Educating Preservice Teachers: The State of Affairs
November 2001
Edyth E. Young
Peggy A. Grant
Cathy Montbriand
David J. Therriault
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Purpose
- The Challenges of Preservice Teacher Preparation
- Preservice Teacher Education Programs Under the Spotlight
Overview of Critical Issues and Strategies for the 21st Century and Beyond
- Rapid Retirement of Teachers
- Poverty and Second Language Students
- Recruitment of Minority Teachers
- Alternative Certification
- Induction Programs for Beginning Teachers
Interventions for Alignment in Preservice Teacher Education
- Higher Education Act: Title II
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
- Perspectives of Teachers Unions: AFT and NEA
- Teacher Quality of Public School Teachers
- Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: State Policy Evidence
- National Commission on Excellence in Elementary Teacher Preparation for Reading Instruction
NCREL's Gap Analysis of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Training of Reading: Large-Scale Survey Study
- Course Requirements
- Standards for Beginning Language Arts Teachers
- Testing and Licensure in NCREL's Region
Synthesis of Preservice Teacher Education Research Studies in the Field of Reading
- An Analysis of the Past
- Preservice Teachers' Perspectives
- Elementary and Secondary Levels
- Teaching Experiences
- Diagnostic Training
Appendix A. National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Standards and Matrix (Adobe® Reader® PDF) from Initial Progams for Middle/Junior High and Senior High School English Language Arts Teaching
Appendix B. International Reading Association (IRA) Standards for Specialized Reading Professionals
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