Teacher Preparation
Teacher preparation is the first stage of the formal teacher development process. The urgency of successful education in an increasingly sophisticated economy and society has generated intense questions and debates about teacher preparation:
- How much subject matter knowledge and how much pedagogical knowledge should teachers have?
- Should requirements for entry into and graduation from teacher education programs be more stringent?
- How successful are the various programs in adequately preparing the kinds of teachers we need?
Events
New York Comprehensive Center Spring Seminar: Teacher Preparation for the 21st Century
The National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality (TQ Center), in collaboration with the New York Comprehensive Center (NYCC), hosted a spring seminar on May 9, 2008 in New York City on the future of teacher preparation. Participants explored how teacher education schools can most effectively meet the challenges posed by 21st century students as well as how to create effective education partnerships which support teacher quality.
Publications
Barriers to the Preparation of Highly Qualified Teachers in Reading
This brief discusses scientifically based reading instruction in relation to federal policy mandates. It focuses on strategies and standards for ensuring that teachers are qualified to teach reading and provides recommendations for improving the teaching of reading.
The Teacher Preparation > Teacher Practices > Student Outcomes Relationship in Special Education: Missing Links and New Steps. A Research Synthesis
This research synthesis is an in-depth review of the literature on the links between the content and form of preservice teacher preparation in special education, teachers' practice in classrooms, and the achievement outcomes of students with special needs. It documents the need for more research in this important area.
Webcasts
Focusing Teacher Preparation for At-Risk and Hard-to-Staff Schools
On Thursday, September 21, 2006, the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality hosted a live, interactive webcast on the topic of preparing teachers for at-risk and hard-to-staff schools.
Online Resources
TQ Source on Teacher Preparation
Teacher preparation is the first stage of the formal teacher development process. The purpose of the teacher preparation is to help policymakers, teacher educators, and others answer important questions and tap in to useful information about programs, data, policies, and the realities of teacher preparation across the country.
National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality Connection
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) confirm that teachers need to be prepared and supported to meet the needs of all learners—both general education learners and learners with disabilities. In an effort to provide information to those who prepare and support teachers, the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality offers the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality Connection.
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