Alternative Teacher Certification: Secondary School.
In 2008, the Pennsylvania Department of Education enacted Chapter 49-2 which divided the certified grade spans of Elementary Teachers. This dissertation addresses the question of how the change of PA Teacher Certifications, known as Chapter 49-2, has affected the selecting, interviewing, and hiring process for administrators.
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APPRECIATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF TEACHING ASSISTANTS (TAs) A STUDY OF TAs’ DESCRIPTIONS OF THEIR SUPPORT FOR PUPILS IDENTIFIED AS HAVING SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND DISABILITIES (SEND), USING AN APPRECIATIVE INQUIRY (AI) APPROACH by JULIE ANN COZENS A thesis submitted to The University of Birmingham in part fulfilment of the.
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As teacher recruitment intensifies to locate qualified teachers for our nation's classrooms, alternative teacher certification programs are becoming prevalent. Initially these programs were designed to attract professionals and college graduates to enter urban classrooms. However, what has occurred is that over 140 alternative certification programs are available to teacher candidates.
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Theses and Dissertations (Teacher Education) Login.. This study was undertaken because of the realisation that a new approach to teacher education will have to be followed if teachers are to be empowered to teach within the framework of the new educational dispensation.
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Some common professional training courses that allow you entry to regulated professions are also classified as postgraduate diplomas and certificates - for example the Legal Practice Course (LPC) for aspiring solicitors, the PGDip in Social Work, and the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching (PGCE) or Professional Graduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) for those seeking a career in the classroom.
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Traditional and alternative teacher certification programs: A national comparison. Deborah L Cohen, University of Texas at El Paso. Abstract. In this study, the relationship between traditional and alternative certification programs and public school teachers' preparedness to teach, experiences during the first year of teaching, and job satisfaction were investigated.
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Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of a Teacher Mentoring Program Irish Phaletta McCollum. This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies Collection at ScholarWorks. It has been. The purpose of this case study was to examine beginning teachers’ perceptions of.