An Untapped Resource

2021 ◽  
pp. 206-226
Author(s):  
Traci Almeida ◽  
Maureen P. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Retention ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Instructional Effectiveness ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
University Partnership ◽  
Untapped Resource

This chapter showcases a teacher preparation program (TPP) targeting early career, in-service teachers who are most vulnerable to early attrition and was created to support district efforts to retain and develop an effective workforce. The chapter focuses and puts a spotlight on the role of the instructional consultant, which is the most innovative aspect of this district-based teacher preparation program. These instructional consultants are embedded in the design and delivery of program coursework. This instructional consultant role was innovated to provide a conduit for teacher leadership in this ongoing partnership. This chapter recounts how this partnership began, how instructional consultants have become a conduit for leveraging and growing teacher leadership for all stakeholders involved in this school-university partnership, and the ongoing impact of this program in terms of teacher retention and improving instructional effectiveness.

scholarly journals Enhancing Educational Technology Confidence among Teacher Candidates: Benefits of and Lessons Learned from a 1:1 Device University-Elementary School Partnership

10.28945/4129 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 423-440
Author(s):  
Gregory M Francom ◽  
Andria L Moon
Keyword(s):  
Educational Technology ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Technology Use ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Social Outcome ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
University Partnership

Aim/Purpose: This study describes and evaluates a teacher preparation program that combines a school-university partnership and a 1:1 device initiative. Background: This educational design research report combines a 1:1 technology device experience with a school-university partnership to enhance teacher preparation for educational technology use. Methodology: This is a mixed-methods educational design research study. Interview responses share benefits and lessons learned from the program experience. Survey responses give information about educational technology confidence among teacher candidates who took part in this program. Contribution: This study provides a description of a unique teacher preparation program designed to enhance educational technology confidence among teacher candidates and shares lessons learned from this experience in light of collected data. Findings: Teacher candidates’ social outcome expectations for using technology were increased. Qualitative data indicate that the program also benefitted elementary school teachers by enhancing educational technology confidence and providing extra help. Recommendations for Practitioners: University teacher candidates should be given more embedded technology-focused classroom experiences. Smaller university class sizes are necessary to support these types of experiences. Recommendation for Researchers: Future studies could more deeply investigate how school-university partnership programs with technology affect teacher candidates’ social outcome expectations and educational technology confidence. Impact on Society: Approaches to teacher preparation similar to the one presented in this study can enhance students’ social outcome expectations for using technology. Future Research: Future studies could investigate various educational technology initiatives’ effects on teacher candidates’ educational technology confidence and share teacher preparation program designs aimed at enhancing educational technology use.

scholarly journals The Role Of Student Performance Reviews In A Teacher Preparation Program: Can This Teacher Candidate Be Saved?

2005 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina G. Dorsch ◽  
Diane H. Jackman
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Teacher Preparation Programs ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Preparation Programs ◽  
Performance Review ◽  
Performance Reviews

Teacher preparation programs assess students’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions throughout the program.  When concerns about student performance arise, the Student Performance Review is a vehicle for “saving” teacher candidates.

scholarly journals The Role of Field Experiences in the Professional Socialization of Early Career Literacy Teachers

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina Bartow Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Professional Socialization ◽  
Field Experiences ◽  
Pedagogical Knowledge ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Literacy Teachers ◽  
Professional Identities ◽  
Development Of Students

Scholarship on field experiences often addresses issues of integration with coursework and the development of students’ pedagogical knowledge, with less focus on their role in the development of teachers’ professional identities. Drawing on data from a yearlong qualitative study, this article addresses a central concern for students in a literacy teacher preparation program—fieldwork as a lonely venture. This research suggests that traditional field experiences explicitly and implicitly perpetuate images of teaching as a solitary act. These findings highlight the need to reconceptualize field experiences as sites of inquiry in order to disrupt narratives of isolation within teacher education.

Not Too Young to Lead

2016 ◽  
pp. 202-228
Author(s):  
Tanya Judd Pucella
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Teacher Leadership ◽  
Prospective Teacher ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Effective Teacher ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Pre Service Teacher

This chapter reviews the case for leadership development opportunities for pre-service educators so that prospective teacher leaders are willing and able to take on leadership roles once in the classroom. The chapter discusses the various curricular approaches to developing the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for effective teacher leadership. This chapter provides a comprehensive review of the various knowledge, skills, and dispositions that can begin to be developed during an undergraduate teacher preparation program. In addition, the chapter will examine focus areas for leadership development for teachers that may not be part of the traditional pre-service teacher preparation curriculum, including the concepts of followership, power, and influence techniques.

scholarly journals Implementing Action Research in a Teacher Preparation Program: Opportunities and Limitations

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-71
Author(s):  
Glenda L. Black
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
Problem Solving Skills

Action research has the potential to reconstruct schools into professional learning communities that are able to identify educational issues and develop appropriate solutions for 21st century learning. Increasingly, teacher education programs are providing action research experiences to encourage analytical thinking and problem-solving skills (Darling-Hammond, 2009, 2012). The purpose of this study was to critically examine the experiences of the teacher educator and teacher candidates involved in the implementation of an action research component over four years in a revised consecutive initial teacher preparation program. A case study design using action research methodology was used in the research, which provided the tools to explore a complex phenomenon within its context: the implementation of an action research assignment in a core course in a teacher preparation program. The perceptions of the faculty teaching the course and the teacher candidates (n=544) in each of the four years provided insight into challenges, benefits, and lessons learned.  The discussion centers on the implementation of action research in a compulsory course in a teacher education program; identifying opportunities and limitations settled into four main categories: structural incongruence, reflection, growth, and recommendations.

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