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Berry, Barnett; Montgomery, Diana; Rachel, Curtis; Hernandez, Mindy; Wurtzel, Judy; Snyder, Jon – Aspen Institute, 2008
Urban Teacher Residencies (UTRs) are an emerging innovation designed to embody best practices in recruitment, screening, preparation, placement, induction, and teacher leadership for urban school districts. UTRs can be a key element of urban districts' portfolio of pathways into teaching and a lynchpin of a larger strategy to strengthen the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Teacher Recruitment, Graduates
Presley, Jennifer B.; Konkol, Pamela – 2001
These guidelines are derived from the five basic National Commission on Teaching and America's Future recommendations presented in "What Matters Most: Teaching and America's Future," a research-based proclamation that improving the quality of classroom instruction is the most important, direct, and cost-effective route to improving…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Alternative Teacher Certification
Berry, Barnett; Buxton, J. B. – 2000
This publication focuses on the teaching quality goals and priorities of nine Southeastern U.S. states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), reviewing each state's Title II proposals. The report highlights seven priority areas of focus for regional alliances: constructing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Alternative Teacher Certification