NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Amanda Covarrubias; Christopher Benedetti – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2025
This quantitative, non-experimental, retrospective, descriptive study examined the adequacy of principal preparation program (PPP) training in Texas, using the National Educational Leadership Preparation (NELP) standards as a guiding framework. Survey responses from 245 principals were analyzed to determine whether perceptions of preparation…
Descriptors: Standards, Principals, Administrator Education, Administrator Attitudes
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Sampson, Mary Beth; Linek, Wayne M.; Raine, I. Laverne; Szabo, Susan – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2013
This descriptive study employed mixed methods to explore preservice teachers' initial knowledge and subsequent use of explicitly taught reading comprehension strategies in primary grade classrooms during a year-long, field-based teacher preparation program. Self-Knowledge Rating Surveys, Strategy Multiple-Choice Tests, strategy logs, lesson plans,…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Preservice Teachers, Courses, Field Experience Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Whitley, Claudia G.; Williams, Dawn Michelle – Current Issues in Middle Level Education, 2012
"This We Believe" (NMSA, 2010) advocated the training of teachers in programs designed to specifically prepare middle level teachers. Teacher education programs are challenged to provide instruction in content, pedagogy and dispositions. Many colleges and universities have included field experience to enhance teacher dispositions among…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Field Experience Programs
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Denton, Jon; Davis, Trina; Smith, Ben; Beason, Lynn; Graham, Diane; Strader, Arlen – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2008
The Accelerate Online/OPTIONS alternative certification program provides those possessing a degree an option leading to certification that can be completed in 18 months. The program consists of an online curriculum, an early field experience, and a year-long paid internship. To determine program effectiveness across five years, five benchmark…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Effectiveness, Benchmarking, Formative Evaluation
Edmonson, Stacey – 2002
One challenge faced by any educational leadership program is how to develop effective entry-level school administrators. Many administrative interns receive no real administrative practice at all through their internship, and yet upon completion of the internship, they are expected to be competent administrators. The internship at Sam Houston…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
Reaves, William E.; And Others – 1995
This paper presents a proposal for an alternative principal-certification program, which is to be operated by Tarleton State University (Texas) in collaboration with 10 independent Texas school districts, 4 regional educational service centers, 2 professional associations, and 1 foundation. The New Century Educational Leadership Program (NCELP) is…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Evaluation, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education