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…

This paper describes the 5-year Austin Teacher Program (ATP) at Austin College with emphasis on the collaboratively supervised internship in the graduate year. Some results of a comprehensive survey of over 400 ATP graduates are discussed, as well as issues and needs in the supervision of interns, and implications for the future in the supervision…

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…

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 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 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…

This paper describes the program components of a restructured teacher education program and the process of designing, approving, and implementing the Cincinnati Initiative for Teacher Education. The model for the restructured elementary and secondary teacher education and certification programs at the University of Cincinnati requires 5 years of…

This paper explains how the College of St. Thomas (CST) has created a new method of extending successful on-campus degree and teacher certificate programs to new sites more accessible to prospective students. The CST graduate degree model, begun in the 1970s and continued into the present, emphasizes learners working together in a cohort in a…

Discusses how to teach culturally diverse students, questioning current practice in multicultural teacher education. The University of Alaska's alternative program helps prospective teachers understand multicultural classrooms and communities, design instruction to make connections between subject matter and student diversity, and learn to learn…

Discusses the efficiency of the University of Southern Maine's Extended Teacher Education Program (ETEP) in promoting teachers as learners, teaching for learning, and learning to change. Results from longitudinal surveys of program participants indicated that stakeholders considered the strongest dimension of the ETEP to be teaching as a learning…

This study describes the intellectual evolution resulting from persistent and careful consideration of beliefs and knowledge. Participants were prospective elementary school teachers enrolled in the University of California at Santa Barbara in a fifth-year post baccalaureate program. The study, parts of which began in 1990, sought to reconstruct…

This descriptive study identified teacher education programs that involve undergraduate preservice teachers in research projects. Information was gathered using interviews, documents, and telecommunications. Data were analyzed utilizing the following questions: (1) What are the goals of student teacher research projects? (2) What are the problems…

This paper discusses issues involved in teaching culturally diverse students and questions current practices in multicultural teacher education. The central portion of the paper describes and discusses an alternative approach to multicultural teacher education through the Teachers for Alaska program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Teachers…

One of five articles in the second section, "Deepening Relationships through PDS Brings Change in Practice," this article describes the Five-Year Teacher Preparation Program at Temple University (Pennsylvania). This program integrates pedagogy and instruction with coursework in arts and sciences. It involves dialog between the College of…