Unlike traditional
teacher licensure programs, ASPIRE puts teaching careers within reach thru high quality, low - cost, programs that offer on - the - job training while earning a paycheck as a full - time teacher.
Most of
teacher licensure programs are administered by the School of Teacher Education, www.unco.edu/teach, unless otherwise noted.
Addressing the multitude of state mandates for
teacher licensure programs will be of primary importance.
«She will be a strong advocate for NIU teacher candidates and
teacher licensure programs to external agencies and the state.
In
our teacher licensure programs, students spend hundreds of hours in a variety of school settings, beginning as early as their freshman year.
Dr. Finkel's work has included coordinating professional development programs for principals and assistant principals and developing
teacher licensure programs.
As one of the program's 1,169 recipients, Steele fell into the greater category of those who would have chosen an underperforming urban school regardless of the $ 20,000 awarded to those in
a teacher licensure program.
The report is based on Steele's own experience as the recipient of a $ 20,000 Governor's Teaching Fellowship while in a graduate
teacher licensure program at Stanford University.
Please note that the AIE program is not
a teacher licensure program.
The graduate level endorsement program for preparing teachers to work with students with special education needs at K - 12 levels is designed for individuals who have already completed an approved
teachers licensure program in early childhood or elementary / secondary education, and / or who have Master degrees in education OR in an IDEA - designated related services profession.
Candidates in the K - 12 or Secondary Post Baccalaureate
Teacher Licensure Program may apply 12 credits of their program (EDF 500, EDSE 509, EDRD 523, and PSY 500) to the 30 credit MAT in Curriculum Studies Program.
The main purpose of the Praxis I is to determine if you possess the academic skills for success in
a teacher licensure program.
Krissy earned a B.A. in psychology from Minnesota State University, Mankato and completed
her teacher licensure program in special education - EBD at Bemidji State University.
«If you have in your catalog that you must have access to transportation to be in
the teacher licensure program,» Neal asks, «what do you think a scholar looking at your programs will do?»
He then completed his K - 12 Art Education
teacher licensure program at Metropolitan State College of Denver.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
Virginia's alternative route into the profession, the Career Switcher Alternative Route to
Licensure Program, is aimed at nontraditional
teacher - candidates.
The charge followed changes made in 1989 to Vermont's
licensure standards that required all graduates of
teacher - education
programs to have a liberal - arts major by July 1995.
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.
Fourth, big changes are brewing in
teacher preparation and
licensure as ed schools come under fire, as «alternate routes» proliferate, as
programs like Teach For America get greater traction, and as more attention is paid to what a
teacher knows about her subject than to what pedagogy courses she took in college.
In fact, we might get more academically qualified and pedagogically effective
teachers if we simply eliminated completion of an approved
program from
licensure requirements.
Alternative routes to
licensure outside of higher education: According to a 2010 U.S. Department of Education report, 8 percent of
teacher preparation
programs were designated as «alternative, not based in institutions of higher education,» provided instead by for - profit or nonprofit organizations.
Licensure rules in many states hamstring experimentation by requiring that
teacher training
programs be run by universities.
The Bachelor of Science in Education / Early Childhood is an undergraduate degree
program intended to prepare students with no prior teaching experience for initial
teacher licensure.
The Bachelor of Arts in Education (BSED) with a specialization in Early Childhood Education is an undergraduate degree
program preparing candidates for
teacher licensure in the field of early childhood (birth to age eight / grade 3).
The Bachelor of Science in Education / Elementary Education is an undergraduate degree
program intended to prepare students with no prior teaching experience for initial
teacher licensure.
-- Project Promise — How one fast - track
teacher -
licensure program is preparing mid-career professionals to become
teachers.
HTF is a combined fellowship and Master's
program from the Harvard Graduate School of Educaiton (HGSE), offering Harvard College seniors and alumni a fully funded
teacher licensure / certification pathway and a paid year - long teaching placement; additionally, Fellows have the opportunity to earn a majority - funded Ed.M from HGSE during their teaching placement, and receive continuous coaching and support throughout the
program.
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
Suzanne Wilson from the University of Connecticut and Brian Rowan from the University of Michigan discussed the different options and ideas regarding
teacher preparation accountability, and considered:
program accreditation,
program approval,
teacher licensure, and the impact of
teacher preparation.
Our session, titled «Cultivating Literacy Achievement Through Quality
Teacher Preparation,» touched on current
program - improvement efforts, revision of the ILA standards for
program recognition, variations in
licensure requirements across the country, and policy - related challenges.
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Teacher Training Title I Title III / ELL Center WSPEI (Parent Support)
For example, the IDOE provides a web - based recruitment portal to provide streamlined sharing of
teacher candidate information for more thoughtful hiring practices, as well as encourages high standards for preparation and
licensure in addition to «transition to teaching»
programs such as the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships, Teach For America, and TNTP's Indianapolis Teaching Fellows.51 Notably,
teacher candidates must pass three subject - specific assessments before entering an educator preparation
program (EPP), and EPPs must report extensive data collected on
teachers using data matrix reporting.
When New Jersey expanded its preschool
program, for example, it created multiple pathways to
licensure, including more
teacher preparation
programs, a post-baccalaureate degree for
teachers with bachelor's degrees in other fields, and scholarships for current early educators to gain greater knowledge and skill.
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.
About CESA 7
Programs & Services Partners Academic Decathlon Administration Alternative High School Alternative
Licensure Program Assistive Technology Early Learning / 4 - K Educational Technology Services Educator Effectiveness Center ELL / Title III Center ETP - NEW Head Start Literacy Center Mathematics NEWIST Northeast Wisconsin Online Network Pupil Services Department Regional Computer Center Resource Center RtI Safe and Healthy Schools / Communities School Improvement Services Science Center Search Service ShoreNet Spelling Bee Substitute
Teacher Training Title I Title III / ELL Center WSPEI (Parent Support)
Massachusetts collects data on these
programs and publishes a report detailing best practices and lessons learned.35 Stakeholders instituting or considering such reforms should study these reports to identify how to link preservice requirements,
licensure, and new
teacher supports such as induction and mentoring
programs.
Students in this degree
program prepare for Massachusetts initial
teacher licensure and further strengthen their chosen academic fields.
The TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages)
Program offers a six - course, 26 - credit add - on license pathway that allows MAT students in content - specific areas (e.g., English Education, Social Studies Education, Mathematics Education, and Science Education to meet requirements for a Massachusetts
licensure endorsement as
Teacher of English Language Learners (ESL).
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.
The recommendations called for revamped
teacher preparation
programs, higher standards for
teacher licensure and certification, greater time for professional development, and targeted professional learning opportunities to address
teacher needs.
The
teacher preparation
program includes two components: initial
licensure and completion of the M.Ed.
Preservice
teachers enter the 15 - month initial
licensure program as a cohort, completing coursework including a three - course, subject - specific methods sequence with extensive supervised practicum and student teaching experiences in both middle and high school settings.
In brief, they include raising admission standards for
teacher - preparation
programs, making
licensure contingent on candidates» demonstration of specific skills, and overhauling their process for approving
programs.
The College's special education
program has won multiple awards, and
licensure programs are available for elementary, middle, and secondary
teachers.
The effects of participation in the
licensure program on
teacher performance in TIN have not been explored.
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 &m
licensure course sequence and necessary state tests will lead to Massachusetts Early Childhood
Teacher of Students With or Without Disabilities Initial
Licensure (Pre-K &m
Licensure (Pre-K — 2).