While I completed my teacher preparation program three decades ago, I still reflect on its value and where I am as a teacher today.
The Limited License to Instruct program is designed to prepare experienced professionals to teach in critical shortage areas in Detroit schools
while completing a teacher preparation program.
Not exact matches
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.
A «grow - your - own» approach where, after a three - month orientation
program, applicants become
teachers of record
while completing a
preparation program;
Montana offers a Class 5 alternative license which lasts for three years
while a candidate
completes a valid
teacher preparation program and / or the requisite coursework.
Those who are seeking to teach at the high school level and do not
complete a
teacher preparation program while earning their bachelor's degree will typically return to school for an alternative route
teacher certification
program or a master's degree in education.
Although some
preparation programs require that students
complete as many as 600 clinical training hours through student teaching, other
programs — which are all low - quality alternative certification
programs — report that their students did not
complete any clinical training hours.25 Even the most intensive
teacher preparation experiences pale in comparison with the 10,000 hours of deliberate practice that researchers say are needed to develop expertise in any given field.26
While there are isolated examples of excellent clinical residency models that provide students with ample time to practice their skills in a classroom setting, 27 there is not an entire system that supports this approach.
Teachers can either earn a provisional license by
completing their B.A. through a state - approved
teacher -
preparation program, or they can earn a lateral - entry license by
completing their B.A. and then taking the
teacher -
preparation courses
while working in a preschool classroom.