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Summative Evaluation of an Alternative Teacher Licensure Program Sponsored by a Large Suburban School Division
The number of alternative licensure programs has increased significantly over the past decade. Faced with critical shortages of public school teachers in several subject areas, the Commonwealth of Virginia first approved an alternative route to licensure in 1998. In accordance with the No Child …
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The Attitude of a Sample of Elementary School Principals in The Commonwealth of Virginia Towards Alternatively Licensed Peers
… in 2007 reported that 16 states had a policy for alternative licensure for school leaders and 23 states had a path for alternative licensure but not a policy (Education Commission of the States, 2007). Therefore there were 39 states that offered a policy or path for obtaining licensure for school …
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Variation in the Willingness of Superintendents to Recommend Hiring Alternatively Licensed Principals
… principal candidates are being licensed through alternative pathways. Some view this movement as a plausible solution to the shortage of principals and inadequacy of principal preparation programs (Hess, 2003; Southern Regional Education Board, 2006; Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2003). Others are …
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A feminist investigation of gender performance through a reflection on the process of certification in a nontraditional educational leadership program
… were evaluated to better understand the role of alternative licensure programs in advancing women school leaders. Using heuristic qualitative methods, 18 women graduates of New Jersey's Expedited Certification for Educational Leadership program participated in focus groups and 5 returned for …
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The Road from Paraprofessional to Certified Teacher: A State, School District, and University Partnership
<p>Over the past few decades thousands of special education teachers have been teaching students with disabilities on emergency or temporary certificates (Barnes, Crow, & Schaefer, 2007). The majority of these teachers entered the field of education with little to no preparation. Most of these …