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Previts, Joanne L.; Kleine, Karynne L. M.; Mizelle, Nancy B. – Middle School Journal (J3), 2013
This article describes the middle grades program at Georgia College's John H. Lounsbury College of Education, which educates and trains middle school teachers. It describes the school's field-based teacher preparation program in which a mentor leader guides the candidates. The middle grades education program is a two-year, field-intensive…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Teacher Education, Teacher Education Curriculum, Mentors
Jackson, Jo-Anne Kelly – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Public school teachers are at the forefront of education in the United States; they must employ methods such as data-driven decision making (DDDM) to ensure that all students are learning. Quality decision making is vital in this age of accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) that includes mandated state testing such as the…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Teacher Competency Testing, Phenomenology, Middle School Teachers
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Edwards, Susan – Action in Teacher Education, 2013
The middle-grades program at a state university recently underwent a program redesign in an effort to ensure that teacher candidates are well prepared to teach in today's contemporary middle schools while maintaining the principles and standards established by the Association of Middle Level Educators. The purpose of this article is to explain the…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Study, Educational Change