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Stephanie N. Jolliff – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative study, utilizing Expectancy Value Theory (EVT) as a guiding framework, delves into the motivations and preferences of alternatively certified School-Based Agricultural Education (SBAE) teachers in Ohio regarding their engagement with Teacher Professional Development (TPD). Through individual interviews with 10 alternatively…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Agriculture Teachers, Agricultural Education, Faculty Development
Wilcox, Javonie Vetrina – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Only 3% of alternatively certified teachers in Florida are retained after receiving certification. When teachers' self-efficacy improves, so does their motivation, mental health, job satisfaction, and student performance. Teacher self-efficacy is unstable and often influenced by situational conditions. A gap in the literature exists regarding how…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Transformational Leadership, Self Efficacy
Coffman, Ann Lynette Nutter – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Alternative teacher certification programs have become a prominent policy option to address teacher quality issues. Despite recent headway in the analysis of alternative teacher preparation graduates and programs (e.g., Weschler, et al., 2009; Boyd, et al., 2007), the literature has been plagued by incomplete program descriptions, limited research…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Educational Policy, Public Schools, School Districts