Reconsidering Emergency Teaching Certificates and Alternative Certification Programs as Responses to Teacher Shortages

1994 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Neumann
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Certification ◽  
Teacher Shortages ◽  
Certification Programs

Are Alternative Certification Programs Necessary?

2019 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Thalia M. Mulvihill ◽  
Linda E. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Certification ◽  
Certification Programs

A Person-Oriented Approach to Characterizing Beginning Teachers in Alternative Certification Programs

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Chin ◽  
John W. Young
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Alternative Certification ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Ecological Approach ◽  
Certification Programs ◽  
Models Of Development ◽  
Attitudes Toward Teaching ◽  
Personal Histories ◽  
Life Circumstances ◽  
Oriented Approach

In this article, the authors argue for the use of ecological models of development in studies of teachers prepared through alternative certification (AC) programs. Previous studies of candidates in AC programs have focused on variables that describe their demographic characteristics. An ecological approach focuses on persons and situates their desires and attitudes toward teaching as shaped by their particular life circumstances and personal histories. This approach was applied to a large-scale study of individuals enrolled in California’s teacher internship program. The results are the development of six typological profiles that capture some of the complexities behind why individuals choose to enter teaching through AC routes.

scholarly journals Development of Teachers’ Alternative Certification in the USA

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 33-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Pazyura
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Certification ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Teacher Shortages ◽  
Training Models ◽  
Intensive Training ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Talented People ◽  
Critical Skills ◽  
The Usa

Abstract The article reveals the prerequisites of appearance of alternative ways to train teachers in the USA at the end of the XX century as main mechanisms to increase qualitative and quantitative characteristics of teaching staff. The author concentrates the attention on the advantages and disadvantages of non-traditional ways to acquire teaching profession. The peculiarities of the development in different states of the country, main characteristics of the training with the help of alternative programs have been found as well as the target groups have been described. Such research is clearly needed, both by policymakers and by practitioners, to determine the appropriateness of alternative certification training models in training educators to deliver quality educational programming to students, as well as their effectiveness in addressing the critical teacher shortages by increasing the pool of available teachers and reducing the turnover and retention problems. Proponents of alternative certification have asserted that such models encourage talented people from other fields to enter teaching and increase the potential supply of teachers available to reduce shortages, and that traditional teacher education programs have little substance or value in training teachers while alternative models provide intensive training and supervision focused on critical skills needed for successful teaching.

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