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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
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Hayley B. McKown; Erin E. Centeio; Julienne K. Maeda; Charles F. Morgan; Kuulei Serna – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2025
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand preservice classroom teachers' perceptions of and efficacy toward providing physical activity (PA) during the school day. Method: One hundred and seventy-one participants (89% women; 12 universities; 25% secondary) participated in this exploratory sequential mixed-methods study. Teachers…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Physical Activities, Teacher Certification
Lara Storm – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study is a secondary data comparative analysis using the "Leader in Me" Measurable Results Assessment (MRA) to examine whether teachers at "Leader in Me" Lighthouse certified schools have a greater degree of instructional self-efficacy than teachers at non-Lighthouse certified "Leader in Me" schools. Literature…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Self Efficacy, Stress Variables, Teacher Burnout
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Virginia S. Lovison – Education Next, 2024
Since its founding 34 years ago, Teach For America has prepared nearly 70,000 recent college graduates and career-changers to teach in high-poverty schools across the United States. Unlike traditional teacher-preparation programs, it places "corps members" in short-staffed public schools after an intensive summer seminar, before they are…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, Disadvantaged
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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
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
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Chasteen, Stephanie V.; Scherr, Rachel E. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
Given the insufficient number of well-qualified future physics teachers in the U.S., physics programs often seek guidance for how to address this national need. Measurement tools can provide such guidance, by both defining excellence in physics teacher education (PTE) and providing a means to measure progress towards excellence. This paper…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Scoring Rubrics
Leung, Jenny – Online Submission, 2021
This report summarizes implementation of the goals and some of the programs managed by the Professional Learning (PL) Department in the 2020-2021 academic year. The PL Department offers a comprehensive and sustainable approach to improving staff's effectiveness by ensuring that a variety of continuous and innovative PL opportunities, aligned to…
Descriptors: School Districts, Professional Development, Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors
Suckow, Marjorie A. – California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2018
This report presents the "Annual Report Card on California Teacher Preparation Programs for the Academic Year 2016-2017" as required by Title II of the Higher Education Act. In 2008, the law was reauthorized and changes were made to the Title II data collection and reporting requirements. The 2008-09 reporting year was the pilot year in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Enrollment
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McBrayer, Juliann Sergi; Melton, Teri Denlea – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2018
Educational school leaders are experiencing challenges that include high teacher attrition rates and staffing difficulties. The goal of this study was to determine if program exemplars from traditional teacher preparation were transferable to, and aligned with, alternative teacher preparation in an effort to provide viable options for those…
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Alternative Teacher Certification, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Education
Blazar, David; McNamara, Doug; Blue, Genine – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
While teacher coaching is an attractive alternative to one-size-fits-all professional development, the need for a large number of highly skilled coaches raises potential challenges for scalability and sustainability. Collaborating with a national teacher training organization, our study uses administrative records to estimate the degree of…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Faculty Development, Teacher Education, National Organizations
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Outlaw, Janet K.; Grifenhagen, J. F. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2021
This study explored the year-long development of 159 (N = 159) novice K-2 teachers' self-efficacy for literacy instruction, within a literacy-specific induction initiative with sixteen high-need, predominantly rural school districts. Findings reveal novice teachers' self-efficacy for literacy instruction grew significantly throughout the year.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Primary Education, Beginning Teachers, Self Efficacy
Suckow, Marjorie A. – California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2017
This report presents the "Annual Report Card on California Teacher Preparation Programs for the Academic Year 2015-2016" as required by Title II of the Higher Education Act. In 2008, the law was reauthorized and changes were made to the Title II data collection and reporting requirements. The 2008-09 reporting year was the pilot year in…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, College Admission, Admission Criteria, Enrollment
Gerdeman, R. Dean; Wan, Yinmei; Molefe, Ayrin; Bos, Johannes M.; Zhu, Bo; Dhillon, Sonica – American Institutes for Research, 2017
Urban school districts often rely on alternative teacher certification programs to help address ongoing demands for recruiting and hiring qualified teachers. These programs offer pathways into teaching outside of traditional university-based teacher education programs. TNTP's Teaching Fellows program has been one of the most prominent alternative…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Alternative Teacher Certification, Program Implementation
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Farinde-Wu, Abiola; Griffen, Aaron J. – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2019
Black teachers are disproportionately underrepresented in U.S. public schools. Over the past five decades, the percentage of Black teachers has not surpassed nine percent. Considering this trend, teacher education programs play a vital role in the retention of Black teachers. Hence, inadequate teacher preparation produces ineffective teachers,…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Females, Women Faculty, Public Schools
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