The role of the staff members of California's Commission for Teacher Preparation and Licensing needs to be clarified. As it is now, it is difficult to distinguish whether they are to act as advocates or judges of institutional programs. (HMD)

This report contains summaries of legally mandated and voluntary certification plans for public librarians in the United States based on information supplied by the various certifying state agencies or other appropriate sources in April 1979. Each plan is identified by the descriptive terms "mandatory" (certification required by law--23 states),…

The paper explores ways in which licensing of out-of-home care can be strengthened to improve child care and prevent child abuse. Protections for general child care are noted, including reference checks, review of child abuse report registers, and educational requirements. Additional activities other than rule enforcement activities that are…

Teacher certification data from September 1966 to September 1967 received by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education from 969 member and nonmember institutions are reported in part 1 of this document. The categories include undergraduates who completed requirements for initial certification in kindergarten, elementary school,…

This report contains the proceedings of a 2-day interprovincial conference attended by 38 teachers, registrars, university professors, and trustees to discuss means of reducing the complexity of teacher certification regulations and of enabling teachers to move more freely among the various provinces. Included are four presentations on the…

As part of an interstate certification project, this bulletin summarizes information gathered by questionnaire from the 50 states and the District of Columbia on teacher certification policies and practices. Resumes of state education department responses cover legal and policy structure, approval of teacher education programs for certification…

The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) has no comprehensive policy and philosophy for the certification of teachers. Six issues have most relevance to a more inclusive position: The union should review its resolution regarding certification based on "general education" in light of changes in the professional and academic…

Nation-wide surveys in 1968, 1970 and 1972 of the Association of Educational Communication and Technology's (AECT) Roster of Chief of State School Audiovisual Officers led to several conclusions. First, certification of audiovisual (AV) specialists has become more important: in 1968 only 17 states had or were preparing certification programs; in…

COMPARISON OF THE COMPOSITION, CHARACTERISTICS, AND CURRENT LICENSING PRACTICES OF STATE LICENSING BOARDS FOR EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION WITH LICENSING PROGRAMS FOR SEVEN OTHER PROFESSIONS, (ACCOUNTANCY, ARCHITECTURE, DENTISTRY, ENGINEERING, LAW, MEDICINE, AND NURSING) WAS THE PURPOSE OF THIS NATIONWIDE STUDY. THE RESEARCH PROCEDURES WERE DIVIDED…

The functions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards are described. How state standards boards currently work and how they are becoming more autonomous is covered. Reasons for the increased attention to standards for teachers are presented. (MT)

A survey of 95 licensed professional counselors in Alabama indicated significant accomplishment in receiving third-party reimbursement from insurance providers since licensure legislation was passed in 1979. (Author)

Gives a brief history of the National Board for Certified Counselors and the National Academy of Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselors, and discusses future goals and projections for each group. Describes history and criteria for rehabilitation counselor certification, and the movement toward credentialing career counselors. (BH)

Reviews the campaign to pass a counselor licensure bill in Idaho, and provides specific and workable guidelines for a successful effort under the headings of professional responsibility, realities of political life, outreach, veracity, endurance, and need for the law. (JAC)

As California develops local and statewide efforts to make high-quality preschool education available to all four-year-old children, the attention of policy makers and program planners has turned increasingly toward how to ensure a well-trained, stable, and linguistically and culturally diverse preschool teaching workforce. A central part of this…