Calls to prepare all teachers to effectively teach multilingual learners are not new. Nevertheless, preservice preparation programs continue to fall short of this goal, despite enormous effort from teacher educators and researchers alike. This commentary leverages this IMRJ special issue on Critical Multilingual Awareness/Critical Consciousness in…

Background/Context: This qualitative study investigates teachers' perspectives on providing inclusive services for students with complex support needs. Using a Disability Studies in Education (DSE) framework, the research focuses on understanding the challenges and strategies associated with promoting inclusive education, with attention to issues…

This paper examined teachers' decisions to pursue graduate programs and their career choices following completion of their studies. Based on document analysis and statistical examination of teacher questionnaire responses, this study determined that teachers choose graduate studies for different reasons, their program choice influences future…

This research investigates the ability of adult proficient readers to predict words that have been fully or partially deleted, without being able to read what came after the blank. Predictions were analyzed for accuracy and if inaccurate for their grammatical nature, syntactic and semantic acceptability, and retention of the author's meaning.…

Of 224 business teacher respondents, 53 percent would still choose teaching if the teacher education program was 5 years and ended with a bachelor's degree; 88 percent would if the result was a master's; and 88 percent would if an internship was offered. The major benefit identified was increased field experience. (SK)

The Holmes Group Report recommended strategies to create better, more professional teachers through longer educational programs, more liberal arts content, higher entry and exit criteria, and career ladders. Such reforms focus on urban needs and may increase rural teacher shortages, teacher salaries, and consolidation pressures. Contains 34…

Questionnaire responses from 66 (41%) of graduates of the accelerated Master of Teaching program at the University of Memphis (Tennessee) show that most were hired immediately after graduation and remained in teaching 5 years or more. Overall, graduates thought that the program prepared them well for teaching. (SLD)

This article discusses the reform agenda which led to establishment of the "Teacher as Decision-Maker" program, a five-year teacher education program at University of Virginia. Program design, curriculum components, and evaluation are described as well as program-based research. (IAH)

A "Collaborative Approach to Leadership in Supervision" is one area of school and university collaboration in the University of New Hampshire's five-year teacher education program. The article describes the project which develops, refines, and extends the repertoire of supervisory skills of participating principals, teachers, and…

Review of literature on four induction models (mentoring, fifth-year programs, alternative certification, and professional development) and case studies of beginning vocational teachers suggest that mentoring requires substantial commitment in time and resources; induction experiences are unique, so induction assistance programs need to be general…

This article describes the Teachers for Alaska program, University of Alaska. This fifth-year certification program is a response to the teacher education reform movement and is designed to prepare high quality secondary teachers. The program emphasizes preparation of teachers for small high schools in remote Eskimo and Indian villages. (IAH)

This article identifies a conceptual framework wherein teacher education costs and benefits can be comprehensively described, valued, and linked for analytic purposes; presents benchmark data from a fifth-year licensure program; and examines several assumptions for examining this question from the perspectives of students and society. (TJH)

This article traces the evolution of the elementary PROTEACH program from its beginnings to its current implementation. Four key features of this five-year preservice program are discussed: structure, thematic focus, support of graduates (beginning teachers), and faculty commitment. The program goal is the development of a "PROfessional…

The development, maintenance, and fluctuation of commitment to teaching was examined in the first phase of a longitudinal study. Subjects (N=17) are enrolled in a six-year teacher preparation program--Bridenthal Internship in Teaching. Results suggest that commitment is a construct which changes with respect to inherent contextual factors. (IAH)

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln developed an experimental program, the Extended Elementary Teacher Education Program. This paper describes the effects of one central course, Human Technologies in Teaching, which emphasized collegiality, mentoring, and feedback. Participants believed that the program better prepared students to become successful…