Sentences with phrase «teacher preparation policies over»

In total, 33 states have made «significant improvements» to teacher preparation policies over the last two years, according to the report, the group's second annual study of teacher colleges.

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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).

In Smith's model, as it was refined over time, curriculum standards serve as the fulcrum for educational reform implemented based on state decisions; state policy elites aim to create excellence in the classroom using an array of policy levers and knobs — all aligned back to the standards — including testing, textbook adoption, teacher preparation, teacher certification and evaluation, teacher training, goals and timetables for school test score improvement, and state accountability based on those goals and timetables.

The Title II program awarded and supported over 90 competitive grants to states and to partnerships of universities and high need schools to improve the quality of teacher preparation policy and practice in the United States.

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.

Enrollment in the state's teacher preparation programs has declined more than 70 percent over the past decade, according to the Learning Policy Institute.

By Rachel S. White While state governments have had a heavy hand in teacher preparation, licensure, and certification policy for over a century (American Association of Colleges -LSB-...]