Download or read book A Growing Trend To Address the Teacher Shortage Alternative Certification Policy Brief written by Marga Mikulecky and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alternative certification" is a general term for nontraditional avenues that lead to teacher licensure. Alternative teacher certification programs (ACPs) are generally geared toward aspiring teachers who already have a baccalaureate degree but who require additional education methods coursework and classroom experience. Such programs vary in requirements and sophistication and can be administered at the federal, state or district levels. This document examines the history of Alternative Certification and program requirements. There is a section on the quality of Alternative Certification programs and the lack of research.
Download or read book Alternative Certification written by Marga Mickulecky and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alternative certification" is a general term for non-traditional avenues that lead to teacher licensure. Alternative teacher certification programs (ACPs) are generally geared towards aspiring teachers who already have a baccalaureate degree but who require additional education methods coursework and classroom experience. Such programs vary in requirements and sophistication and can be administered at the federal, state or district levels. ACPs appeal to prospective teachers and to state education officials dealing with teacher shortages because they typically can be completed in a shorter time frame and may be more affordable than traditional education degree programs. A key component of most alternative certification programs is their flexible or compressed scheduling, with many courses offered in the evenings and on weekends, making them more accessible to participants who are currently working. This policy brief gives detailed information on alternative certification.
Download or read book Reforming Teacher Education written by Sheila Nataraj Kirby and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher education has been subject to both scathing criticism and innumerable efforts designed to reform it or to save it from being dismantled. One of the latest and most well funded efforts aimed at teacher education reform is boldly titled Teachers for a New Era (TNE). Eleven colleges and universities of various types nationwide were selected to participate in TNE. The TNE initiative emphasizes evidence-based decisionmaking, close collaboration between education and arts and sciences faculty, and teaching as an academically taught clinical-practice profession. The RAND Corporation and the M.
Download or read book The Alternative Certification of Teachers written by ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education, Washington, DC. and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Criticisms of teacher education, the low economic and political costs of trying to reform schools by reforming teacher education, along with the difficulty of filling some teaching positions with persons certified in traditional ways, have fueled a movement to create alternative routes to teacher certification in the vast majority of states. This monograph seeks to inform the ongoing policy debate over when and for what purposes alternative certification of teachers should be employed and to develop lessons that might lead to increasing the effectiveness of both alternative certification and traditional programs of teacher preparation. Following an introduction, the publication consists of six articles: (1) "The Theory and Practice of Alternative Certification: Implications for the Improvement of Teaching" (Willis D. Hawley); (2) "Alternative Certification in Connecticut: Reshaping the Profession" (Traci Bliss); (3) "Alternative Certification: State Policies in the SREB (Southern Regional Education Board) States" (Lynn M. Cornett); (4) "Los Angeles Unified School District Intern Program: Recruiting and Preparing Teachers for an Urban Context" (Trish Stoddart); (5) "Teaching and Knowledge: Policy Issues Posed by Alternate Certification for Teachers" (Linda Darling-Hammond); and (6) "The Place of Alternative Certification in the Education of Teachers" (Gary D. Fenstermacher). Selected references for each chapter are included. (LL)
Download or read book Cultivating Demand for the Arts written by Laura Zakaras and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to cultivate demand for the arts? Why is it important and necessary to do so? What can state arts agencies and other arts and education policymakers do to make it happen? The authors set out a framework for thinking about supply and demand in the arts and identify the roles that different factors, particularly arts learning, play in increasing demand for the arts.
Download or read book Alternative Certification for Science Teachers written by Yijie Zhao and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this paper is to review literature on the alternative certification policy so as to identify key features and issues as the basis for suggesting a more systematic approach to the study of the policy efforts. Alternative teacher certification has become a proliferating phenomenon in the United States in response to current and projected widespread teacher shortages. The growth of alternative certification, while rapid, has not been systematic and there is little agreement on how to define, structure and ensure quality control across a diverse array of programs. In the course of nearly 20 years of implementation of alternative certification, the policy landscape has been dominated by a myriad of definitions and programs, intense debate about the professional legitimacy of the solution, and mixed, inconclusive and even contradictory research in terms of the effectiveness of such programs. Although the projected severe nationwide teacher shortages have not materialized in general, such shortages do exist in specific localities and specialties, indicating that teacher distribution rather than production is the issue. Nevertheless, despite the endeavor to solve the generic teacher production problem at the macro level, alternative teacher certification has been criticized for having fallen short of addressing teacher distribution and retention at the micro level, that is, in most hard-to-staff schools in urban and rural areas and in high-need subject areas, such as mathematics and science, English as a second language, bilingual education, and special education, and for teachers of color and male teachers. Given the complexity of issues, the continued growth, and the on-going investment of public resources associated with alternative teacher certification, a comprehensive, in depth and systematic descriptive analysis is needed to help evaluate the effectiveness of the policy in addressing teacher supply and demand, teacher production and distribution. Classification of Alternative Routes is appended.
Download or read book Alternate Routes to Teaching written by C. Emily Feistritzer and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2008 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes alternative routes to teaching, covering how they were developed, national programs, and state certification requirements.
Download or read book The Interpretation and Implementation of Policies Affecting Alternative Certification Programs written by Ethan Bradley Heinen and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research study examined the ways in which state-level education policies are interpreted and implemented within and across individual programs. Implementation plays an important role in the policymaking process, and program agents often have significant latitude in how programs are administered. As a result, policies are often substantively different across sites despite sharing common policy mandates. However, literature focusing on the implementation and interpretation of state education policies is relatively scarce. Specifically, this project focused on policies and other factors affecting alternative certification in Missouri, and the ways in which these policies are put into practice at particular sites. A multiple-case study design was used to frame this study, and research focused on five purposefully selected sites across the state. Methods consistent with grounded theory were used to facilitate data collection and analysis. A program-theory based evaluation model was used to examine program logics, structures, philosophies, and underlying assumptions, in addition to testing theory drawn from related literature. Based on these data, alternative teacher certification programs (ATCPs) emerged as a unique policy response to alleviate the perceived teacher shortage. These programs are a response to market-forces and focus primarily on short-term goals (e.g. enrollment, satisfying district officials) rather than long-term goals (e.g. teacher quality). These programs depend on high levels of discretion as allocated by the state education agency and are significantly influenced by district officials (i.e. principals and superintendents). This study has important implications for state level officials, policymakers, district officials, and program coordinators, and questions traditional assumptions about college and university-based teacher preparation programs.
Download or read book Alternative Route to Teaching in the USA What It Is and Why We Need It written by Sajid Ali Yousuf Zai and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-12-28 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, University of Arkansas, course: Ph.D, language: English, abstract: This brief is going to discuss the importance of licensing teachers, the policy background and what alternative teaching certification is. This brief will then discuss the rationale of using alternative teaching certification. The objective of this brief is to continue to support that traditional programs as it is good strategy in preparing trained teachers and in meanwhile encouraging alternative programs to develop. This brief also gives empirical evidence on that we need both traditional programs and alternative programs. At the end, this brief will provide some suggestions for policy makers.
Download or read book Alternatives Yes lower Standards No written by Association of Teacher Educators and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Teacher Wars written by Dana Goldstein and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking history of 175 years of American education that brings the lessons of the past to bear on the dilemmas we face today—and brilliantly illuminates the path forward for public schools. “[A] lively account." —New York Times Book Review In The Teacher Wars, a rich, lively, and unprecedented history of public school teaching, Dana Goldstein reveals that teachers have been embattled for nearly two centuries. She uncovers the surprising roots of hot button issues, from teacher tenure to charter schools, and finds that recent popular ideas to improve schools—instituting merit pay, evaluating teachers by student test scores, ranking and firing veteran teachers, and recruiting “elite” graduates to teach—are all approaches that have been tried in the past without producing widespread change.
Download or read book Teacher Certification Systems Policy Brief written by Hilda Heine and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between good teaching and student achievement elevates the importance of teacher quality in the eyes of parents, educators, and policymakers. While some teachers may have a special gift to help students learn, good teaching encompasses critical elements, such as knowledge of the learning process, child development, teacher experiences, academic ability, and content knowledge. The notion of "highly qualified teachers" is the backbone of recently enacted U.S. federal legislations such as the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (NCLB) and other similar initiatives. Teacher preparation is instrumental in improving performance of all students. This policy brief reviews current research, policies, and practices in teacher certification systems with the purpose of assisting regional policymakers in examining their own systems, addressing necessary changes, and proposing policy changes to their own legislatures, parliaments, or governing boards. Appended are: (1) INTASC Model Standards for Beginning Teachers; and (2) Exemplary Alternative Teacher Certification Programs. (Contains 2 figures, 8 tables, and 15 endnotes.).
Download or read book The Case for Alternative Teacher Certification written by Camacia Smith-Ross and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings to the forefront a very important issue and questions in reference to alternative certification. Due to increased requirements, it has been difficult to produce and graduate qualified teachers through teacher education programs producing a shortage of qualified teachers.Given the issue, the book addresses the impact of alternative certification programs.
Download or read book District Leadership That Works written by Robert J. Marzano and published by Solution Tree Press. This book was released on 2009-11-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridge the great divide between distanced administrative duties and daily classroom impact. This book introduces a top-down power mechanism called defined autonomy, a concept that focuses on district-defined, nonnegotiable, common goals and a system of accountability supported by assessment tools. Defined autonomy creates an effective balance of centralized direction and individualized empowerment that allows building-level staff the stylistic freedom to respond quickly and effectively to student failure.
Download or read book Ensuring Quality Teachers Through Alternative Certification Programs written by Carol Ruckel and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Latinization of U S Schools written by Jason Irizarry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fueled largely by significant increases in the Latino population, the racial, ethnic, and linguistic texture of the United States is changing rapidly. Nowhere is this 'Latinisation' of America more evident than in schools. The dramatic population growth among Latinos in the United States has not been accompanied by gains in academic achievement. Estimates suggest that approximately half of Latino students fail to complete high school, and few enroll in and complete college. The Latinization of U.S. Schools centres on the voices of Latino youth. It examines how the students themselves make meaning of the policies and practices within schools. The student voices expose an inequitable opportunity structure that results in depressed academic performance for many Latino youth. Each chapter concludes with empirically based recommendations for educators seeking to improve their practice with Latino youth, stemming from a multiyear participatory action research project conducted by Irizarry and the student contributors to the text.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
