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Ng, Jennifer; Thomas, Kelli – Action in Teacher Education, 2007
Hard-to-staff urban school districts increasingly rely on teachers who are certified through alternative routes to staff their classrooms. Given the accelerated design of alternative certification as well as the unique nature of schools in urban contexts, the process by which these individuals become effective teachers is essential to understand.…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Case Studies, Beginning Teachers, Urban Teaching
Shealey, Monika Williams – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2007
What constitutes effective reading instruction for urban and ethnically diverse learners has been the topic of a great deal of debate. Particularly, during this time of sweeping mandates and increased calls for accountability. The response from urban schools to The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) serves as the backdrop for this paper which will…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching
George, Evy; Louw, Daniël; Badenhorst, Gerhard – South African Journal of Education, 2008
An exploratory study on the role of extrinsic and intrinsic factors in determining job satisfaction amongst urban secondary-school teachers in Namibia was undertaken. Biographical variables pertaining to the teachers' gender, age, marital status, school resources, teaching experience, academic qualifications, and rank were investigated to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Job Satisfaction, Urban Teaching, Secondary School Teachers
Storm, Jeanne – Future Educators Association, 2008
One of the most pressing challenges in public education today is the recruitment and retention of high quality teachers for America's schools. Research shows teacher shortages exist nationwide but vary by geographic area, content area, demographics, and individual schools. In a recent study of the Future Educators Association[R] (FEA) initiative…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Public Schools, Job Shadowing, Career Academies
Curry, Marnie Willis – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: This study builds upon research on teacher professional communities and high school restructuring reforms. It employs a conceptual framework that draws upon theories of "community of practice" and "community of learners." Purpose/Objective/Research Question/Focus of Study: This study analyzes how teachers' professional inquiry…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Instructional Improvement, Educational Change, Professional Development
Merseth, Katherine K.; Sommer, Julia; Dickstein, Shari – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2008
This article explores the motives and evolving identities of one group of graduate students enrolled in a teacher education program at an Ivy League university, who made the choice to teach in urban classrooms. The authors examine the perspectives these candidates give to the process of learning to teach and how their identities are tempered,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Graduate Students, Urban Teaching, Teacher Education Programs
Orelus, Pierre – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2009
With the enactment of the NCLB mandates, emphasis on high-stakes testing became more prevalent than ever. Some argue that high-stakes tests can be a driving force behind fundamental change in schools. Whether or not this type of test-driven change leads to school improvement is an empirical question. What we do know is that high-stake testing can…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
Archer, Jeff – Education Week, 2006
In a field of revolving-door leaders, Thomas W. Payzant is the exception to the rule. Amid the rise and fall of superintendents in city after city, he has led the Boston Public Schools for nearly 11 years. Now, as he prepares to retire, the district offers a rare glimpse of what is possible with stable leadership in urban education. It is a story…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Program Implementation, Instructional Leadership, Faculty Development
Lynn, Marvin – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2006
This article offers a portrait of a young black male teacher in an urban school in South Central Los Angeles. In the portrait, the words of the subject are intertwined with the thoughts and reactions of the researcher as a way in which to capture his life history narrative and offer his reading of the world. The article discusses the participant's…
Descriptors: Profiles, Males, African American Teachers, Racial Identification
Smiley, Azure Dee – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2006
Many European American pre-service special education teachers participate in activities and coursework to prepare them to engage with diverse students in urban settings. This qualitative study explores the experience of two teacher candidates taking part in one such program. Specifically, the interactions and perceptions of the participants' first…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Multicultural Education, Special Education Teachers, Teaching Experience
Saffold, Felicia – Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2006
This study explores urban teachers' perception of their mentoring experience in an alternative urban teacher education program. Fifteen teachers who had been teaching in urban schools for at least three years participated in focus groups. The findings support the need for continuing the development of new teachers through utilizing mentors in the…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Mentors, Alternative Teacher Certification
Johnson, MaryAnn – Urban Education, 2006
This article poses an alternative to traditional teacher education methods of preparing reading specialists in university programs focused solely on outcomes. An equally important issue to explore is that of process and how candidates are prepared. Studying outputs with limited attention to process factors leaves teacher educators with incomplete…
Descriptors: Specialists, Reading Consultants, Teacher Education Programs, Urban Teaching
Milner, H. Richard – Urban Education, 2006
Several essential interactions or experiences that had an influence on preservice teachers' learning and understanding about urban education and diversity are described and discussed. In particular, the author introduces a developmental typology that was used to analyze the preservice teachers' learning and understanding as a result of a course…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Urban Teaching, Urban Schools, Preservice Teachers
Watson, Dyan; Charner-Laird, Megin; Kirkpatrick, Cheryl L.; Szczesiul, Stacy Agee; Gordon, Pamela J. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2006
This article considers the ways in which 17 novice teachers define and describe effective urban teaching and the stark contrasts that these teachers draw between effective urban teaching and effective teaching. The authors find that descriptions of students played a considerable role when participants made distinctions between effective teaching…
Descriptors: Urban Teaching, Teacher Effectiveness, Beginning Teachers, Instructional Effectiveness
Hatch, J. Amos – Online Yearbook of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, 2006
This article is a description of the perceptions of pre-service teachers who have chosen to study in a teacher education program designed specifically to prepare them to work in urban elementary schools. Twelve volunteer participants were interviewed in the spring following their admission into the program. Participants and the researcher also…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching, Teacher Education Programs