This annual volume offers the most complete and current listings of the requirements for certification of a wide range of educational professionals at the elementary and secondary levels. "Requirements for Certification" is a valuable resource, making much-needed knowledge available in one straightforward volume.

This literature review examines alternative routes to teacher certification and presents alternative certification regulations and policies for 19 states. Three categories of nontraditional personnel preparation programs are noted: nontraditional recruitment programs, retraining programs, and alternative certification programs. A definition of…

This booklet presents the 1999 listing of approved teacher education programs in the state of North Carolina. For each college, the booklet lists the college's name and address and offers names, telephone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses for the chancellor, provost, deans, associate deans, and licensure officer. For each college, there…

This brochure offers answers to questions for teachers about National Board Certification, including: what the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) is; what National Board Certification (NBC) is; how involved teachers are in NBPTS; NBPTS' five core propositions; the NBPTS standards; how NBPTS standards are developed; whether…

This digest summarizes the professional standards for accreditation of personnel preparation programs developed by seven organizations concerned with special education and related services. The seven organizations include the: American Occupational Therapy Association, American Physical Therapy Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing…

This document presents a draft of model standards for licensing teachers, both general and special education, of students with disabilities and is intended to elicit discussion and feedback from states, professional organizations, and teacher education programs. The standards are based on 10 core principles for beginning teacher licensing and…

This digest provides a summary at-a-glance of critical legislative activity and related reports that have addressed many facets of California's teacher recruitment and development challenges over the decade. The nine chapters focus on: "Teacher Recruitment,""University-Based Teacher Preparation,""Teacher…

This digest contains summaries of accreditation standards relating to the personnel preparation programs in special education and related services in 29 states and the District of Columbia that responded to a request for materials. Each state's information is presented within seven categories: (1) eligibility of programs for accreditation; (2)…

This digest summarizes the professional standards developed by the six Regional Institutional Accrediting Bodies for accreditation of special education and related services personnel preparation programs. The accrediting bodies are: the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, the Commission on…

The guide contains profiles of the linguistic situation and English language teaching conditions, in both public and private sectors, in 48 foreign countries. Descriptions include such information as official language(s), qualifications and requirements for teaching English as a Second Language (ESL), typical class sizes and hours, accessibility…

The material included in this book--case briefs, outlines, and textbook/treatise reference information--provides a summary of the most important aspects of the law regarding education. At the heart of this body of knowledge, commonly identified as education law or school law, is statutory and case law. The book serves as a comprehensive guide to…

This bulletin is published as a much-need service to young men and women considering preparation for teaching. In it they will find information and judgments on duties, requirements, opportunities, satisfactions and annoyances in teaching as a life work. Because essential data has changed, the current report is written to describe the occupation…

The 2012 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 48th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…

The 2011 edition of the "Digest of Education Statistics" is the 47th in a series of publications initiated in 1962. The "Digest" has been issued annually except for combined editions for the years 1977-78, 1983-84, and 1985-86. Its primary purpose is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field…