In its standards
for elementary teacher preparation programs, Michigan does require programs to address the science of reading.
Not exact matches
This statewide summit brought together K - 12 and higher education administrators, math faculty, and
teacher preparation faculty to gain a clearer understanding of best practices in math instruction
for students transitioning from
elementary to middle school, middle school to high school, high school to gateway courses in higher education, and success in higher education
programs.
Focusing on the NETS - T, project staff offered or facilitated multiple opportunities
for general education faculty members,
teacher education faculty members, and K - 12
teachers to learn to infuse technology standards across the entire
elementary and secondary
teacher preparation programs and provided opportunities
for preservice
teachers to meet and demonstrate the technology standards.
Section3: Aspiring principal membership is reserved
for teachers or other persons with an interest in entering the profession and / or enrolled in a recognized administrator
preparation program, but not serving in an
elementary and / or middle school administrative or supervisory capacity.
Major Forum: Toward a More Practice - Based
Preparation of
Elementary Mathematics
Teachers A panel of leading experts discussed the current knowledge base on teaching and learning in
elementary mathematics and implications
for how
preparation programs must change to align with the knowledge base.
In order to get an initial certificate through a traditional
teacher preparation program as an
elementary school
teacher for grades 1 - 6, a prospective
teacher at any of the institutions on this list must complete an NYSED registered
program that has been determined to contain the «studies required» to become a
teacher, must be recommended to NYSED by that
program, must pass the state certification exam, must pass the state content specialty exam
for elementary teachers, must pass the externally evaluated performance assessment called edTPA, must take workshops on the Dignity
for All Students Act, and pass a criminal background check based on their fingerprints.
The state should ensure that its
teacher preparation programs provide
elementary teachers with a broad liberal arts education, the necessary foundation
for teaching to the Common Core Standards.
Within a
teacher preparation program, prospective
elementary teachers need opportunities to (1) learn how to use specific types of technology
for learning mathematics (ISTE, 2008), (2) observe how technology is used to teach mathematics (AMTE, 2006), (3) practice teaching mathematics with technology (NCTM, 2011), and (4) develop an inclination towards teaching and learning mathematics with technology, including technologies that have not yet been developed (AMTE, 2006; ISTE, 2008; NCTM, 2011).