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The Highly Qualified Teacher: What Is Teacher Quality and How Do We Measure It?
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Strong, Michael – Teachers College Press, 2011
In this follow-up to "Effective Teacher Induction and Mentoring" (ED522923) Michael Strong tackles the major issues surrounding teacher quality and effectiveness. "The Highly Qualified Teacher" provides an accessible overview of the research related to teacher quality, and introduces a new method for evaluating teachers based on extensive…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Evaluation, Teaching (Occupation)
Modeling the Role of Community Colleges in Increasing Educational Attainment and Workforce Preparedness. BHEF Working Paper
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Business-Higher Education Forum (NJ1), 2010
In light of recent data showing that educational attainment rates in the United States have stagnated, the Obama administration and others have called for renewed efforts to bolster higher education outcomes. Strengthening the role of community colleges is undoubtedly an important component of any plan to dramatically increase the number of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Elementary Secondary Education, Industry, Educational Attainment
State-by-State Summary of the Requirements for Engineering Registration.
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1983
A review of the state requirements for engineering education reveals that the laws vary a great deal from state to state. Many laws contain special peculiarities that reflect various opinions about what constitutes the appropriate credentials for registration and reflect differing views concerning the methods as well as the importance of…
Descriptors: Certification, Engineering, Engineering Education, Engineers
Risk Management.
Randal, L. Nathan – 1986
This chapter of "Principles of School Business Management" presents an overview of risk management for school districts. The chapter first discusses four fundamental elements of risk management: (1) identifying and measuring risks; (2) reducing or eliminating risks; (3) transferring unassumable risks; and (4) assuming remaining risks.…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Insurance
Introduction to School Business Management.
Miles, F. Mike – 1986
This chapter of "Principles of School Business Management" reviews the historical development of the school business management process and the role, responsibilities, and training of the administrators assigned to carry out the process. The origins of school management in colonial America and the subsequent growth and increasing…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Diploma Mills. Degrees of Fraud.
Stewart, David W.; Spille, Henry A. – 1988
Drawing on nearly 6 years of findings by the American Council of Education's Center for Adult Learning and Educational Credentials, this book exposes the techniques that diploma mills (shadowy educational institutions with addresses ranging from shopping malls to post office boxes) use to lure prospective students. Explanations of how many of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions), College Graduates, Credentials
Becoming a Teacher: Practicum Guidelines for Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, Principals, College Supervisors.
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Liebert, Doris K. – 1992
This manual is intended to serve as a basic guide for the partners in the Whitworth College (Washington) student teaching program--the student teacher, the cooperating teacher, the college supervisor, and the building administrator. It contains basic information about the education program, serves as a general reference for practicum procedures,…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines