Alternative Teacher Certification: Secondary School Principals' Perceptions in Indiana

<p>As teacher recruitment intensifies to locate qualified teachers for our nation's classrooms, alternative teacher certification programs are becoming prevalent. Initially these programs were designed to attract professionals and college graduates to enter urban classrooms. However, what has occurred is that over 140 alternative certification programs are available to teacher candidates. Some of these programs are well designed with education courses and content area methodology along with pre-service teaching internships while others may not provide the opportunities for new teachers to be successful in their first years of teaching. This study investigated the perceptions of secondary school principals regarding the effectiveness of traditional and alternative teacher preparation programs.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Studies

Year

2013

Author dc:creator

• Newblom, Jane Corinne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Marilyn A. Hirth
• Jim Freeland
• William McInerney
• Pamela Frampton

• alternative teacher certification
• pathways
• highly qualified teachers
• teacher attrition
• traditional teacher certification
• Educational Leadership
• Teacher Education and Professional Development

Repository record dc:identifier

https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_dissertations/92

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:docs.lib.purdue.edu:open_access_dissertations-1123