The new requirements would have states report
annually on teacher preparation programs — including alternative certification programs — based on employment outcomes, new teacher and employer feedback, student learning outcomes, and assurance of specialized accreditation.
Abstract: Extensive research shows that a teacher's initial performance is a meaningful predictor of future performance, making a teacher's first year critical to their development and putting more
responsibility on teacher preparation programs to produce teachers with the skills to be effective from day one.
During the all - day summit, E4E members pointed to recruitment efforts as a prime area of opportunity to help close the teacher diversity gap in light of several state legislative
bills on teacher preparation programs raised by House and Senate leaders within the last month.
One Year Cap on Teacher Prep Programs up for Debate Growing
demands on teacher preparation programs to cover all the necessary topics and issues needed to produce world - class educators have drawn new attention to the state law that restricts the training time to just one year.