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Tuyet T. Huynh – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current study took place in a North Texas public school district. The purpose was to compare levels of teacher self-efficacy among beginning teachers who had participated in traditional and alternative teacher educator preparation programs (EPPs). Additionally, the perceptions of beginning teachers were explored in relation to their…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Certification
Caitlin Michele Cain – ProQuest LLC, 2020
This study investigates alternatively certified, first and second year teachers within a region in Texas and will present focus group findings and survey results on how new teacher induction programs could influence the thoughts and perceptions of alternatively certified teachers during their first years of teaching. This study seeks to understand…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Attitudes
Warner, Jayce R.; Fletcher, Carol L.; Torbey, Ryan; Garbrecht, Lisa S. – Texas Education Research Center, 2020
Students living in rural areas are less likely to attend schools that offer computer science (CS) courses largely because educational institutions in these remote areas lack the resources to staff teaching positions for these courses. This study investigated the impact of WeTeach_CS, a program designed to train teachers to become certified to…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Computer Science Education, Faculty Development, High School Teachers
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Padilla, George; Guerra, Federico; Menchaca, Velma D.; Garcia, Alejandro – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2020
A School District Principal Preparation Partnership Program is designed to establish collaboration between a University and school districts that employ the school leaders graduated by the university. This collaboration improves school principal preparation by integrating relevant school district policies, practices, knowledge, and skills into a…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, Administrator Education, Principals
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Haj-Broussard, Michelle; Hall, Tom; Allen, Sheila; Stephens, Cyndy; Person, Vickie; Johnson, Tina – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2016
The teacher turnover issue impacts education on national, state, and local levels. On a national level, at the beginning of the 21st century 50% of teachers left the profession within the first five years, creating the need for districts to fill vacancies (Gonzalez, Brown, & Slate, 2008; Greiner & Smith, 2006; Heller, 2004; Ingersoll,…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Education Programs
Muñiz, Jenny – New America, 2020
For many non-traditional candidates, the path into teaching is riddled with bumps and detours. They must pay for increasingly expensive coursework and certification costs, attend classes that conflict with work schedules, and forgo wages to complete unfunded student teaching requirements. These roadblocks can deter valuable local…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Nontraditional Students, Barriers, Grants
Lewis, Sue Evelyn Joiner – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The primary purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of preparation delivery programs available to those who seek business education teacher certification in Texas. There are three types of delivery programs in business education in Texas: (a) "traditional" certification programs delivered by institutions of higher…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Business Administration Education, Business Education Teachers, Teacher Certification
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Garza, Rubén; Reynosa, Raymond; Werner, Patrice; Duchaine, Ellen L.; Harter, Rod – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2018
The purpose of our study was to examine mentors' conceptualizations of mentoring residents (preservice teachers) in a teacher residency program. Understanding the nuances of mentoring in a year-long placement in a mentor's classroom may further illuminate mentoring in this context. In this qualitative, longitudinal study, we used constant…
Descriptors: Mentors, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Shortage, Urban Schools
Anthony, Hannah M. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study was designed to determine if there is a connection between the preparation of first year teachers to meet the needs of culturally diverse students and the pedagogical education they receive in their preparation program. The researcher was guided by three research questions: 1) How do first year teachers feel about how their…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Student Diversity, Cultural Differences
Clouse, Scarlet – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences between alternative certification pathways, specifically those offered through a university-based, post baccalaureate certification program and a regional education service center certification program. A quantitative research design was implemented and archived scores on the TExES PPR…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Effectiveness, Statistical Analysis, Research Design
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Fox, April G.; Peters, Michelle L. – Current Issues in Education, 2013
In the United States, the demands of increased federal accountability have dramatically impacted the field of teaching. Teacher certification programs have been taxed with preparing first year teachers to assist increasingly diverse students to pass high-stakes state assessments. The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the influence…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Mixed Methods Research
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Lincove, Jane Arnold; Osborne, Cynthia; Mills, Nick; Bellows, Laura – Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
With increasing awareness of the importance of teacher quality for student learning, education policy leaders have turned their attention to the nation's teacher training programs as a potential target for reform. One proposed strategy is to increase competition for university-based programs by encouraging new program types. This study examines…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Teacher Certification
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Penner, Emily K. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2013
This paper revisits existing experimental work on Teach For America (TFA) and extends it by examining treatment effects across the distribution of student achievement. TFA is a rapidly expanding teacher preparation program that currently serves over half a million students in low-income districts across the country. Previous research results did…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2016
"Teach For America" ("TFA") is a highly selective route to teacher certification that aims to place non-traditionally trained teachers in high-need public schools. The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) identified seven studies of teachers trained through "TFA" that both fall within the scope of the Teacher Training,…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Language Arts
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Fuller, Edward J. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2014
The National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ) recent review of university-based teacher preparation programs concluded the vast majority of such programs were inadequately preparing the nation's teachers. The study, however, has a number of serious flaws that include narrow focus on inputs, lack of a strong research base, missing standards,…
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Quality, Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness
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