Not exact matches
Men and women who enter teaching through other than
traditional teacher education programs are less academically qualified and less likely to consider teaching their lifelong occupation than those who obtained their
credentials through customary paths, a new report concludes.
While the strengths of experience are often overlooked in education reform, our
teachers also confound the
traditional school belief in
credentials.
A great push is underway in higher education to offer more online learning for
traditional students, nontraditional teaching candidates, and practicing
teachers seeking advanced
credentials.
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.
Unfortunately, according to the US Department of Education's report, Providing Effective
Teachers for All Students: Examples from Five Districts, traditional methods of identifying and promoting educators» effectiveness - such as credentials from education and experience - aren't reliable indicators of a teachers» ability to impact student achi
Teachers for All Students: Examples from Five Districts,
traditional methods of identifying and promoting educators» effectiveness - such as
credentials from education and experience - aren't reliable indicators of a
teachers» ability to impact student achi
teachers» ability to impact student achievement.
Few Guardians entered the profession by alternative routes, instead earning their
credentials in
traditional colleges and universities, under the tutelage of professors who had themselves been classroom
teachers before moving to higher education.