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Vecchiotti, Sara – State Education Standard, 2018
There is ample opportunity for state boards to improve outcomes for children by strengthening the early care and education workforce and thereby improving the quality of early care and education. Ensuring that ECE professionals have the knowledge, supports, and resources they need to support children's learning is one avenue to improving the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Change, Labor Force, State Boards of Education
Stephens, Geralyn E. – Online Submission, 2015
Industry professionals are permitted to teach in Michigan's federally funded Career and Technical Education (CTE) secondary programs, before completing a teacher certification program, under the Annual Occupational Authorization (AOA) provision. This study reviews their academic foundations, professional credentials and their pedagogical knowledge…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Teacher Education, Measures (Individuals), Educational Assessment
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Gomez, Marjorie N.; Diarrassouba, Nagnon – English Language Teaching, 2014
This study explored K-8 teachers' perceptions of their preparation and the challenges they encountered in delivering instruction to culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Using a mixed method research design, data were collected through a web-based survey from teachers in the state of Michigan. Researchers used chi-square tests to…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Grade 8, Middle School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
COOK, FRED S. – 1966
A REPORT SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS OF A SERIES OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS TEACHER EDUCATION CLINICS IN WHICH SUGGESTED GUIDELINES WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE PREPARATION OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS TEACHERS. A SERIES OF CLINICS GAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADERS IN THE FIELDS OF OFFICE OCCUPATIONS EDUCATION AND BUSINESS EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS FOR…
Descriptors: Business Education, Clinics, Curriculum Guides, Distributive Education
Ratliffe, Sharon A.; Rizzo, Merlene M. – 1975
The purposes of this article are to assess the status of speech teachers employed in Michigan public high schools during the 1974-75 school year and to compare the current status with previous analyses in order to identify trends useful to persons in speech education. A study was conducted which focused on the years of teaching experience in…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Higher Education, Language Arts, Secondary Education
Austin, C. Danford; And Others – 1987
A statewide survey was conducted by the Michigan State Board of Education to determine public opinion on teacher competency testing. Concern about the quality of education in the United States has risen as students' performance on achievement tests has declined. Accountability, competency, and effective teaching are often seen as synonymous with…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Personnel Evaluation, Public Opinion, Screening Tests
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1996
This document offers a guide to enhance the quality of Michigan social studies teaching. The document draws on two sources, "A Vision of Powerful Teaching and Learning in the Social Studies" (National Council for the Social Studies) and "A Guide to Authentic Instruction and Assessment: Vision, Standards and Scoring" (Newmann,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Studies
Harris, Debbi; Ray, Lisa – 2003
Data from the National Center for Education Statistics are used to look at Michigan's progress in meeting the challenge of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) that teachers be "highly qualified." The data also allow the study of whether all students in Michigan have access to the highly qualified teachers required by the NCLB.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cavallo, Ann M. L.; Ferreira, Maria M.; Roberts, Sally K. – School Science & Mathematics, 2005
Urban schools across the United States face a pervasive problem in their science and mathematics programs-a disproportionate number of the teachers in these classrooms are not certified, thus making them underqualified to teach these subject areas. Furthermore, urban schools deal with teacher shortages and attrition in these critical areas. The…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Teacher Qualifications, Partnerships in Education, Mathematics Teachers
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1973
Current activities in the certification of teachers and the approval of teacher education programs in the state of Michigan are described. Alternative competency-based programs under development that have implications for local school inservice training programs and for later certification actions are discussed. The development of a data base to…
Descriptors: Certification, Competency Based Teacher Education, Educational Certificates, Inservice Teacher Education
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Rosenbaum, Rene P.; Smith, Julia; Zhang, Gaoming – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2006
This paper considers the case of the Michigan Migrant Head Start program to describe and analyze the labor market conditions and teaching staff characteristics to identify the challenges faced by Migrant Head Start grantees in attracting, hiring, retaining, and training degreed teachers. The emphasis is on describing and analyzing the child care…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Labor Market, Young Children
FORD, ANDREW F.; SILVIUS, G. HAROLD – 1965
THE PROBLEM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE PRACTICES AND POLICIES FOR KEEPING INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS IN MICHIGAN QUALIFIED WITHIN THEIR EVOLVING TECHNICAL AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION. IT REQUIRED (1) AN INVESTIGATION OF DESIRABLE GOALS AND PROGRAM NEEDS BY ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS, (2) RECOMMENDED PRACTICES AND POLICIES BASED ON CONCLUSIONS DRAWN…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Cooperative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs