Learning from multiple routes: The variation
in teacher preparation pathways can propel our understanding of how best to prepare teachers
Not exact matches
When corps members truly embody this value, other
teachers welcome and receive them —
in spite of the fact that they arrived
in the classroom through a different
preparation pathway.
During his tenure
in Delaware, his team focused on improving policies and practices across the educator effectiveness continuum: educator
preparation, licensure / certification, recruitment, placement, evaluation, professional learning, and
teacher - leader career
pathways.
Just as I reached the conclusion that urban districts can't be fixed and, therefore, we need to create a new delivery system for public education
in America's cities, a large and growing number of reformers interested
in teacher preparation believe that we can't trust the old system to change adequately and that, instead, we need to create new
pathways into the profession.
Consistent with the TeachStrong coalition's ESSA guidance for state actors, these states are leveraging ESSA's flexibility to support efforts around recruiting
teachers of color; improving the
teacher preparation experience; providing induction and mentoring to novice
teachers; increasing
teacher pay; and creating or encouraging career
pathways, with the goal of ensuring that all students — and especially students
in low - income schools — are taught by high - quality, prepared, meaningfully supported
teachers.2 The author also notes what other initiatives and actions policymakers and advocates should watch for and consider as they work to modernize and elevate the teaching profession.
When New Jersey expanded its preschool program, for example, it created multiple
pathways to licensure, including more
teacher preparation programs, a post-baccalaureate degree for
teachers with bachelor's degrees
in other fields, and scholarships for current early educators to gain greater knowledge and skill.
Maine's ESSA plan states that
in order to ensure that all students have access to excellent educators, all the systems
in place to support
teachers — including the procedures, programs, and operators responsible for recruitment and selection;
preparation and licensure; professional learning and growth; compensation; and career
pathways — must be aligned and part of a common framework.
The San Francisco
Teacher Residency offers a more affordable
pathway into teaching for many prospective
teachers while providing intensive
preparation for the challenges of teaching
in a high - needs school.
«Our innovative and differentiated
teacher preparation pathways exemplify these values by providing individuals from diverse communities and backgrounds, and
in various stages of life, opportunities to pursue teaching careers
in ways that fit their needs.
The university, known as CU Denver, offers multiple
pathways for
teacher preparation to fit the needs of candidates from a variety of backgrounds and contexts, succeeding
in attracting a diverse range of students.
That was the intent of the creators of the PACT, educators from
teacher preparation programs
in California who wanted to ensure that all
pathways to teaching
in the state were centered on research - based teaching practices that would produce better
teachers.
As a result, BECA succeeded
in creating new
pathways toward reform
in bilingual and ESL
teacher preparation, informing the development of accelerated routes to the certification of professionals whose language expertise and passion were suited precisely for English language learners.
Additionally, when
teacher preparation includes high - quality clinical training, it provides an opportunity for veteran
teachers to advance along a career
pathway other than a position
in administration — assuming leadership roles by becoming mentor
teachers.
This campaign seeks to promote changes that span a
teacher's career, starting with recruitment and
preparation and continuing on through compensation and career
pathways, paying particular attention to the importance of the professional context
in which
teachers work.
There are myriad
pathways into teaching, and there is not one solution to ensure that all
teachers receive effective clinical
preparation and support during their
preparation and first years
in the classroom.
He now invites
teachers to not only participate
in this national conversation, but to also help lead discussions and provide the U.S. Department of Education with ideas related to
teacher recruitment and
preparation, career
pathways and professional advancement,
teacher evaluation and development, and compensation.
Create innovative pipelines into teaching, such as high school career
pathways and Grow - Your - Own
teacher preparation models, which encourage and support young people and others to go into teaching
in their own communities.
As a post doctoral researcher on the New York City
Pathways Study of
Teacher Education, she collaborated with a group of researchers to examine the relationships among the features of teacher preparation, teacher retention and outcomes in academic achievement for K - 12 st
Teacher Education, she collaborated with a group of researchers to examine the relationships among the features of
teacher preparation, teacher retention and outcomes in academic achievement for K - 12 st
teacher preparation,
teacher retention and outcomes in academic achievement for K - 12 st
teacher retention and outcomes
in academic achievement for K - 12 students.
While results vary somewhat, these studies find that the students of
teachers who enter
teacher through highly - selective alternative routes experience better achievement gains than the students of the unlicensed
teachers they replaced; comparable, or
in some cases somewhat better, math achievement gains than the students of
teachers from traditional
preparation pathways; and comparable, or
in some cases somewhat worse, achievement gains
in English language arts than the students of
teachers from traditional
preparation pathways.
Create
teacher preparation pathways for communities of color that begin recruiting prospective
teachers in high school, and that expand lateral entry opportunities for professionals from minority groups who show interest and promise as potential educators.
The Institute will support their search for employment
in a charter school or other public school, as well as provide a viable pool of candidates for administrators
in the charter sector to recruit and hire
teachers prepared to enter classrooms and transition into the
teacher preparation pathway via the GCSA GaTAPP.
When New Jersey expanded its preschool program, for example, it created multiple
pathways to licensure, including more
teacher preparation programs, a post-baccalaureate degree for
teachers with bachelor's degrees
in other fields, and scholarships for current early educators to gain greater knowledge and skill.