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Lorimer, Maureen Reilly – Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art Education, 2019
To ensure a robust and comprehensive educational experience, every K-12 learner must have access to high quality Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) education. To make this happen, their teachers must be effectively prepared to provide excellent art education experiences. Although arts education is required in many states (including California) as…
Descriptors: Art Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Teacher Education Programs
LiBetti, Ashley; Trinidad, Justin – Bellwether Education Partners, 2018
In a teacher residency, candidates receive almost all of their training in their future job site: They spend at least a year in a pre-k through 12 classroom under the guidance of a highly effective mentor teacher. This on-the-job experience is complemented by coursework that is tightly linked to and builds upon their experiences in the classroom.…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, On the Job Training, Mentors, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Sabatino, Anthony – Journal of Catholic Education, 2016
Catholic Extension and Loyola Marymount University (LMU) have engaged in a partnership to offer a graduate level, virtual classroom-based Certificate in Catholic School Administration (CCSA) program for novice and prospective leaders in Catholic schools in mission dioceses throughout the United States. This synchronous online Catholic School…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Catholic Schools, Faculty Development, Barriers
Fraser, James W. – Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, 2014
In this commentary, James W. Fraser, a noted historian of education, cites examples from several teacher education programs at more than 30 universities partnering with the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowships in various ways. Additionally, Fraser reviews decades of challenges to traditional teacher preparation, looks at some current reforms, and…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Educational History, Historians, Teacher Education Programs
Marsh, Shannon – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2010
Concerned about the persistently high dropout rates from big-city secondary schools, education leaders are trying a new approach to increasing the graduation rate--multiple pathways to graduation. Multiple pathways initiatives are relatively new and far from proven. Even the most advanced examples face significant issues, i.e., the need to…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate, Dropout Prevention
Haynes, Mariana – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2011
This policy brief examines standards-based approaches that hold promise for shaping a common vision of skilled teaching commensurate with the national goal of preparing all students for college and careers. Numerous studies confirm that teachers are the most significant school-based factor in improving student achievement, particularly for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Capital, High Schools, Teaching (Occupation)
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Wolfberg, Pamela; LePage, Pamela; Cook, Ellen – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2009
This article introduces two innovative teacher preparation programs that emphasize inclusive education at San Francisco State University. The Combined Elementary and Special Education program has as its main goal to provide specialized cross training for special and general educators who work in highly diverse inclusive public school settings. The…
Descriptors: Credentials, Inclusive Schools, Elementary Education, Autism
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2010
America's K-12 education system faces three significant challenges: (1) increased global demands for skilled workers, (2) significant financial shortfalls, and (3) a looming teacher shortage. Independently, these factors present significant challenges for U.S. schools. In combination, they create a national imperative for swift action to create a…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Web Based Instruction
Griffith, William S.; Marcus, Edward E. – 1978
This document represents phase 1 in the development of a position paper on certification for adult secondary education teachers and administrators in Illinois. In its introduction the purposes of the paper are discussed: (1) examine practices in various states for recognizing the professional status of adult education teachers, (2) explore some…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Certification
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Foster, Christopher; Bishop, Carolyn A.; Hernandez, David A. – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2008
This study addresses questions related to teacher preparation through online supported learning in an alternative certification program, CalStateTEACH. Specifically, this study analyzes and reports survey responses of 130 teachers and 84 supervisors related to preparedness of program completers to teach in a multiple subject classroom. The…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Online Courses, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Effectiveness
LoPresti, Peter L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Professional Recognition, Program Descriptions
Lathrop, Irvin; Farr, Wilbur. – 1968
In order to ascertain the present status of industrial education in California and its future, data were collected from several sources including principals, teachers, supervisors, and junior and state college personnel. The study was limited to industrial arts and trade-technical education in the state's secondary schools excluding area…
Descriptors: Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Lovo, Paula; Cavazos, Lynne; Simmons, David – Issues in Teacher Education, 2006
In 1992, the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) grant program was established to provide funded opportunities for first and second-year teachers having completed a preliminary or professional clear multiple/single subject, credential. Matriculating from a teacher preparation program to the classroom, they were ready to "expand,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, School Districts
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Esposito, Mary C.; Berlin, Dawn H.; Lal, Shirley – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2007
Research findings demonstrate that PDSs effectively prepare general education teachers and lead to increased student academic outcomes. Previous studies within the extant literature have investigated the application of the PDS model with traditional credential candidates. Acute teacher shortages and the implementation of alternative credential…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Special Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Models
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Karge, Belinda Dunnick; Glaeser, Barbara; Sylva, Judy; Levine, Joan; Lyons, Barbara – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2006
In the past decade the demand for highly qualified and especially trained teachers of students with special needs has exceeded the supply. To meet this deficit, alternative programs have sprouted up across the country. One such program, at CSU Fullerton, is successfully trying to fill that gap. Some 280 students have completed the requirements of…
Descriptors: Reflection, Alternative Teacher Certification, Special Needs Students, Program Descriptions
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