Ironically enough, Butler University's
traditional certification program requires the most student teaching time of any program in the state: 900 hours (a full school year in grades K - 6).
Although no state has abandoned
its traditional certification programs in response to calls for broader recruitment paths into education, all but three states have set up some kind of alternative certification pathway, and the number of alternatively certified teachers has steadily grown.
«We have actively increased recruitment efforts through
traditional certification programs at colleges and universities as well as through alternative routes.»
It's possible that
traditional certification programs and pedagogical training are less necessary for them than they are for the typical teacher.
I am a TFA alumni but I also work closely with young educators from both alternative and
traditional certification programs.
Federal data about the state's accredited teacher preparation programs analyzed by StateImpact show that most Indiana colleges offer
both traditional certification programs as well as «alternative» certification programs.
Not exact matches
Alongside
traditional engineering committees and design - based standards are new and innovative projects ranging from quality and environmental management to standards for the service industry and most recently, for personnel
certification programs.
All
programs within our School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine meet or exceed acupuncture
certification standards and
Traditional Chinese Medicine
certification standards throughout Canada and in many US states.
Initially, I could only find
traditional nutritionist
programs or eating disorder courses, until I discovered IPE's Mind Body Eating Coach
Certification Training.
New Jersey's alternative -
certification plan, which allows prospective teachers to bypass
traditional teacher - training
programs, has attracted nearly 1,000 candidates, one fouth of whom are from the state's parochial and private schools, a state education official reported last week.
Alternative routes to
certification are
programs that prepare people to be public school teachers outside of a
traditional undergraduate or graduate
program.
What makes these
programs particularly interesting is that their founders were leaders from the charter school sector who created their own teacher
certification and master's degree
programs after concluding that the teachers who graduate from most
traditional teacher education
programs lack the skills needed to teach successfully.
In certain universities, the
traditional four - year undergraduate
certification program has been expanded to five years, and it was therefore the five - year
program we reviewed (e.g. Michigan State University).
Researchers at HGSE's Project on the Next Generation of Teachers also found that compared with 6 % of first - career entrants, a greater proportion (19 %) of the mid-career entrants participated in alternative
certification instead of
traditional teacher education
programs.
When the alternative
certification movement began, with the launch of New Jersey's Provisional Teacher
Program in 1983, it famously broke the link between
traditional teacher training and
certification.
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.
We continue to expanding our reach to include even more
traditional and alternative
certification programs.
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.
Indeed, many states have created «alternative -
certification» routes, though many look a whole lot like (and are largely controlled by)
traditional programs.
In addition to reviewing the status of national service
programs, this brief provides examples of some of the myriad ways national service
programs create an infrastructure for
traditional and charter schools; alternative
certification programs for teachers; nonprofit out - of - school - time providers; and other efforts to expand educational opportunity.
Some
traditional educators believe that for - profits, which typically charge around $ 4,000 for a
program leading to
certification, accept applicants with little regard for demand or how they might perform in the classroom.
While the
traditional teacher
certification route - enrolling in and completing a four - year teacher preparation
program - is common across the states, there are a number of different routes an educator can take to become certified and enter the classroom.
For instance, the number of alternative
certification programs, that offer a teaching license without completing a
traditional teacher
certification program, and their graduates have skyrocketed since the Bush administration first published their America 2000 educational strategic plan, widely promoting their use to meet the growing need for certified teachers.
Additionally, in 2013 the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) approved a series of new standards for teacher
certification preparation
programs that hold both
traditional four - year university - based
programs and alternative
certification programs like TFA to the same standards.
The state has created only five alternative
certification routes other than the
traditional method of
certification at an undergraduate university or college: Alternative One requires a
program of professional preparation in education along with a chairperson recommendation, Alternative Two is open for certified teachers from other states, Alternative Three requires a written exam and oral review, Alternative Four requires superintendent recruitment for teaching in high - need areas, and Alternative Five is an on - the - job training option that nevertheless requires a Bachelor's degree.
, Jossey - Bass Publishers, 2005) This book was written for teacher educators in
traditional and alternative
certification programs.
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.
Several characteristics set teacher residency
programs apart from most
traditional teacher preparation and alternative
certification programs.
These examples range from
traditional preparation
programs and alternative
certification providers to state - and district - run
programs and serve teacher candidates as early as high school and as late as midcareer.
The intent of the law was to allow for an alternative to
traditional college teacher - training
programs, but much of the hang - up seems to be the fact that the alternative
certification candidates, by definition, lack the university transcript the board expects to see.
Teacher candidates pursuing a
traditional route to Michigan teacher
certification should hold a bachelor's degree, complete a state - approved teacher preparation
program, and earn passing scores on the state - required tests.
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.
The Foundation for Educational Administration (FEA) has expanded its NJ EXCEL (EXpedited
Certification for Educational Leadership) Program, a state - approved non-traditional program leading to certification for supervisor, principal, school administrator, and director of school counseling services in lieu of traditional graduate studies in educational ad
Certification for Educational Leadership)
Program, a state - approved non-traditional program leading to certification for supervisor, principal, school administrator, and director of school counseling services in lieu of traditional graduate studies in educational administ
Program, a state - approved non-
traditional program leading to certification for supervisor, principal, school administrator, and director of school counseling services in lieu of traditional graduate studies in educational administ
program leading to
certification for supervisor, principal, school administrator, and director of school counseling services in lieu of traditional graduate studies in educational ad
certification for supervisor, principal, school administrator, and director of school counseling services in lieu of
traditional graduate studies in educational administration.
The IndyTeach apprenticeship is for individuals who received a Bachelor's degree but did not undergo a
traditional teacher
certification program at a university.
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.
Are alternative
certification programs as good as, if not better than,
traditional teacher training
programs in preparing teachers for the classroom?
NJEXCEL is an innovative state - approved
program that provides alternatives to the
traditional graduate coursework required for supervisor
certification and the master's degree in educational administration that has been required for principal and school administrator
certification.
John Luczak of Education First — a consulting firm that provides support to districts in implementing school improvement
programs — told the EWA audience that for all of the concern over where teachers are prepared, be it longstanding
traditional universities or online
certification programs, he has found many districts have no idea where their candidates were trained.
Maryland offers four levels of
certification for graduates of
traditional teacher preparation
programs:.
A. Educators who already hold their teaching license and are seeking additional
certification (s) and experience - or - B. Individuals looking to work in the field of education but outside of the
traditional classroom (See «
Program Concentrations» for more information.)
Emily Feistritzer, the founder of TEACH - NOW, an online teacher training and
certification program, said she created it for teachers after she realized that
traditional preparation
programs were not keeping pace with the needs of today's students.
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.
Whether such
programs are run by
traditional teacher preparation
programs, districts, or alternative
certification providers, they have great potential to transform teachers» entry into the teaching profession.
As more and more sources claim that «teaching candidates had not been adequately prepared for» state - mandated tests, the growing sense of dissatisfaction with
traditional teacher
certification programs grows, thus resulting in a diminished interest in teaching from the general public (Harris).
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.
Additionally,
programs that offer alternative routes to
certification other than the
traditional model, such as Teach For America, provide perhaps the ultimate field experience by placing teaching students in classrooms after completing limited training.
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.
While teaching in
traditional district schools is associated with a large investment of time and capital (i.e. teacher
certification testing, joining a teachers» union, etc.), alternative teaching
programs are often seen as a «launch pad» to graduates» careers.