Preparing High-Quality Teachers: Views From the Classroom

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 959-1001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Reichwein Zientek
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Classroom Experiences ◽  
Quality Teachers ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Multicultural Curriculum ◽  
Traditionally Certified ◽  
Teaching Standards ◽  
Qualified Teacher ◽  
The Right

Every child has the right to a highly qualified teacher, yet as a nation we are reluctant to empirically investigate how teacher preparation programs are succeeding. Results from the present study suggested that (a) traditionally certified (TC) teachers felt better prepared than non–traditionally certified (NTC) teachers on communicating, planning, and using instructional strategies; (b) NTC teachers’ positive mentoring and prior classroom experiences in conjunction with the overall less positive mentoring experiences of TC teachers may have minimized differences; (c) novice teachers did not feel prepared on items related to multicultural curriculum or assessing student learning; and (d) prior classroom experiences, first year support, and program components were important, but instruction on teaching standards was of particular importance for NTC teachers.

Preparing Teachers in the Age of Equity and Inclusion

2017 ◽  
pp. 1532-1554
Author(s):  
Kelly M. Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Professional Organizations ◽  
Quality Teachers ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Inclusive Learning ◽  
Controversial Topic ◽  
Changing Demographics

Preparing high quality teachers for practice in P-12 schools has been an extensively debated and controversial topic for many years. Today, with the changing demographics of students in our public schools, topics such as teacher preparation and overall quality of teachers in the U.S. has gained even greater scrutiny from policymakers, private agencies, professional organizations, accreditation boards, and politicians. This chapter explores historical to more recent perspectives of teacher education and related issues surrounding the absence of a universally accepted profile of teacher quality. The chapter also includes illustrations of contemporary teacher preparation programs that have thoughtfully redesigned traditional models into integrated extensive clinical based approaches to preparing teachers. The chapter concludes with a discussion of exemplary teacher preparation practices that align with equitable and inclusive learning environments currently found in public schools.

A Case Study

2011 ◽  
pp. 326-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Program Assessment ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Executive Officers

We know that a nationwide shortage of highly qualified teachers exists, and not enough people are becoming teachers. We also know there are increasing demands for institutions to demonstrate a system of accountability through program assessment. As stated by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (2005), “The National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education believes improved accountability for better results is imperative, but how to improve accountability in higher education is not so obvious” (p. 4). Also, many teacher preparation programs are not accredited, and of the 1,300 teacher preparation programs that existed in 1999, only 38 percent were accredited through the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) (The CEO Forum on Education & Technology, 2000, p. 3). While examining the effectiveness of the Teacher Education program assessment at the case institution, three convergent themes emerged.

Developing Teacher Leaders Through Self-Study

2018 ◽  
pp. 635-658
Author(s):  
Courtney K. Baker ◽  
Laura E. Bitto ◽  
Theresa Wills ◽  
Terrie McLaughlin Galanti ◽  
Cassandra Cook Eatmon
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Leaders ◽  
Teacher Educator ◽  
Field Experiences ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Critical Friends ◽  
Mathematics Specialists ◽  
Certification Programs ◽  
Self Study ◽  
Qualified Teacher

Effective mathematics specialists require opportunities to apply knowledge from their advanced preparation programs to their practice. Just as pre-service teachers engage in field experiences to practice instructional strategies, in-service educators should engage in field experiences to apply leadership knowledge and skills while under the supervision of an experienced and highly-qualified teacher educator. This chapter describes the culminating self-study field experiences in a masters-level advanced certification program which prepares in-service teachers to be K-8 mathematics specialists. Through collaboration with critical friends, the mathematics specialist candidates connected research to practice in the design and implementation of a self-study project. Their work chronicled an important transformation from teachers to teacher leaders. The candidates also described their interest and their new capacity to conduct research beyond their certification programs for the purposes of impacting teacher and student learning within their organizations.

Today's Demands on Education

2019 ◽  
pp. 42-68
Author(s):  
Linda M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Effective Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Quality Teachers ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Instruction And Learning

The concerns are growing when it comes to today's demands on education. This chapter will explain how demands on teachers are critical to student success. It is imperative that teacher preparation programs are preparing quality teachers who will contribute to effective schools and student learning. The scholarship of teaching and learning needs to accompany teacher education so that teacher educators can understand and communicate the complexity of instruction and learning. Teachers as professionals need to be able to make informed and accountable deliberations about how they will engage in their practice to increase student learning. Reflective practice needs to begin early in teacher preparation programs and continue throughout the preserves teachers' programs.

Mathematics Teacher Education and edTPA

2016 ◽  
pp. 182-201
Author(s):  
Dianne S. McCarthy ◽  
Barbara A. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Mathematics Teacher ◽  
Mathematics Teacher Education ◽  
Teaching Profession ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
National Board ◽  
Successful Teachers ◽  
Teaching Standards ◽  
Professional Teaching

The development of the educative teacher performance assessment (edTPA) might be considered as beginning over a century ago as mathematics, mathematics teacher education, and the teaching profession strove to improve student learning. Professional teaching organizations such as the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards, industry, and government agencies have been seeking ways to improve teaching, to differentiate among teacher candidates to predict who will be successful teachers and who will not, and to raise the level of student achievement of all students. Along with these goals is the aspiration of recognizing teaching as a profession. To achieve this, complex assessment is necessary. Assessment of teachers, students and teacher preparation programs is necessary. edTPA could lead the way.

Addressing Beginning STEM Teachers' Needs to Teach in High-Need School Districts

2020 ◽  
pp. 221-234
Author(s):  
Anne Marie Seitsinger ◽  
Jay Fogleman ◽  
Kathy Peno ◽  
Cornelis de Groot
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Instructional Technology ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Highly Qualified Teachers ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Federal Grant ◽  
Preparation Programs

Highly qualified teachers with strong STEM backgrounds are needed to teach children, particularly in high-need school districts. One university's teacher preparation program used a constructivist approach to build candidates' technological, pedagogical, and content knowledge to enhance their preparation to teach in classrooms where they are expected to utilize instructional technology effectively. Teacher preparation programs prepare candidates to a certain degree, however, beginning teachers continue to need support. This chapter reports on how prepared these new STEM teachers were to teach and the challenges they faced in high-need school districts. This chapter also discusses the instructional technology provided to these teachers from a federal grant to address some of these challenges. The chapter concludes that beginning STEM teachers benefit from induction supports that 1) provide university-based mentoring, 2) allow them to continue to use strategies and technologies they had access to during their teacher preparation program, and 3) continue to develop themselves as professionals.

A Case Study

2012 ◽  
pp. 18-36
Author(s):  
Robert Elliott
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Program Assessment ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
National Commission ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Executive Officers

We know that a nationwide shortage of highly qualified teachers exists, and not enough people are becoming teachers. We also know there are increasing demands for institutions to demonstrate a system of accountability through program assessment. As stated by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (2005), “The National Commission on Accountability in Higher Education believes improved accountability for better results is imperative, but how to improve accountability in higher education is not so obvious” (p. 4). Also, many teacher preparation programs are not accredited, and of the 1,300 teacher preparation programs that existed in 1999, only 38 percent were accredited through the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) (The CEO Forum on Education & Technology, 2000, p. 3). While examining the effectiveness of the Teacher Education program assessment at the case institution, three convergent themes emerged.

scholarly journals Preparing Teachers: Highly Qualified to Do What? Editors’ introduction

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 54
Author(s):  
Elaine Chin ◽  
Pia L. Wong
Keyword(s):  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Elementary And Secondary Education ◽  
Education Act ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Scripted Curricula

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 has had significant effects on teacher preparation programs, both in terms of changes required for policy compliance and through important program adjustments. These adjustments have largely been made in response to changes in partner schools and districts, where pacing guides, scripted curricula, benchmark testing and program improvement mandates are now the norm. In the context of anticipated robust policy activity in K-12 education and teacher education (e.g., possible re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, adoption of the Common Core Standards, new teacher certification performance assessments, etc.), it is important to understand the ways in which the current federal law, focused primarily on K-12 education, has also shaped teacher preparation programs. Paying attention to the dynamics involved in such context that his article introduces the articles of EPAA/AAPE’s Special Issue on Preparing Teachers: Highly Qualified to Do What?

scholarly journals Using multiple measures of teaching quality to strengthen teacher preparation

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 128
Author(s):  
Jarod Kawasaki ◽  
Karen Hunter Quartz ◽  
Jose Felipe Martinez
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Program Improvement ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Federal Grants ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Teacher Residency

We argue that teacher preparation programs considering approaches to assess teaching quality should choose measures that appropriately represent the complexity of teaching, have formative value in supporting teacher candidates develop as highly qualified teachers and consider the context, mission, and people that the program desires to serve. The authors are part of a research team working with an urban teacher residency program housed in a university’s teacher education program. The increased focus on clinical experience and mandated accountability that accompany federal grants created a fertile space to experiment with different types of measures and data collection approaches, well beyond what is typical in traditional teacher education programs. In this essay, we discuss the philosophy and considerations that informed the selection of these measures in the program, and the processes that were followed to use this data in ways that consider the complexity of teaching and honor the value of data as a tool for program improvement. 

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