Sentences with phrase «for alternative certification»

Regarding Title II and teacher prep (starting on page 298), there are grants available for alternative certification that read friendly to Teach for America (i.e., alternative certification for high - achieving college grads in other fields).

States and districts can also fund pathways for alternative certification programs, which help to reduce time and cost barriers for students of color.

«This is a «Minnesota Nice» version of union thuggery,» said Brian Sweeney, director of external affairs for Charter School Partners (CSP), the organization that lobbied for the alternative certification laws two years ago.

And Ms Hawkins what is the reason you end your piece with this comment... «This is a «Minnesota Nice» version of union thuggery,» said Brian Sweeney, director of external affairs for Charter School Partners (CSP), the organization that lobbied for the alternative certification laws two years ago.

Note that as of 2018, the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) now oversees the requirements for alternative certification in the state.

Right now, most districts let candidates for alternative certification choose their own programs.

Meanwhile, states enacted new programs that allowed for the alternative certification of teachers, opening the school door to talented college students not willing to suffer through the mindless education courses states had mandated.

Some changes may be on the horizon for alternative certification programs.

For scientists looking for such programs, a good place to start is the National Center for Alternative Certification (NCAC), which offers a state - by - state guide to alternative certification requirements and links to programs that are designed to help career - switchers navigate the process.

Requirements and specific plans vary; the National Center for Alternative Certification has state - by - state information.

Ask about guidelines for alternative certification; you need to make sure the district and the state agree on what's required.

Not exact matches

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At the end of that year, they were eligible for a «standard alternative teaching certificate,» enabling them to teach for 4 years in public schools, after which they became eligible for full certification.

And since instructors are either pre - and postnatal certified (or on their way to certification), BoCo has become a hot ticket for pregnant gals all over the city who are looking for a fun, challenging and totally safe alternative to those late nights on the town.

QC 2001 does, however, assign points to states that require at least 12 weeks of practice teaching as part of a preparation program — not necessarily a bad thing, but limiting for states and districts that are experimenting with programs such as Teach for America and alternative pathways to certification.

Some suggest fast - tracking alternative certification for second career professionals, but others wonder, Even if the career professionals know their subjects, can they teach them?

While the vast majority of the 965 candidates seeking certification through the so - called «alternative route» are nonteachers «looking for a career change,» an estimated 25 percent are people «currently teaching in a setting other than the public schools,» said Leo F. Klagholz, director of teacher preparation and certification for the state department of education.

The offending regulation provides that teachers enrolled in «alternative routes» to certification — which is government - speak for Teach For America and similar programs — may be found qualified if they are making satisfactory progrefor Teach For America and similar programs — may be found qualified if they are making satisfactory progreFor America and similar programs — may be found qualified if they are making satisfactory progress.

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West Virginia recently revised its policy to include a framework for alternative routes to certification.

No less important was the emergence of alternative routes to teacher certification, such as the Troops to Teachers program for retired military personnel.

This dire sequence started, he says, with A Nation at Risk, the 1983 Reagan administration report that launched America on «experiments» such as «open classrooms, national goals, merit pay, vouchers, charter schools, smaller classes, alternative certification for teachers, student portfolios, and online learning, to name just a handful.»

In addition, Florida embraced sensible education reforms such as alternative teacher certification, the curtailment of social promotion for students lacking basic literacy skills and the revamping of literacy instruction.

Alternative teacher certifications are becoming a nationwide trend as a stopgap for districts facing teacher shortages in their schools.

HG: Since the 1980s, right wing and conservative educational theorists have both attacked colleges of education and called for alternative routes to teacher certification.

Furthermore, with the proliferation of alternative certification and programs like Teach for America, the practice of hiring teachers without formal degrees in education or classroom experience is fairly well established.

The lawsuit, filed late last month in a state district court, centers on the bilingual - education segment of the district's alternative - certification program for teachers and names seven plaintiffs.

Just how important alternative certification was to the recruitment of highly qualified bilingual instructors is unknown, but it can not be ruled out as a potential explanation for the particularly large gains Florida's Hispanic students have made.

Far from being the cause of many of the problems associated with our schools, genuine alternative certification programs may prove to be our best hope for putting in our schools trained professionals who can truly make a difference.

Houston's alternative certification program, which brings people from nontraditional backgrounds into teaching and prepares them to succeed in the classroom, is a model for the rest of the country.

Georgia has a strong track record of reform, including an overhaul of the state's performance standards; redevelopment of state exams; uniform standards for high school graduation; and a law that has led to the approval of 27 alternative providers of teacher certification.

It has also participated in the development of the Common Core Standards initiative; created alternative - certification routes that allow organizations other than education schools to give teachers credentials; improved its teacher pipeline through strong partnerships with the New Teacher Project and Teacher for America; and experimented with performance - based compensation in 41 school districts.

According to the National Center for Education Information (NCEI), 48 states and the District of Columbia currently have AC programs, and approximately 50,000 teachers became certified through alternative routes in 2004 — 05 NCEI estimates about one - third of all new teachers enter the field with alternative certification.

In reading, the additional gains in the states with genuine alternative certification were 10.6 points and 3.9 points for the two grade levels, respectively.

An analysis by Paul Peterson and Daniel Nadler found that states that encourage alternative licensure have greater diversity in their teacher pools, for example (see «What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative Certificatalternative licensure have greater diversity in their teacher pools, for example (see «What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative CertificatAlternative Certification?»

In debates over certification standards, alternative certification programs have been criticized for high turnover.

But is alternative certification, however desirable a device for recruiting minorities into the teaching profession, impairing student learning?

Although no state has abandoned its traditional certification programs in response to calls for broader recruitment paths into education, all but three states have set up some kind of alternative certification pathway, and the number of alternatively certified teachers has steadily grown.

In the 30 states that do not have genuine alternative certification, only 5 percent of the newly certified teachers chose the alternative route in 2004 — 05 (the most recent year for which information is available).

Of the alternative certification programs the NCTQ surveyed for a 2007 report, only one - third require a summer teaching practicum and one - quarter provide weekly mentoring for teachers once the school year starts.

Carol Midgett, leadership - program coordinator at the North Carolina Partnership for Improving Mathematics and Science and also a board - certified teacher who entered teaching through alternative certification, says she learned that «without focused, formal preparation, the challenge to succeed is much greater and the chances for survival are limited.»

Freitag soon discovered The Fairfax Transition to Teaching Partnership, an alternative certification program based at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Students spend one year interning at a Fairfax County (Virginia) public school — substituting, observing, assisting teachers, and working with students one - on - one and in small groups — and take summer and evening courses required for certification.

Feldman expressed support for «good alternative certification programs that bring talented career changers into teaching» but emphasized that alternative certification is a slippery slope.

Like alternative certification programs, ACE considers the teachers» classroom immersion their teaching practicum, granting eight credits for an ongoing class called Supervised Teaching.

But regulations put forth by the Education Department in 2002 allow uncertified candidates in alternative - route programs to teach for up to three years while seeking certification.

Teacher recruitment: The DOE further developed an alternative certification program (the Teaching Fellows program) and altered its recruitment efforts, its selection model, and the timing of offers for teachers.

The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to: high rates of student absenteeism, high levels of school violence, excessive rates of student suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards, high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative high school and high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those for which they possess certification.

These alternative certification systems are likely to provide alternative means for many individuals to demonstrate and be valued for their skills without a need to attend academic courses, to pay expensive tuition fees, to purchase new textbooks, and to pay for exam / certification costs.

The prestige of TFA, whose recruits famously receive just five weeks of training, has arguably helped open the doors to alternative - certification programs for teachers, such as TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project), Americorps National Teaching Fellows, and others.