How Prepared Is Your Child's Teacher?.

Wise, Arthur E.

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ERIC Number: EJ523866

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1996

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ISSN: ISSN-1083-3080

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How Prepared Is Your Child's Teacher?

Wise, Arthur E.

Our Children, v21 n3 p32-33 Jan-Feb 1996

Outlines National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) criteria for accreditation of teacher education programs and suggests that parents find out about their school's teachers, ask principals and school boards to hire teachers from NCATE-accredited schools, and insist on teachers being trained in standards of their subject area professional association. (SM)

Descriptors: Accrediting Agencies, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Parent School Relationship, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary School Teachers, Standards, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Qualifications

Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles

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Audience: Parents

Language: English

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