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Testing Teacher Candidates

The Role of Licensure Tests in Improving Teacher Quality

Americans have adopted a reform agenda for their schools that calls for excellence in teaching and learning. School officials across the nation are hard at work targeting instruction at high levels for all students. Gaps remain, however, between the nation's educational aspirations and student achievement. To address these gaps, policy makers have recently focused on the qualifications of teachers and the preparation of teacher candidates. This book examines the appropriateness and technical quality of teacher licensure tests currently in use, evaluates the merits of using licensure test results to hold states and institutions of higher education accountable for the quality of teacher preparation and licensure, and suggests alternatives for developing and assessing beginning teacher competence. Teaching is a complex activity. Definitions of quality teaching have changed and will continue to change over time as society's values change. This book provides policy makers, teacher testers, and teacher educators with advice on how to use current tests to assess teacher candidates and evaluate teacher preparation, ensuring that America's youth are being taught by the most qualified candidates.

cific standards so as to demonstrate content-specific teaching practices (Connecticut State Department of Education, 1999:4). Scorers are trained to evaluate the portfolios using criteria based on contentfocused professional teaching ...

Proceedings of the spring conference of the Eastern-States Association of Professional Schools for Teachers. Problems in teacher training

The larger question before us is: How may teachers on the several levels of instruction be guided into the most valuable program of education to insure continuous professional growth and to meet the new demands of a changing social ...

The Rise & Stall of Teacher Education Reform

This report characterizes the decade 1985-1995 as a series of false starts in reform of teacher education in the United States. The main purpose of the report is to raise the question of whether the next decade of reform will be any different. Chapter 1 presents the problem: the need to do something about teacher education is reaching crisis proportions, and so much of the education reform agenda depends on a quality teaching force operating under professional working conditions. Chapter 2 uses the Holmes Group (a national consortium of nearly 100 research universities across the United States that has pushed for teacher education reform from 1985-1995) as a case illustration of some of the possibilities and difficulties of accomplishing significant improvements. The Holmes Group case analysis helps identify key issues that need to be addressed. Chapter 3 looks ahead to 2006 by taking stock of the recent convergence of high profile plans of action, questioning whether this will be another cycle of "rise and stall" or whether there is enough knowledge and care to make the required core improvements. (Contains 74 references). (SM)

This report characterizes the decade 1985-1995 as a series of false starts in reform of teacher education in the United States.

Ebook: Mastering Teaching: Thriving as an Early Career Teacher

This book builds on the experiences of school leaders, early career teachers and their mentors and responds to the challenges that new teachers face as they move beyond initial teacher training. Practiced educators provide research-informed guidance in each chapter to scaffold new teachers’ workplace learning when the learning curve is steepest. Support for new teachers is vitally important in enhancing teaching quality, promoting teacher wellbeing, and reducing staff burnout rates. Each chapter, co-authored by school-based and university-based teacher educators, contains rich illustrative examples and vignettes from lead practitioners in UK primary and secondary schools. The book is relevant across curriculum areas and phases of education so that all new teachers can ease their transition into teaching, build their confidence and lay foundations for their career-long professional growth. Speaking to new and recently qualified teachers as well as coordinators of professional learning in schools, this book is an essential resource for teacher CPD. “An excellent addition to the thinking educator’s bookshelf.” Dr David Waugh, Professor of Education, Durham University “The distinctive challenges facing Early Career Teachers are identified and addressed with a clear focus on developing the adaptive expertise which is the foundation and sustenance of success in this demanding profession.” Professor Linda Clarke, Ulster University “This is a book that is sorely needed to support the flourishing of teachers during the demanding early stages of their careers.” Ian Menter, Emeritus Professor of Teacher Education, University of Oxford, Former President of the British Educational Research Association (2013-15) “Mastering Teaching is a core, comprehensive, credible and cutting-edge introduction to early career teacher learning.” Dr Beth Dickson, University of Glasgow Moira Hulme is Professor of Teacher Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. She has extensive experience as a teacher, teacher educator and educational researcher. Rebecca Smith is Headteacher of Sale Grammar School, Manchester, UK. She is an experienced leader who has worked across diverse settings to support teacher development to enable every child to fulfil their potential. Rachel O’Sullivan is Senior Lecturer in the School of Teacher Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Rachel taught secondary P.E. and was a subject lead, pastoral lead and Assistant Head before moving to her current role.

This book builds on the experiences of school leaders, early career teachers and their mentors and responds to the challenges that new teachers face as they move beyond initial teacher training.

Ways of Working to Bring about Desired Changes in Teacher Education

Langston , Roderick G. , “ A Study of Attitudes Toward Teaching as a Vocation , " Journal of Teacher Education 2 ... of teachers as certification requirements , salary increments , professional advancement , and professional growth .

Report of the National Inquiry Into Teacher Education

Includes recommendations for support of Aboriginal teacher trainees, teacher aids; consultation with Aboriginal consultative groups; Aboriginal studies courses for non -Aboriginal teachers.

National Inquiry into Teacher Education (Australia) ... Other Issues • the relationships between institutions engaged in teacher education , professional bodies , employing authorities and the wider community ; and the formulation and ...

Teacher Education

The Decade Ahead

The Decade Ahead National Commission on Teacher Education and Professional Standards (U.S.). The program in many respects is a superior form of supervisory program . The curriculum planning council , which includes many teachers in its ...

Minnesota's Vision for Teacher Education

Stronger Standards, New Partnerships

should be done by specially identified and trained educators who are not already involved in supervising and training the beginning teachers . The Board of Teaching should work with institutions of higher education , professional ...

Proposed Standards for Teacher Education and Certification

( 2 ) Professional education . Professional education shall include a minimum of twenty - four semester hours of course work and clinical and field - based experiences designed for teaching vocational education subjects .