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Kristin R. Lazenby Rankin; Jodie L. Brinkmann – Teacher Educators' Journal, 2024
The Commonwealth of Virginia has seen an increase in the number of educators completing Alternative Teacher Certification Programs, contributing to the diversity in the teaching work force. The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions of alternatively certified public K-12 teachers regarding their preparedness to teach. The researcher…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Public School Teachers
Joey Laurx; Robert Fulton; Rosanne Fulton – Journal of Educational Research and Innovation, 2024
Colorado's rural communities face challenges recruiting and retaining qualified teachers, leaders, and special service providers. The Colorado Center for Rural Education (CCRE) has created and implemented a comprehensive system for professional development of effective educators for rural school districts. The CCRE has expanded educator pathway…
Descriptors: Rural Education, Teacher Shortage, Faculty Development, Teacher Role
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
Dowsett, Chantelle; Steber, Kate; Epstein, Dale – Child Trends, 2019
In 2012, the state of Louisiana set out to create a unified system of education from birth through grade 12. During the initial planning phase, it became clear that a critical piece missing from this system was training and education for the early childhood workforce. To address this, in 2014, the Louisiana Department of Education passed a policy…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Certification, Teacher Qualifications, Incentives
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
Myers, Jonté A.; Gilbert, Kacey; Sindelar, Paul – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2020
Persistent teacher shortages have led states to promulgate policies to support alternative pathways into teaching and hence supplement supply. Such alternatives may differ from traditional preparation in many ways, but each tends to tap non-traditional participants. Currently, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) requires that…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Compliance (Legal), Federal State Relationship, Special Education Teachers
O'Sullivan, Mary – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2021
This McCloy Lecture sheds light on the "hidden profession" of Physical Education Teacher Educators (PETEs) by sharing my perspectives on the challenges and opportunities faced by PETE scholars and teachers globally. I begin with an overview of my biography and how it has influenced my thinking about PETE. I present some scholarly…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Educators, Teacher Education Programs, Influences
Noble, Kenneth; Pelika, Stacey; Coons, Andy – National Education Association, 2017
In recent decades, in line with improvements in technology, schools have increasingly opted for Online Credit Recovery Programs (OCRPs) over traditional face-to-face courses. Despite sharing a common goal with traditional face-to-face programs--providing a pathway for students to get back on track, to avoid failing additional courses and falling…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Required Courses, Repetition, Credits
Goos, Merrilyn; Lane, Ciara; Ríordáin, Máire Ní; Faulkner, Fiona – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2019
'Out-of-field teaching' refers to the practice of assigning teachers to teach subjects that do not match their training or education -- an international phenomenon that seems particularly prevalent in mathematics. This paper reports on a study evaluating the impact of a national professional learning program for out-of-field secondary mathematics…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Certification, Teacher Placement, Faculty Development
Newblom, Jane Corinne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As teacher recruitment intensifies to locate qualified teachers for our nation's classrooms, alternative teacher certification programs are becoming prevalent. Initially these programs were designed to attract professionals and college graduates to enter urban classrooms. However, what has occurred is that over 140 alternative certification…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Qualifications, Alternative Teacher Certification, Secondary School Teachers
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
Cho, Su-Je; Doyle, Kathleen; Rittenhouse-Cea, Holly – Journal of Multilingual Education Research, 2019
This study evaluated the perceptions of graduates from a master's level teacher education program on the effectiveness of their program that incorporated evidence-based practices (EBPs). Specifically, the study explored how the newly revised teacher education curriculum assisted them in becoming qualified in their certification areas. Seventeen…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Check Lists, Teacher Education Curriculum, Educational Experience
Dunst, Carl J.; Hamby, Deborah W.; Howse, Robin B.; Wilkie, Helen; Annas, Kimberly – Education Sciences, 2019
Results from a metasynthesis of the relationships between 14 different types of preservice teacher preparation practices and teaching quality, preschool to university student performance, and university student and beginning teacher belief appraisals are reported. Each type of preservice practice (e.g., course-based student learning) included…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Research, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Characteristics
Houston Independent School District, 2015
This evaluation report on the Effective Teacher Fellowship (ETF) alternative certification program (ACP). This program evaluation compared the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and Stanford 10 test performance of student samples whose teachers participated in four types of ACPs during the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 academic…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Program Effectiveness
Quigney, Theresa A. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2010
Perhaps one of the most controversial topics in the field of teacher education today is what constitutes an effective preservice program for preparing individuals to instruct students in the twenty-first century. A discussion of the merits of the approaches to teacher certification has also been compounded by issues relating to legal mandates such…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teacher Shortage, Disabilities, Special Education Teachers