Reviewed are a number of techniques, strategies, and competencies which teachers need to develop for working with handicapped preschoolers. Techniques (such as keeping tasks brief) are listed, principals (including that children's needs must be met immediately) are reviewed, and a class schedule for teacher trainees is outlined. (SBH)

This booklet is a guide to requirements for basic teaching certificates in Canada. Infomation listed includes: 1) the type of certificate available; 2) grade level; 3) educational requirements; and, 4) requirements for permanent certification. Standards are given for the provinces of Yukon Territory, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan,…

This handbook contains the statutes and regulations pertaining to teacher education and certification in the state of Kentucky. (JD)

The author contends that a teacher training program for teachers of gifted should present the historical and philosophical antecedents of education for the gifted and generate within the trainee an awareness of his/her philosophy. Listings of teacher qualifications are given, and various components of a teacher training model (including a plan for…

This study was conducted to determine if there is any correlation between the grade point average of a teacher of low-income students and the effectiveness of his teaching. Ninety-five students from low-income families were asked to identify their "good" teachers. Sixty-five of the 69 specified teachers were then queried about their grade point…

This is one of 15 studies of the supply of secondary level teachers in English-speaking Africa. Following an introduction which examines the economic and social development of Ghana, there are four main sections: 1) Probable Growth of Secondary School and Teacher Training College Enrollments Through 1975"; 2) "The Supply of Teachers for…

This study obtained a general picture of the preparation, certification, experience, and positions of teachers in Newfoundland and obtained other factual information relating to the nature of its teaching force. The report states that during the fall term 1971, a 59-item questionnaire was returned by 80 percent of the teachers employed in the…

AN ANALYSIS OF THE STATUS OF HIGH SCHOOL PHYSICS AND THE QUALIFICATIONS OF INSERVICE AND NEW PHYSICS TEACHERS IN NORTH CAROLINA IS PRESENTED. ALL SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN THE STATE WERE INCLUDED IN THE SURVEY. A RANDOM SAMPLE OF 88 TEACHERS WAS SELECTED FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE QUALIFICATIONS OF PHYSICS TEACHERS. DATA WERE OBTAINED FROM THE BIENNIAL…

Garfield Wilson, director of Florida's Council on Teacher Education (COTE), answers questions about present efforts to change teacher certification requirements, including rationale for the change, how the COTE model's twenty-three competencies were arrived at, their reliability as a measure of student learning and the system's possible effects on…

Author sees a trend toward increasing standards for teacher certification and increasing accountability in teacher supervision. (SP)

Author reviews the nature of concepts for those about to enter the teaching profession. (HS)

Tongue-in-cheek article on skills not taught in the teacher-training courses. (SP)

Discusses educational qualifications of the technical teacher and identifies emerging trends in education and the agricultural complex. Implications are derived for selection and recruitment of teachers as well as preservice and inservice education. (SB)