Sentences with phrase «traditional teacher training colleges»

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They have prepared many college teachers, leaders of the ecumenical and other interdenominational enterprises, and have trained men and women for other special types of ministry which do not fit readily into the traditional pattern of theological education.

After studying teacher training at Boston College, Hristic spent a few years teaching in Massachusetts, first at an alternative high school for «behaviorally and emotionally challenged students, but also students so bright and brilliant they were bored out of their minds in a traditional setting,» he says.

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.

He rightly identifies the success of Teach for America as a comment on the comparative mediocrity of so many other teachers trained in traditional teacher colleges.

The bulk of teachers are still trained in traditional undergraduate colleges of education, which have borne the majority of criticisms.

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.

The win for the bill's supporters in the Legislature: The new training programs will not be required to operate under the watch of the state's traditional teacher colleges, only to exchange information once a year about best practices.

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.

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.

And you can believe that graduates of traditional teacher education programs (who spend 4 to 5 years studying their content area, pedagogy, learning theories, child development, and gaining experience in school classrooms working with actual students and practicing teachers) aren't as «good» as the graduates of elite colleges and universities (who didn't major in education and only get a few weeks of training before entering the classroom.)