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Keirn, Tim; Luhr, Eileen – History Teacher, 2012
The American Historical Association (AHA) and the National Council for History Education (NCHE) have recently advocated for raising the visibility of historians--and the significance of history coursework and subject matter preparation--in pre-service history teacher education. In 2006, NCHE adopted a position statement on history teacher…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Teacher Qualifications, Social Sciences, Undergraduate Study
McKinney, Lyle; Roberts, Toya – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Financial aid counselors are a primary source of information that many students rely upon to understand financial aid and how to pay for college. However, little is known about financial aid counselors at America's community colleges and their interactions with the students they serve. Using original survey data, this study examined the role these…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Paying for College
Everett, Joyce E.; Miehls, Dennis; DuBois, Carolyn; Garran, Ann Marie – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2011
Schools of social work invest an enormous amount of time and money training new field instructors to ensure their ability to help students integrate the knowledge, skill, and values of the profession. Some schools, like the one described here, frame their training in the context of a developmental model of supervision. Such models presume that…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Field Instruction, Graduate Students, Supervision
Umansky, Ilana – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2018
This report synthesizes findings from extant empirical research to identify nine key policy areas that state policymakers and stakeholders in California can leverage to improve English learners' (ELs') opportunities and outcomes across the state. Importantly, the report situates these policy areas within the current framework of California state…
Descriptors: State Policy, Outcomes of Education, English Language Learners, Educational Opportunities
Ochoa, Alberto M.; Brandon, Regina R.; Cadiero-Kaplan, Karen; Ramírez, Pablo C. – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2014
This article reports on the design and performance of ALAS (Acquisition of Language Skills and Academic Literacy) Teacher Education Project designed to bridge Biliteracy and Special Education teacher preparation. ALAS was designed by faculty in two higher education departments engaged in teacher preparation to respond to California's need for…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Special Education, Teacher Education, English Language Learners
Scherer, Ethan – RAND Corporation, 2014
It has long been thought that the United States education system is the great equalizer, lifting less advantaged children out of poverty and improving their chances for success in adulthood. The opportunity for economic and social mobility depends heavily, however, on access to high quality education. Recent research has raised concerns about…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Poverty, Academic Achievement, Accountability
Frost, Jeff; Cadiero-Kaplan, Karen; Kuhlman, Natalie – CATESOL Journal, 2011
On September 30, 2010, the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) voted unanimously to approve a set of eight recommendations for authorization to teach English language learners. These recommendations approved by the CTC had been in development for almost two years and they focused on several issues, including: (1) a specific focus…
Descriptors: Credentials, Teacher Qualifications, Second Language Instruction, State Standards
New America Foundation, 2011
This paper is part of a nonpartisan project to identify specific state-level policy changes that could have a significant impact on teaching quality and be accomplished in a constrained fiscal environment. Of course, many aspects of California's teacher development system could be strengthened, better funded, or otherwise changed for the better.…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Portfolios (Background Materials), State Policy, Educational Quality
Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning at WestEd, 2012
California's middle schools have a critical role to play in furthering their students' pursuit of science learning, in high school and beyond. The rapidly changing economy, advances in technology, and the press of global challenges only increase the importance of this responsibility. The potential is there for California's middle schools to…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Science Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Educational Opportunities
Jimenez, Alfonso – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Superintendents have vast demands placed upon them by their school boards and via the political pipeline. The purpose of the study was to identify strategies/behaviors that successful superintendents used to build strong relationships and trust with their school boards within their entry period. It is during the entry period that determines…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Boards of Education, Board Administrator Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship
Harmon, Tim; Ridley, Neil – Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success, 2014
At a time of sustained unemployment and sluggish job growth, students and policymakers are increasingly asking tough questions about postsecondary education and training outcomes. Do graduates find jobs? What are they paid? What will they earn in the future? Despite growing national interest in this information, good answers are not widely…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Postsecondary Education, Employment Level, Employment Qualifications
Rodriguez-Valls, Fernando; Ponce, Gregorio A. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
Developing teaching practices that meet the needs of Second Language Learners (SLL) calls for models of apprenticeship in which teacher candidates acquire competency on how to create learning spaces where students discover, experience and construct knowledge rather than solely practicing skills. The aforesaid argument has an implication when…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Student Needs, Models
Kincaid, Laura – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify school counselors' specific training needs in order to provide leadership and consultation for effective interventions for students with Asperger syndrome. The study examined school counselors' level of knowledge, skill, and training in working with students with Asperger syndrome and their…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Asperger Syndrome, Counselor Role, Counselor Training
Newton, Xiaoxia A.; Rivero, Rosario; Fuller, Bruce; Dauter, Luke – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ3), 2011
In this paper, we investigate the effects of teacher characteristics and school context on the timing of teachers' decisions to exit schools where they teach. The two-level discrete time survival analysis framework allows for simultaneous examinations of who exits, when, and under what conditions. Our results for a large sample of teachers in the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Attitudes
Center on Educational Governance, 2013
The USC School Performance Dashboard, now in its seventh year, draws on California school data from 2003-2012 to rate charter schools on academic and financial measures of performance. It also provides an accompanying interactive site at www.uscrossier.org/ceg/. Unlike other school databases, this one assigns values--high, medium, low--to the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Indicators, Governance, School Effectiveness