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Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
Education researchers and policy makers agree that teachers differ in terms of quality and that quality matters for student achievement. Despite prodigious amounts of research, however, debate still persists about the causal relationship between specific teacher credentials and student achievement. In this paper, we use a rich administrative data…
Descriptors: Teacher Qualifications, Academic Achievement, Credentials, Teacher Characteristics
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1998
This introductory-level training program is designed to develop in classroom teachers the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for functioning as successful mentors to novice North Carolina teachers. This includes background and perspectives for mentoring in North Carolina; Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC)…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
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Wheatley, Jack H.; Tew, Wallace R. – American Biology Teacher, 1993
Reports the results of returned surveys of biology instructors (n=44), chemistry instructors (n=20), and personnel officers (n=19) in the North Carolina Community College System. The instructor survey concerned the type of courses taught, the academic preparation of the instructor, and the perceived value of secondary teaching. (PR)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, College Faculty, College Science
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2007
Education researchers and policymakers agree that teachers differ in terms of quality and that quality matters for student achievement. Despite prodigious amounts of research, however, debate still persists about the causal relationship between specific teacher credentials and student achievement. In this paper, we use a rich administrative data…
Descriptors: Credentials, Class Size, Teacher Characteristics, Academic Achievement
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. – 1997
This document responds to the components of North Carolina's Excellent Schools Act that pertain to mentoring. The first section includes tools for the selection of mentors: a listing of mentor selection criteria, a mentor nomination form, a faculty survey instrument for mentor candidates, interview questions for mentors, a mentor application form,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education