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Teacher training, tailor-made: top candidates win customized teacher education.(feature)
One May afternoon in Boston, 85 teachers in training arrived at the bayside campus of the University of Massachusetts for a three-hour class called Family Partnerships for Achievement. The instructors had invited several public school parents to come in and offer the future teachers advice. Take advantage of technology, said one parent. Among mobile families in poverty, home addresses and telephone numbers may be incorrect. Cell phones are a better bet. Text messaging really works. Take a walk around the neighborhood. Another suggestion: find out where your students shop and hang out.
Look parents in the eye, added an instructor. Say, "Hi, It's great to see you." ...
- Teacher Training Deadline.
- Newspaper article from: Education Technology News August 29, 2001 700+ words
Teacher Training Deadline -- CalState TEACH, an alternative certification program that uses technology and the Internet, is approaching it application deadline, Sept. 4. The California program uses...
- An interview with Delia Stafford about alternative certification.(Interview)
- Magazine article from: North American Journal of Psychology Stafford, Delia Shaughnessy, Michael F. December 1, 2006 700+ words
...status quo via alternative certification, simply put...learned about alternative certification? DS: I know...a system of teacher training. In the beginning...a pioneer in alternative certification, having produced...
- GOOD TEACHERS THROUGH THE BACK DOOR.(alternatives to teacher training programs)
- Magazine article from: The American Enterprise Schaefer, Naomi July 1, 1999 700+ words
...proposed an alternative certification route that would...The purpose of alternative certification is to create...iron lock on teacher training. The implications...run a pilot alternative certification institute this...
- Teacher training: what's the best way?(USA)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor Paulson, Amanda March 27, 2009 700+ words
...Johanna Klinsky remembers her teacher training ruefully. She loved the theory...teacher-education programs and alternative certification programs are not meeting the needs...president of the National Center for Alternative Certification in Washington. She's a proponent...
- UPROOTING TEACHER TRAINING THE ISSUE: BILL SEEKS A COMPLETE STATEWIDE OVERHAUL...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) February 22, 1999 700+ words
...had such a program in place, why would it bother with alternative certification programs designed for real individuals? Alarmingly...to comply'' with the requirements imposed on regular teacher-training programs. No room there for recognizing the wide array...
- SPOTLIGHT ON TEACHER TRAINING.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) Campbell, Laurel January 20, 2000 700+ words
...the list of voter concerns, turned the spotlight on teacher training this week. Producing high-quality teachers has become...already has some teacher recruitment tools, including an alternative certification plan to allow professionals with college degrees but...
- Teacher training; Consider classroom skills as well.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) May 3, 1999 700+ words
...quality, they argue for stronger college programs, more graduate training and pedagogy courses, plus less alternative certification. Some combination of the two approaches will produce the best results. Certification need not be abandoned...
- REPORTS REVIEW TEACHER TRAINING U.S. FINDINGS LAUD VIRGINIA'S TEST-SCORE LIMITS...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot June 12, 2002 700+ words
...have both. Virginia has made a wise decision to strike the right balance.'' The report also praised ``alternative certification'' programs, which offer a streamlined route to teaching for adults. Virginia has such a program, but...
