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Region 5 Comprehensive Center, 2024
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) approved the first nationally registered K-12 teacher apprenticeship program in January 2022, opening the door to a rapidly growing pathway for prospective teachers. DOL has now approved registered teacher apprenticeships in more than 30 states. Kentucky's first program is registered through the Kentucky Career…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Interns, Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Development
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Gist, Conra D. – State Education Standard, 2022
Created by partnerships of educator preparation programs, school districts, and community-based organizations, grow-your-own programs recruit, prepare, and place community members as teachers. They typically recruit and prepare high school students, school classified staff (e.g., paraeducators, afterschool workers, bus drivers), career changers,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Program Development, Alternative Teacher Certification, State Policy
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Kralovec, Etta; Orozco, Richard; Van Gorp, Alison; Meyer, Eric – Teacher Educators' Journal, 2022
"Mister, what time is it?" is an account of the evolution of a traditional teacher education program into an alternative certification program in the Arizona borderlands, outlining the theoretical frameworks that shaped the program redesign, program design elements, and challenges encountered along the way. We found many of the perennial…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Alternative Teacher Certification, College School Cooperation, Rural Schools
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Miller, Nicole C.; Elder, Anastasia D.; Seymour, Dana; Cheatham, Dekota A.; Brenner, Devon – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2019
Teacher shortages in the United States have resulted in the development of alternate route teaching programs to better provide teachers, especially in difficult to staff schools such as those in rural communities. In order to address rural teacher shortages, the Mississippi State University College of Education implemented a fully online,…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Teacher Recruitment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Education Programs
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Hager, Karen D.; Fiechtl, Barbara J. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2019
In this article, we describe the evolution of a statewide alternative teacher preparation program for teachers of students with disabilities and explain current processes to revise and expand the program to increase accessibility to teacher candidates in rural schools. We will identify important features of the program including (a) significant…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Special Education, Rural Education, Program Development
Morrison, Judith; Lightner, Lindsay – Phi Delta Kappan, 2017
In response to local districts' needs for certified teachers with community roots who understand local schools and students, the authors developed an innovative alternative route for paraprofessionals based on a traditional bachelor's program. Their goals were to provide a rigorous, research-based program that allows paraprofessionals to get a…
Descriptors: Paraprofessional School Personnel, Alternative Teacher Certification, Bachelors Degrees, Program Development
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
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Rogers-Ard, Rachelle; Knaus, Christopher; Bianco, Margarita; Brandehoff, Robin; Gist, Conra D. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2019
This article introduces a strategy to diversify the teaching workforce through de-centering teacher education as the primary stakeholder in the preparation of diverse teachers. The article expands the focus on teacher recruitment and retention by proposing a model that counters the educational context of White supremacy through Grow Your Own (GYO)…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Diversity (Faculty), Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence
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Fiechtl, Barbara J.; Hager, Karen D. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2019
This article describes a statewide online alternative teacher preparation program in early childhood special education. The history and evolution of the program is explained along with the programmatic changes that resulted from working with noncertified teachers with a wide variety of backgrounds in both rural and urban districts. Challenges and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Distance Education, Educational History, Special Education
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Gist, Conra D. – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2019
Grow Your Own programs, with their focus on preparing and placing community teachers, are increasingly being identified as a viable solution for addressing ethnoracial diversity and teacher shortages in schools. Given the heightened interest in these programs, the focus of this article is to consider various "projects," or rather,…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Student Diversity, Teacher Shortage, Labor Force Development
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Gelfer, Jeffrey I.; Krasch, Delilah J.; O'Hara, Kathleen S. – Early Child Development and Care, 2015
Teacher shortages are a pervasive global issue that is expected to continue, especially in low-performing, high-needs schools [O'Connor, E. A., Malow, M. S., & Bisland, B. M. (2011). Mentorship and instruction received during training: Views of alternatively certified teachers. "Educational Review," 63(2), 219-232]. In an effort to…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Graduate Students, College School Cooperation
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Larson, Marsha L. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2013
When addressing the ongoing shortage of family and consumer sciences (FCS) teachers, it is important to accommodate those unable to follow a traditional college program. This article describes a program that is beneficial to practicing professionals; it utilizes technology to aid in effective communication and efficiency of content delivery.…
Descriptors: Consumer Science, Family Programs, Delivery Systems, Program Development
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O'Connor, Evelyn A.; Malow, Micheline S.; Bisland, Beverly Milner – Educational Review, 2011
Worldwide, teacher shortages have created a demand for certified teachers. Throughout the world, local and national governments are seeking ways to resolve this issue. New York City (NYC), the largest public (i.e. state funded) school district in the United States, addressed the teacher shortage by creating an alternate route to certification…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Mentors, Elementary Education, Teacher Shortage
Heineke, Amy J.; Carter, Heather; Desimone, Melissa; Cameron, Quanna – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2010
The College of Teacher Education and Leadership (CTEL) at Arizona State University (ASU) embraced the opportunity to partner with Teach For America (TFA) to tailor existing teacher preparation programs to meet the unique needs of alternatively certified teachers in urban schools. Rather than harp on the distinctions between ideologies and…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Inservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs
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Wasburn-Moses, Leah; Rosenberg, Michael S. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2008
With the proliferation of alternative route (AR) special education teacher preparation programs, many teacher educators are likely to be involved in AR program design and implementation. Unfortunately, few resources have focused on best practices for program developers to prepare the nontraditional participants who typically populate their…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Program Design, Guidelines, Special Education Teachers
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