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Tuyet T. Huynh – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current study took place in a North Texas public school district. The purpose was to compare levels of teacher self-efficacy among beginning teachers who had participated in traditional and alternative teacher educator preparation programs (EPPs). Additionally, the perceptions of beginning teachers were explored in relation to their…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Certification
Jessica Rozell – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The aim of this study was to explore the extent to which teachers received the education or training that prepared them to teach social studies content knowledge, social studies critical thinking skills, and their overall preparation to become highly qualified teachers. The participants in the study were active social studies teachers in Tennessee…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Effectiveness
Christine Tomasik – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Teachers are one of the largest licensed groups in the United States, and nearly all teachers are required to pass a licensure exam before entering classroom practice (U.S. Department of Education, 2016). However, "questions abound as to those exams' quality, design, and purpose: To what extent do they actually assess important professional…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Case Studies, Licensing Examinations (Professions), Teacher Certification
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Economou, Catarina – Teaching Education, 2021
The Swedish welfare state has social protection policies focusing on labour market participation. Initiatives have been introduced after the increase of asylum seekers in 2015, focusing on so-called 'fast tracks'. In this paper I consider one of these fast track courses aimed at newly arrived teachers wishing to continue their teaching career in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Immigrants, Labor Market
Derrek Drenckpohl – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Study abroad programming has seen substantial growth at U.S. institutions of higher education over the past few decades. It has cemented itself as an integral educational option at nearly all U.S. colleges and universities, including for students in teacher preparation programs. While a growing body of research shows evidence that teacher…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Competencies, Standardized Tests
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Houston, Jennifer E.; Kulinna, Pamela; van der Mars, Hans; Lorenz, Kent – Physical Educator, 2019
The conceptual framework for this study was the Five Core Propositions of the National Board Certification (NBC) for teachers. This study evaluated teaching effectiveness and the decision-making processes employed by NBC and non-NBC physical education teachers. Process measures of teaching effectiveness were used (e.g., Academic Learning…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Certification, Alternative Teacher Certification, Decision Making
Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2020
Micro-credentials (MCs) are a rapidly expanding element of modern teacher professional learning. In this brief, we provide a concise review of what is currently known about MCs: how they work, their strengths, their shortcomings, and what we still need to learn. For districts and states that are considering introducing MCs, this brief is designed…
Descriptors: Credentials, Educational Certificates, Teacher Certification, Program Implementation
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Sönmez, Görsev; Gürkan, Burcu; Aksoy, Nuri Can – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2021
IBEC program is an international certificate program aiming at educating in-service teachers to be IB teachers by offering them opportunities to improve the quality of their classroom teaching, increase their access to teaching jobs worldwide, interact with leading academics for research and publishing consultation, demonstrate their deep…
Descriptors: Program Design, Program Development, Program Evaluation, Advanced Placement Programs
Berry, Barnett; Byrd, P. Ann – Digital Promise, 2019
This paper points to teaching policy issues that need to be addressed if micro-credentials are going to spur the transformation of professional learning that researchers call for and teachers seek. The paper also documents what a growing number of states and districts, as well as the nation's largest teachers' union, are doing with…
Descriptors: Credentials, Educational Policy, State Policy, Unions
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Aiken, Heather; Varghese, Cheryl; Pedonti, Sarah; Bratsch-Hines, Mary; Vernon-Feagans, Lynne – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2020
This case study examined an approach for sustaining the Targeted Reading Intervention (TRI) in rural schools. Researchers, teachers, and district-level partners collaboratively implemented the TRI Certification Process in order to sustain the TRI in one rural school district once researcher-based support ended. Primarily drawing from…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Reading Instruction, Intervention, Teacher Certification
Spann Casey, Tiffany – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study investigated the effectiveness of alternative routes to teacher certification programs in three small rural school districts in South Carolina Public Schools. The need for teachers across the United States is anticipated to increase as a result of turnover. Specifically, this research analyzed the existing data in the three districts,…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Effectiveness, Rural Areas, Teacher Persistence
Rodriguez, Luis A.; Farley, Chelsea; Merrill, Lisa; Gillard, Reggie – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2022
For many years, schools in the Bronx have faced challenges related to teacher recruitment and retention, as well as student achievement. In 2017, to address these issues, the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) launched the Teacher and School Leaders Bronx Human Capital Initiative (TSL). TSL was designed to help build a "highly…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Human Capital, Labor Force Development, Teacher Competencies
Douglas Matthew Maraffa – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This sequential explanatory, mixed methods study of an alternative certification teaching program (ACTP) investigated classroom management preparation for six participants completing either a clinical or internship experience. Initially, this study explored state exit survey data on classroom management preparation for participants at an…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Classroom Techniques, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Education Programs
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Cicchino, Amy; DePew, Kevin; Snart, Jason; Warnock, Scott – Composition Studies, 2021
The Global Society of Online Literacy Educators (GSOLE) Basic Online Literacy Instruction (OLI) Certification is open to GSOLE members and is designed to help online literacy instructors, tutors, and writing program administrators learn foundational principles, theories, and practices of teaching and tutoring writing online and apply those to the…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Online Courses, Teacher Certification, Standards
Griffin, Tabatha; Mandy Mihelic – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2019
The online delivery of training is well established in the vocational education and training (VET) sector, and it is not unusual for a course to include training that is delivered online in one or more units. However, little is known about the online delivery of entire qualifications in VET and how this works, given the overarching role of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Vocational Education, Educational Technology
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