According to Profile of Teachers in the U.S. 2011, a report from of the National Center for Education Information, 16 % of the nation's public school
teachers entered the profession through an alternate route like the one Cruzan followed.
The state's requirements for
teachers entering the profession through its alternative route are similarly stringent.
Presenter: John Foster, NOCTI The NRCCTE is developing two professional development models focused on improving secondary CTE that address: supporting
teachers entering the profession through alternative routes and the use of technical assessment data to drive instructional improvement and student achievement.
Teachers entering the profession through an approved Alternate Route Training Program can also have a 2.75 GPA or higher.
The NRCCTE is developing two professional development models focused on improving secondary CTE that address: supporting
teachers entering the profession through alternative routes and the use of technical assessment data to drive instructional improvement and student achievement.
Not exact matches
In contrast, the alternative pathway that requires prospective
teachers to take courses that are not transferable to other fields yields
teachers who are less effective at boosting student test scores than either traditional - route
teachers or
teachers who
entered the
profession through other alternative pathways.
I became an administrator so I could guide young
teachers entering our
profession and help them get
through much of the bureaucratic red tape that gets in their way.
It is now possible to provide some answers to these questions by exploring the relative effectiveness of recently hired New York City public school
teachers who
entered the
profession through alternate routes.
The study from the Washington - based American Board for Certification of
Teacher Excellence tested 55 veteran
teachers from Tennessee who
entered the
profession through traditional routes.
Another nontraditional way to
enter the teaching
profession is by teaching in a charter school, which does not require full licensure in many states but may require candidates to go
through other hiring and selection processes.71
Teachers of color are better represented in charter schools: 30 percent of all charter school teachers are teachers of color, compared with 18 percent of traditional public school tea
Teachers of color are better represented in charter schools: 30 percent of all charter school
teachers are teachers of color, compared with 18 percent of traditional public school tea
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teachers of color, compared with 18 percent of traditional public school
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Just as important is support for universities to recruit, incentivize, and develop the strongest undergraduates to
enter the teaching
profession and be properly trained how to teach
through residency programs where future
teachers are under the tutelage of master
teachers in actual classrooms.
Teachers who
enter the
profession through alternate routes are 25 % more likely to leave the
profession than those who have had full preparation.
Secondary math
teachers who
enter the
profession through TFA helped their students learn more in mathematics than colleagues who
entered teaching
through a less - selective fast - track program or a traditional, university - based program.
Even though more than 2,000
teachers are
entering the
profession through this pipeline, it may take several years for them to complete a program.