Sentences with phrase «state teacher licensure»

Making adjustments to state teacher licensure requirements to allow teaching candidates to demonstrate their competency through rigorous but more authentic performance assessments, such as the edTPA, that do not have the degree of racial disparity in pass rates that traditional exams have had.

Middle School and High School English Teachers in Gary, IN Provide high - quality English instruction... Requirements • Indiana state teacher licensure / certification with appropriate 5 - 12 endorsement (s...

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Nora will be in the states in February 2011 as she is working towards her Licensure as a Teacher Trainer with Loving Touch.

Many of the teachers, who may have had some teaching experience in their native China, are working under limited state licenses while they complete coursework for full licensure.

Arch is a graduate of Wright State University and completed his teacher licensure at the University of Dayton.

In addition, for the state's second, more advanced level of licensure, evaluation teams of two or three state - trained professionals review portfolios and videotaped lessons submitted by teachers.

Currently, teachers» passing rates on the state's performance - assessment system for second - stage licensure are tracked by institution and become part of the accountability system for those institutions.

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.

Seductive and reasonable as it sounds to wrest teacher standards and licensure from the bureaucratic grip of the state - after all, lawyers do much the same thing through the bar association - in reality these structures nearly always turn out to be dominated by teacher unionists and ed school faculty.

Two arguments support maintaining a connection between state requirements for licensure and the programs that prepare teachers to stand for licensure, whether those programs are housed in higher - education institutions, in school districts, in other organizations, or in collaboratives involving any combination of groups.

In most professions, eligibility for advanced certification is determined by three coordinated «screens:» graduation from a nationally accredited professional program, successful performance on a written examination (in teaching, most frequently the National Teacher Examination), and state licensure.

The problem with many states» licensure requirements has been that they have not been thoughtfully developed as a coherent picture of what teachers need to know in order to be effective.

Also launched in 1987 was the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC), a group of state education departments, universities, and national education groups that seeks to reform teacher preparation, licensure, and professional develTeacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC), a group of state education departments, universities, and national education groups that seeks to reform teacher preparation, licensure, and professional develteacher preparation, licensure, and professional development.

The focus on licensing standards got a boost from the work of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, even though the National Board was concerned more with certifying accomplished teachers than with state licensure.

In particular, states appear to have taken a wait - and - see attitude about changing their accountability systems or their requirements for teacher licensure to bring them into line with the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

With RTTT, Tennessee is stepping around this problem: they are now developing online instruction in the use of TVAAS, and a new State Board of Education policy has relaxed restrictions on alternative teacher licensure.

Was the White House more concerned that the law might stifle nontraditional teacher recruitment and licensure or that the arrangements gave states too much room to game the provisions for veteran teachers?

Under the federal No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, to be considered highly qualified, teachers must have: 1) a bachelor's degree, 2) full state certification or licensure, and 3) prove that they know each subject they teach.

All beginning teachers in the state also take part in an initial - licensure program that includes three years of mentoring, two of which the state pays for, as well as an evaluation of each teacher's classroom performance by a team of local experts.

In a new book, An Empty Curriculum: The Need to Reform Teacher Licensing Regulations and Tests, (Rowman and Littlefield: 2015), I make the case, with empirical support wherever possible, that the revision of the licensing system for each stage in a teaching career and the construction of new or more demanding teacher licensure tests contributed significantly to the long - lasting effects of the state's first - class staTeacher Licensing Regulations and Tests, (Rowman and Littlefield: 2015), I make the case, with empirical support wherever possible, that the revision of the licensing system for each stage in a teaching career and the construction of new or more demanding teacher licensure tests contributed significantly to the long - lasting effects of the state's first - class stateacher licensure tests contributed significantly to the long - lasting effects of the state's first - class standards.

As a result, it has been difficult for observers to determine which factor or group of factors was most responsible for these gains: a revised and strengthened licensing system; revised or new licensure tests; the use of first - rate standards in most classrooms, in annual state student tests, and in the professional development programs all teachers took for license renewal; and / or the major changes in K - 12 governance and finance introduced by the Massachusetts Education Reform Act of 1993.

An analysis by Paul Peterson and Daniel Nadler found that states that encourage alternative licensure have greater diversity in their teacher pools, for example (see «What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative Certification?&states that encourage alternative licensure have greater diversity in their teacher pools, for example (see «What Happens When States Have Genuine Alternative Certification?&States Have Genuine Alternative Certification?»

Licensure rules in many states hamstring experimentation by requiring that teacher training programs be run by universities.

When nearly 60 percent of the would - be teachers who took Massachusetts» first - ever licensure exam flunked last year, the shock waves reverberated throughout the state and beyond.

While state governments have had a heavy hand in teacher preparation, licensure, and certification policy for over a century (American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, 1990; Hawley, 1990), states have traditionally delegated teacher tenure and evaluation policy to localities, often in conjunction with local collective bargaining units (Ballou, 2000; Cohen - Vogel & Osborne - Lampkin, 2007; Hannaway & Rotherham, 2006; Hungerford & Blom, 2014; Strunk,teacher preparation, licensure, and certification policy for over a century (American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, 1990; Hawley, 1990), states have traditionally delegated teacher tenure and evaluation policy to localities, often in conjunction with local collective bargaining units (Ballou, 2000; Cohen - Vogel & Osborne - Lampkin, 2007; Hannaway & Rotherham, 2006; Hungerford & Blom, 2014; Strunk,Teacher Education, 1990; Hawley, 1990), states have traditionally delegated teacher tenure and evaluation policy to localities, often in conjunction with local collective bargaining units (Ballou, 2000; Cohen - Vogel & Osborne - Lampkin, 2007; Hannaway & Rotherham, 2006; Hungerford & Blom, 2014; Strunk,teacher tenure and evaluation policy to localities, often in conjunction with local collective bargaining units (Ballou, 2000; Cohen - Vogel & Osborne - Lampkin, 2007; Hannaway & Rotherham, 2006; Hungerford & Blom, 2014; Strunk, 2012).

The bill eliminates the requirement that teachers be «highly qualified» and instead requires that they meet applicable state requirements for certification and licensure.

As licensure requirements may vary by state, it is the student's responsibility to ascertain and meet licensure requirements in any state in which the student desires to practice and to contact the applicable state educator licensure agency to verify current requirements to become a licensed teacher.

Teachers in charter schools need not hold an active state license to begin teaching, though they must pass the Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure within the first year of employment.

Of particular interest are the report's points about the variation in state cut scores for licensure tests (like Praxis), the need for smarter recruitment efforts for potential school leaders, and the teacher - prep path taken by Finland.

NCLB required that all of the nation's public school teachers be «highly qualified» by the end of 2005 — 06 and set as a standard that they have a bachelor's degree, meet state licensure requirements, and demonstrate competence in a core subject.

Most charters are union - free and in some cases free from state licensure of principals and teachers.

Variation at the state - level — involving tuition rates, state scholarships, and licensure requirements, among other things — makes it important for school counselors, teachers, and other academic advisors to be aware of the opportunities and restrictions available to DACA - enrolled young people in their localities.

The center will help states review and reform their certification and licensure standards so they reflect the knowledge and skills teachers need to serve students with disabilities in inclusive classroom settings.

The superintendent's HR office does most of the vetting and placing, but it is shackled by the contract, by state licensure practices (which may be set by an «independent» — and probably union and ed - school dominated — professional - standards board), by seniority rules that are probably enshrined in both contract and state law, and by uniform salary schedules that mean the new teacher (assuming similar «credentials») will be paid the same fixed amount whether the subject most needed at Lincoln is math or music.

The state does not use performance assessments, such as classroom observations or portfolios, to evaluate teachers already in the classroom and determine whether they may move to an advanced stage of licensure.

Although online learning makes it possible for the best online teachers to live in any state of their choosing and simultaneously serve students across the entire country, the requirements for gaining additional state licensures often limit them to teaching only in the state where they physically reside — or, at most, in a small handful of states for which they have completed the licensure transfer process.

Most states have some form of licensure reciprocity policies in place that allows a teacher who is licensed in one state to gain an additional licensure in a new state.

(Minn.) Lawmakers in Minnesota are reworking the state's teacher licensure system from the ground up in a bipartisan effort to address long standing teacher shortages in career technical education.

The college, which currently serves more than 21,720, prepares students for licensure in all 50 states and is ranked among the nation's top one percent of secondary math education programs by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ).

This model will include career pathways that do not require teacher leaders to leave the classroom; flexible classroom schedules and differentiated compensation; and alignment with the state's licensure system and the district's mentoring and induction programs.13

It summarizes trends in state requirements regarding ECE teachers with bachelor's degrees and specialized certification, licensure, or endorsements of pre-K teachers.

Maine's ESSA plan states that in order to ensure that all students have access to excellent educators, all the systems in place to support teachers — including the procedures, programs, and operators responsible for recruitment and selection; preparation and licensure; professional learning and growth; compensation; and career pathways — must be aligned and part of a common framework.

Wisconsin considers certification from all other states, as long as the applicant completed a teacher preparation program with requirements comparable to Wisconsin's, offered by a regionally accredited institution, that is approved by the other state and qualifies the applicant for licensure in the other state.

State officials believe that 25 % of novice teachers will opt into microcredentialing to complement other more traditional options as their route to obtain the professional development points required for licensure advancement.

Successful completion of the Early Childhood Program licensure course sequence and necessary state tests will lead to Massachusetts Early Childhood Teacher of Students With or Without Disabilities Initial Licensure (Pre-K &mlicensure course sequence and necessary state tests will lead to Massachusetts Early Childhood Teacher of Students With or Without Disabilities Initial Licensure (Pre-K &mLicensure (Pre-K — 2).

Allow full teacher licensure reciprocity, which would allow star teachers in other states to teach in students in through online learning and virtual schools.

National Board Certification is a voluntary process for teachers that is designed to complement initial state licensure.

Because of the variations within highly qualified teacher definitions and state licensure systems, the data is unreliable when it is compared across states.

The Nebraska Department of Education is responsible for teacher licensure and certification in the state.

Highly Qualified Teachers Enrolled in Programs Providing Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification or Licensure (2015) summarizes state - and district - level data on the numbers of full - time equivalent (FTE) highly qualified teachers who were enrolled in alternative route programs for three groups of teachers --(1) all teachers, (2) special education teachers, and (3) teachers in language instruction educational programs for English learners (ELs) under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)-- as well as for teachers in high - poverty and rural school diTeachers Enrolled in Programs Providing Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification or Licensure (2015) summarizes state - and district - level data on the numbers of full - time equivalent (FTE) highly qualified teachers who were enrolled in alternative route programs for three groups of teachers --(1) all teachers, (2) special education teachers, and (3) teachers in language instruction educational programs for English learners (ELs) under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)-- as well as for teachers in high - poverty and rural school diteachers who were enrolled in alternative route programs for three groups of teachers --(1) all teachers, (2) special education teachers, and (3) teachers in language instruction educational programs for English learners (ELs) under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)-- as well as for teachers in high - poverty and rural school diteachers --(1) all teachers, (2) special education teachers, and (3) teachers in language instruction educational programs for English learners (ELs) under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)-- as well as for teachers in high - poverty and rural school diteachers, (2) special education teachers, and (3) teachers in language instruction educational programs for English learners (ELs) under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)-- as well as for teachers in high - poverty and rural school diteachers, and (3) teachers in language instruction educational programs for English learners (ELs) under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)-- as well as for teachers in high - poverty and rural school diteachers in language instruction educational programs for English learners (ELs) under Title III of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA)-- as well as for teachers in high - poverty and rural school diteachers in high - poverty and rural school districts.