«We have actively increased recruitment efforts
through traditional certification programs at colleges and universities as well as through alternative routes.»
Not exact matches
Traditional teacher - training
programs, which are usually completed
through a college or university, are viewed by most as a vehicle to state
certification: you take a standard list of courses and exit with a license to teach and, in some cases, a degree.
There are great outfits today (examples include Teach For America, the Relay Graduate School of Education, New Leaders for New Schools, and the Broad Fellows
program) that assist talented individuals who want to work in education to gain entry — as teachers, principals, leaders, and so on — without requiring them to pass
through all the
traditional certification hoops.
A federally financed group says that teachers who go
through its alternative -
certification program could produce student outcomes equal to or greater than those of teachers who earn
certification through traditional routes.
The
traditional route to receiving teaching
certification in California is to complete a state - approved teacher education
program from a regionally accredited university and follow
through on these specific credentials.
Candidates for Michigan teacher
certification who are applying for licensure
through the
traditional route must complete a state - approved teacher preparation
program from an accredited institution and hold a bachelor's degree in a teachable subject.
In order to get an initial certificate
through a
traditional teacher preparation
program as an elementary school teacher for grades 1 - 6, a prospective teacher at any of the institutions on this list must complete an NYSED registered
program that has been determined to contain the «studies required» to become a teacher, must be recommended to NYSED by that
program, must pass the state
certification exam, must pass the state content specialty exam for elementary teachers, must pass the externally evaluated performance assessment called edTPA, must take workshops on the Dignity for All Students Act, and pass a criminal background check based on their fingerprints.
Rather than graduating from a
traditional teacher preparation college, TFA recruits complete five weeks of training and become certified
through the state's Alternate Route to
Certification program, administrators said.
Instead of relying solely on individuals who graduate with a degree in education, California offers alternative
certification programs designed to train individuals to teach without going
through the
traditional methods of
certification.
As previously stated, there are many differences between beginning a
traditional teaching career in a district school and entering a classroom
through an alternative teacher
certification program.
of
traditional teacher
certification programs (i.e. passing state tests, taking a political stance
through teachers unions, etc.) when they choose alternative teacher
certification programs.