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Direct linkPecheone, Raymond L.; Whittaker, Andrea – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
This is an era of transformation in the preparation, induction, and assessment of prospective teachers. The tension between local and state control is at the heart of the debate. States should be responsible for establishing performance standards that ensure that new teachers are well-prepared, competent, and ready to teach. This is why the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Preservice Teachers, Standards, Teacher Education Programs
Download full textMenzes, Ana; Maier, Adam – TNTP, 2014
The field of teacher preparation is falling short of its most important responsibility: ensuring that the teachers we train are ready to do the job. For more than a decade,TNTP preparation programs produced teachers who were no more or less effective than teachers from any other program-- some were great, some were poor, most were about average.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Change, Teaching Skills, Basic Skills
Peer reviewedNixon, Andy; Packard, Abbot; Dam, Margaret – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2016
This quantitative study investigated the relationship between teacher dispositions, subject content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and reasons that school principals recommend non-renewal of teachers' contracts. Nearly 2,000 school principals in 13 states completed an emailed survey. In deciding whether to non-renew a teacher contract,…
Descriptors: Teacher Dismissal, Contracts, Principals, Administrator Attitudes
Center for Community College Student Engagement, 2014
Part-time faculty teach approximately 58% of U.S. community college classes and thus manage learning experiences for more than half (53%) of students enrolled in community colleges (JBL Associates, 2008). Often referred to as "contingent faculty," their work is conditional; the college typically has no obligation to them beyond the…
Descriptors: Part Time Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Community Colleges, Focus Groups
Nixon, Andy; Dam, Margaret; Packard, Abbot L. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
This quantitative study investigated reasons that school principals recommend non-renewal of probationary teachers' contracts. Principal survey results from three regions of the US (Midwest, Rocky Mountains, & Southeast) were analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U statistical procedures, while significance was tested applying a…
Descriptors: Principals, Surveys, Contracts, Teacher Dismissal
Hamre, Bridget; Henry, Anne; Locasale-Crouch, Jennifer; Downer, Jason; Pianta, Robert; Burchinal, Peg; Howes, Carollee; LaParo, Karen; Scott-Little, Catherine – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education's (NCRECE) program of research is a series of experimental studies of specific approaches to training early childhood (EC) educators to be effective in implementation of curriculum and instructional interactions focused on promoting language and literacy skills, two domains that operate…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Course Content, Literacy Education
