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Crowley, Ali – Educational Horizons, 2012
When the author had been teaching middle school and high school math for six years, she had just completed her master's degree and was itching to find other opportunities for professional growth. That's when she came across a flyer about certification by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (www.nbpts.org). National Board…
Descriptors: National Standards, Teacher Certification, Teacher Education, Teachers
Keller, Bess – Education Week, 2007
With the number of teachers who have won certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) expected to reach 60,000 by year's end, the credential has become a fixed part of the education scene. However, the group's success raises at least one new troubling question about the certification's future value, and fails…
Descriptors: Credentials, Teacher Certification, Teacher Effectiveness, Rewards
Public Policy Institute of California, 2006
California public schools face a number of challenges, including low academic performance and a shortage of fully credentialed teachers. One way to address these particular challenges is through teacher retention. Experienced teachers are more effective at raising student test scores, on average, than are teachers in their first year or two of…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Public Schools, Teacher Certification
Grebner, Florence – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1981
Professional preparation institutions are attempting to legislate greater control over the credentialing process. The credentialing system functions most efficiently under a partnership structure in which input is provided by the professional preparation institutions, the organized profession representatives of the market, and the government. (JN)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Court Litigation, Credentials

Saracho, Olivia N.; Spodek, Bernard – Early Child Development and Care, 1993
Defines and discusses professionalism, and discusses the certification, credentialing, and preparation of early childhood teachers in light of recent research on these topics and the educational reform movement. Argues that the integration of new knowledge emerging from studies of educational practice and child development can help raise levels of…
Descriptors: Credentials, Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Educational Improvement

Crandall, JoAnn (Jodi) – TESOL Quarterly, 1993
Three major models of adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy professional development are discussed: craft or mentoring models, applied science or theory to practice models, and inquiry or reflective practice models. Each is outlined, examples are provided, and innovative K-12 teacher development practices are suggested. (Contains 50…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Credentials, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Leinicke, Will; Francisco, Chris – 2000
An advisory committee oversaw and guided an investigation of credentialing adult education instructors in Illinois. At its direction, a series of focus group inquiries were conducted into issues surrounding the development of a system of professional credentialing. Requirements varied widely in 13 states found to have some form of mandatory…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Credentials, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Chauvin, Sheila; Ellett, Chad D. – 1994
This study continues prior efforts that were reported by the same authors to examine teacher perceptions of teacher assessment programs for a fourth year, one year after the initial statewide implementation and subsequent suspension by the state legislature, of the teacher assessment and evaluation program in Louisiana. The state initiated,…
Descriptors: Credentials, Educational Assessment, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education