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.
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).
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.
The IndyTeach apprenticeship is for individuals who received a Bachelor's degree but did not undergo
a traditional teacher certification program at a university.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
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 certifi
Teacher Program in 1983, it famously broke the link between
traditional teacher training and certifi
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.
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.
It's possible that
traditional certification programs and pedagogical training are less necessary for them than they are for the typical
teacher.
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.
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.
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
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
teacher certification should hold a bachelor's degree, complete a state - approved
teacher preparation program, and earn passing scores on the state - required
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.
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?
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:.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.