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Urban Alternatives.
Gallegos, Bart – American School Board Journal, 1995
Teachers for Chicago is a program that recruits, educates, and trains new teachers. The Chicago Public Schools pays for candidates to earn a master's degree in education at a participating college or university. Participants work as interns for two years under the tutelage of a mentor. A sidebar describes how rural districts aggressively recruit…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Internship Programs
Creating and Sustaining Urban Teacher Residencies: A New Way to Recruit, Prepare, and Retain Effective Teachers in High-Needs Districts
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Berry, Barnett; Montgomery, Diana; Rachel, Curtis; Hernandez, Mindy; Wurtzel, Judy; Snyder, Jon – Aspen Institute, 2008
Urban Teacher Residencies (UTRs) are an emerging innovation designed to embody best practices in recruitment, screening, preparation, placement, induction, and teacher leadership for urban school districts. UTRs can be a key element of urban districts' portfolio of pathways into teaching and a lynchpin of a larger strategy to strengthen the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Teacher Recruitment, Graduates
Learning in Small Moments: Life in an Urban Classroom. The Practitioner Inquiry Series.
Meier, Daniel R. – 1997
This book tells the stories of two young male first-grade teachers in an urban public school. From the perspective of a white male teacher, the book describes the complexities of establishing a personal and professional relationship with a co-teacher of different ethnicity (Hispanic American) and somewhat different philosophy, and the difficulties…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Diversity (Student), Educational Change
Crossing over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Diverse Classrooms. The Jossey-Bass Education Series.
Ladson-Billings, Gloria – 2001
This book describes the Teach for Diversity (TFD) teacher education program for people who want to teach poor minority children and who are excited about the possibilities for transformation within urban communities. The book is written in three voices (teacher, teacher educator, and researcher). It reflects the author's own early teaching career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Citizen Participation, Culturally Relevant Education
Ahead of the Class: A Handbook for Preparing New Teachers from New Sources. Design Lessons from the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund's Pathways to Teaching Careers Initiative.
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Clewell, Beatriz Chu; Villegas, Ana Maria – 2001
This handbook is a guide to the design of new teacher recruitment programs. It is intended to help new programs make the best possible start in duplicating the success of the Pathways program, which seeks to recruit from three nontraditional pools: paraprofessionals, uncertified teachers, and returned Peace Corps volunteers. Pathways involves:…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, College School Cooperation, Diversity (Faculty)
Becoming a Successful Urban Teacher.
Brown, Dave F. – 2002
This book shares the stories of 13 successful urban teachers who offer advice on effective instructional strategies, gaining students' cooperation, managing the classroom, and developing curricula that match students' interests and academic levels. Ten chapters are: (1) "Why Teach in an Urban School?" (the lives of urban teachers and what urban…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Environment, Culturally Relevant Education