High rates of inexperienced and unlicensed teachers moved to charter schools, but among regularly
licensed teachers changing schools, charter movers had higher licensure test scores than other moving teachers, and they were more likely to be highly experienced.
Not exact matches
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he will make several
changes to his budget using 30 day amendments, including imposing a
teacher evaluation plan on New York City, and cutting the cost of hunting
licenses.
She and 15 others chosen for the honor organized more than 200 roundtable discussions attended by more than 3,000
teachers across the country, seeking their views on an Obama administration proposal to
change how
teachers are recruited, prepared,
licensed, supported, promoted, and compensated.
However, without the
changes Massachusetts made to its entire system of
teacher licensing (e.g., subject area
licensing tests for all prospective
teachers, criteria for achieving full licensure after beginning teaching, and criteria for
license renewal for veteran
teachers), it is unlikely there would have been enduring gains in achievement for students in all demographic groups and in all its regional vocational / technical high schools — gains confirmed by tests independent of control or manipulation by Massachusetts or federal policy makers.
As a result, it has been difficult for observers to determine which factor or group of factors was most responsible for these gains: a revised and strengthened
licensing system; revised or new licensure tests; the use of first - rate standards in most classrooms, in annual state student tests, and in the professional development programs all
teachers took for
license renewal; and / or the major
changes in K - 12 governance and finance introduced by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.
The
changes would qualify all
teachers licensed by the Illinois State Board of Education as eligible to join the CTU.
These included reducing the barriers to entry for out - of - state
teachers, scholarships for
teacher licensing test takers, rule
changes to allow retired
teachers to return to the classroom as mentors, and a recruitment campaign.
The law
change in 1994 requiring
teachers to earn a master's degree in education or in a content area to get a teaching
license.
As Indiana education officials considered a package of sweeping
changes to the state's
teacher licensing rules, known as «REPA II,» McGrew says his family expressed skepticism.
In North Carolina, the state implementation of a Technology Portfolio requirement for all initial
teacher licenses issued after January 1, 1999, precipitated significant
changes in preservice
teacher education.
«Their legislation seeks to
change teacher licensing standards from requiring that
teachers pass a Praxis exam to requiring that they pass the much more rigorous North Carolina Foundations of Reading and General Curriculum tests, which are based on Massachusetts» MTEL
teacher licensure exam.»
But after a last - minute addendum to a package of
changes to the state's
teacher licensing rules, known as «REPA II,» non-education majors will need to receive training on teaching strategies in order to keep a teaching job.
Minnesota is on the cusp of
changing their
teacher licensing requirements, and then will be actively recruiting
teachers across Wisconsin to come to Minnesota.
Only about half of states allow the rigorous certification process to count toward the renewal of
teacher licenses — a figure the National Board wishes to
change.
Some of the DPI's proposed
changes include allowing educators 55 and older to apply for a five - year, nonrenewable
license without having to meet professional development requirements, increasing the time a substitute can be in the same assignment, expanding renewal options for emergency
licenses and expanding the pathway for
teachers to add additional
licenses based on content tests.
I also worked with the legislation on
changing the alternative
licensing process and will continue to do whatever it takes to support this process if it means
teachers like Mrs. Spotts and Mrs. Pastor will be able to touch the lives of all of our children.
The improvements in
teacher quality could also be a reflection of policy
changes begun in 1998 to embrace alternative certification and to disallow emergency
licenses, the research surmises.
Other
changes would include aligning
teacher preparation programs and
licensing requirements so that all educators, regardless of specialty, have a «similar, competent educational foundation,» and shift credentialing to allow for instruction of all students by both special and general education
teachers.
But some colleges of education worry a
change to Indiana's
teacher licensing rules could make it too easy to earn credentials to teach special education students.
Dale Chu, Assistant Superintendent at the Indiana Department of Education, says those who oppose the
change are «conflating»
teacher licensing with the schools» hiring processes.