UNC
offers teacher education preparation through the following areas:
Not exact matches
Connected to the worldwide Waldorf
Education movement, the school also
offers Waldorf
teacher preparation courses in the region during the summers and February breaks.
Prairie Moon is connected to the worldwide Waldorf
Education movement and
offers Waldorf
teacher preparation courses in the region at different times of the year.
Education schools, with their high costs and stranglehold on the
teacher -
preparation market, are ripe for disruption, and online learning is poised to
offer the mix of cost and quality required.
Fourteen of the nation's most prestigious
education schools
offer teacher preparation that is at best uneven and at worst intellectually thin and ineffectual.
For example, Maine recommends that districts adopt «longevity pay incentives» and create
teacher leader programs in high - poverty schools.54 The plan also states that the Maine Department of
Education will work with
teacher preparation programs to assess the type and level of
preparation afforded to aspiring
teachers wishing to teach in high - poverty schools, isolated schools, and high - risk school settings with the goal of
offering more supports, including housing, loan forgiveness, and housing for
teachers in these types of schools.55
A regionally - accredited institution of higher
education offering a
teacher preparation program for a New Jersey instructional certificate, and the
preparation program for any person seeking an instructional certificate through the State's alternate route program, shall incorporate programming on the subject of information literacy, as that term is defined in section 1 of P.L., c. (C.)(pending before the Legislature as this bill).
The state of Tennessee
offers a number of approved educational options, with numerous schools and
teacher preparation programs in the state approved by the Tennessee Department of
Education.
On October 11, a TeachStrong event was hosted by the Curry School of
Education at the University of Virginia to
offer solutions to concerns in the state about the
preparation of novice
teachers.
A pair of webinars last month
offered an overview of how and why content knowledge for teaching (CKT) can be embedded in
education course work, looking particularly at the
preparation of elementary
teachers in English / language arts (ELA) and mathematics.
The Florida Department of
Education echoed these requirements for exemplary professional practitioners in the Florida Educators Accomplished Practices (Florida
Education Standards Commission, 1999), a document
offering 12 standards, in which all preservice
teachers in state - approved
teacher preparation programs must demonstrate proficiency prior to certification.
The College of
Education offers initial
teacher preparation programs designed to prepare candidates to meet the Nebraska
teacher certification requirements at the elementary grades, middle grades, and secondary levels.
Fully fund Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act, which provides resources for states and districts to strengthen
teacher and principal
preparation programs; reform educator certification and licensure requirements; develop career advancement initiatives for
teachers; and
offer professional learning opportunities for
teacher leaders and principals.
In 2013, the average minimum GPA requirement for entrance into such a program
offering a bachelor's degree in
education was 2.6.9 This requirement is well below the 3.24 average GPA of the students who are actually admitted into
teacher preparation programs, 10 demonstrating that programs are not adopting rigorous selection processes.
Focusing on the NETS - T, project staff
offered or facilitated multiple opportunities for general
education faculty members,
teacher education faculty members, and K - 12
teachers to learn to infuse technology standards across the entire elementary and secondary
teacher preparation programs and provided opportunities for preservice
teachers to meet and demonstrate the technology standards.
As a leader with more than 25 years» experience working in
education and government, she currently oversees public policy related to
teacher preparation and licensing and directs an agency that awards over 250,000 credentials per year and accredits more than 250 colleges, universities, and local
education agencies
offering educator
preparation programs.
Many elite colleges and universities no longer
offer undergraduate
teacher preparation programs, and many
teacher preparation programs are housed within less selective colleges.5 Nonetheless, the academic profiles of teaching candidates in regional comprehensive universities are high relative to other programs
offered in those schools.6 Furthermore, many
teacher preparation programs do not have admission criteria beyond those of their home institution, and only have access to a pool of candidates already admitted to the overarching college or university.7 For these reasons among others, the average SAT scores of students going into
education have historically been lower than those of their peers entering other professions, although there is some evidence that this is shifting.8
Educator
Preparation Institutes such as
Teachers of Tomorrow
offer guidance and resources needed for state test
preparation, including Subject Area Exams, the Professional
Education Test, and the GKT — which only has a 30 % pass rate right now.
Assistant Professor of Practice — Math Department Duties (Focus on elementary
teacher preparation).5 FTE (90 % teaching, 10 % service) Typical load: 2 courses per semester Duties: The successful candidate will be expected to assume a leadership role with respect to the Mathematics department's courses for pre-service elementary teachers, maintaining a partnership with the Department of Teaching Learning and Teacher Education (TLTE) to ensure both the quality of the department's offerings and the professional development of graduate teaching assi
teacher preparation).5 FTE (90 % teaching, 10 % service) Typical load: 2 courses per semester Duties: The successful candidate will be expected to assume a leadership role with respect to the Mathematics department's courses for pre-service elementary
teachers, maintaining a partnership with the Department of Teaching Learning and
Teacher Education (TLTE) to ensure both the quality of the department's offerings and the professional development of graduate teaching assi
Teacher Education (TLTE) to ensure both the quality of the department's
offerings and the professional development of graduate teaching assistants.
All accredited California schools that
offer degrees in early childhood
education also
offer some form of
teacher preparation for both the Elementary Teaching Credential and the Secondary Teaching Credential.
In Transforming Teaching, the National
Education Association called for a career continuum based on national professional teaching standards that guide
preparation and
teacher performance assessments completed before licensure.8 In Raising the Bar, the American Federation of
Teachers called for a «bar exam» for teaching that
offers a nationally available performance assessment for licensure, along with evidence of competence in the subject area and strong clinical training.9
TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS: The Aspiring Educators will work with the Quality Education Standing Committee of WEAC to develop recommendations related to teacher preparation programs offered throughout the state to be provided to the WEAC Pre
TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAMS: The Aspiring Educators will work with the Quality Education Standing Committee of WEAC to develop recommendations related to teacher preparation programs offered throughout the state to be provided to the WEAC
PREPARATION PROGRAMS: The Aspiring Educators will work with the Quality
Education Standing Committee of WEAC to develop recommendations related to
teacher preparation programs offered throughout the state to be provided to the WEAC Pre
teacher preparation programs offered throughout the state to be provided to the WEAC
preparation programs
offered throughout the state to be provided to the WEAC President.
Grand Valley State University's College of
Education offers a number of programs to help prospective
teachers achieve their career goals including degrees,
teacher preparation programs, and graduate
teacher certification.
To be eligible for HECSE membership, colleges and universities must operate special
education personnel
preparation programs,
offer Graduate - level special
education teacher preparation programs, prepare special
education leadership personnel at the doctoral level; and have at least five full - time faculty members with doctorates in special
education or similar field.
In addition, most schools / colleges / departments of
education (SCDE) now
offer educational technology courses within the
teacher preparation program to prepare future
teachers and to renew in - service
teachers.