Sentences with phrase «licensure policies»

• Current licensure policies make little use of performance - based assessments that capture a candidate's actual preparedness to teach on entering a classroom.

With the pathways into teaching growing in number, including training programs offered outside of higher education, it is hard to argue that current licensure policies substantially restrict entry, for example.

This document, produced by the American Institutes for Research (AIR), provides state - by - state information on teacher licensure policies for Career Technical Education (CTE) teachers.

Tennessee stated that the new Educator Licensure Policy shifts middle - grades licensure from an interdisciplinary 4 - 8 to a single discipline endorsement area (6 - 8) in either English, mathematics, science or social studies.

However, the labor market for teachers has features that create «mobility frictions» preventing teachers from moving to open jobs, such as state - specific licensure policies and importable pensions.

Currently, however, many states have adopted licensure policies that define the problem away by claiming that all of their current teachers, regardless of preparation, are highly qualified under federal guidelines if they have been teaching more than a year.

States should work closely with CAEP, as the new accrediting body for educator preparation, in aligning program approval and licensure policies with accreditation standards.

Through the implementation of licensure policy, the state is assured that individuals allowed to work in classrooms and schools in Tennessee have met minimum standards.

Tennessee's new teacher licensure policies, set for a final vote by the state board Friday, are a second example of state reforms modeled after those recently implemented under the leadership of Democrats in other parts of the country.

Educator Licensure Policy 5.502 describes the use of professional development points (PDPs) for educator licensure advancement or renewal.

Also, licensure policies have often been relaxed to assure that an adult is in each classroom, but not necessarily a qualified adult.

This report from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) provides state - by - state information on CTE teacher licensure policies, including certification routes, length of teacher certifications or renewal, professional development and recruitment for all 50 states and D.C.

I am talking about the pilot project for teacher evaluation, not the licensure policy.

I urge lawmakers to take steps this year to amend and improve Senate Bill 379 to once and for all remove the punitive teacher licensure policies that hinder the state's ability to recruit great teachers from outside our borders.

Graduates of our programs received more thorough, developmentally appropriate, and effective preparation before the new licensure policies were implemented; the locally controlled, formative instruments and practices (Cochran - Smith et al., 2013) that previously anchored their education better equipped them with the skills and attitudes to succeed in the classroom.

For future teachers, state teacher preparation programs and licensure policies will need to be revised to align with the new standards.