college - based
programs (CB)
for 11 years.