Nontraditional candidates - namely recent college graduates and career changers who haven't attended a standard teacher - preparation program - often encounter serious roadblocks, even with the state's full
endorsement of alternative certification programs that allow -LSB-...]
On February 3, 2000, the National Center for Education Information (NCEI) released a report on the status
nationwide of alternative certification programs — programs that lead individuals to a teaching license besides traditional undergraduate or graduate degrees in education.
Concerns about the decision the CTC might make were heightened because its head, Stanford University education professor Linda Darling - Hammond, is one of the most consistent critics
of alternative certification programs like TFA.
Methodology: To that end and for 50 years, Dr. Martin Haberman developed, researched, refined and replicated research in the area of teacher interviewing and selection, principal interviewing and selection, and the
development of alternative certification programs.
Though the improving economy might play a role in this shift, factors such as the short - term commitment requirements of TFA members, the placement of inexperienced teachers in high - needs and hard - to - staff schools, and the increasing
number of alternative certification programs, have all contributed to this drop.
Nontraditional candidates - namely recent college graduates and career changers who haven't attended a standard teacher - preparation program - often encounter serious roadblocks, even with the state's full
endorsement of alternative certification programs that allow candidates to start teaching while working toward their certification requirements.
An obstacle to both the
expansion of alternative certification programs and the easing of their credentialing requirements is the widely held belief that there are few if any good substitutes for traditional teacher - education programs.
Of the alternative certification programs the NCTQ surveyed for a 2007 report, only one - third require a summer teaching practicum and one - quarter provide weekly mentoring for teachers once the school year starts.
Although schools of education are in competition with
some of the alternative certification programs for students, some of the schools like what they see in the residency model.
For instance, the number
of alternative certification programs, that offer a teaching license without completing a traditional teacher certification program, and their graduates have skyrocketed since the Bush administration first published their America 2000 educational strategic plan, widely promoting their use to meet the growing need for certified teachers.