All indications are that Congress is going to extend the alt cert program, but if it doesn't it would affect tons of alt cert teachers in LAUSD, which has a big TFA program and a bunch of
other nontraditional programs and routes (see here).
All of the state's teacher - preparation programs, whether traditional, university - based ones, or
nontraditional programs like Teach For America, must train their candidates in how to use the data system.
Anything goes and the chaos is increasing as traditional programs vie
with nontraditional programs, undergraduate programs compete with graduate programs, increased regulation is juxtaposed against deregulation, universities struggle with new teacher education providers, and teachers are alternatively educated for a profession and a craft.»
The authors recommend a strength - based approach to building family involvement programs in ELL communities and encourage policymakers to support culturally relevant and
nontraditional programs as well as community - based parent programs and appropriate teacher preparation.
Levine, who has left Relay's board and is now working on his own ed school startup in cooperation with MIT, says «the problem is,
nontraditional programs like Relay have tended to be so practice - oriented.
The other possibility would be to eliminate the loophole and require all schools, including charters and other
nontraditional programs, to adhere strictly to the 2002 voter mandate on class size.
Earn your bachelor's or master's degree with the flexibility of
a nontraditional program at Rollins» Hamilton Holt School.