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How States are Meeting the Highly Qualified Teacher Component of NCLB
… all schools receiving Title I funds must have "highly qualified teachers" in every classroom. The term "highly qualified teacher" comes from the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. What exactly is a "highly qualified" teacher? This part of the law is widely debated throughout the fifty states, but …
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Qualified Teachers and the "No Child Left Behind Act"
… the varying regulations of the concept of highly qualified teacher under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The problem that keeps emerging is teachers are not deemed qualified despite their credentials and are being blamed for the lack of student achievement. The purpose of this project …
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Teacher Preparation: Implementing Theory Into Practice
<p>Teacher preparation programs are mandated to prepare teachers that are ready for the changing landscape of the education profession. New accreditation requirements in preservice assessments and certification requirements for highly qualified teacher status are requiring teacher preparation …
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Why and how teachers transform their instruction
<p>In his 2011 book The highly qualified teacher: What is teacher quality and how do we measure it? Strong argues that as a profession, education has struggled to measure teacher quality and therefore cannot provide a proven system to consistently develop high-quality teachers. In order to move …
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How teachers define "highly qualified" for themselves and their profession
… instructors regarding how they define a "highly qualified" teacher for themselves and their profession. The investigator collected survey, focus group, and interview data by soliciting responses from 467 teachers in a large urban district.</p> <p>The theoretical basis for this study builds …
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BUILDING TEACHER CAPACITY IN A RURAL HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH DIFFERENTIATED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Every student deserves to be educated by a highly qualified teacher. Since teachers have the greatest impact on student success (Sheninger & Murray, 2017), it is critical to ensure teachers are afforded opportunities to build their capacity through professional development. When teachers perceive …
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The Effects of Substitute Teacher Training on the Teaching Efficacy of Prospective Substitute Teachers in the State of West Virginia
Teacher absenteeism, retirement, and attrition have led to a widespread shortage of substitute teachers throughout the United States , resulting in the hiring of individuals who lack teacher certification and educational pedagogy. In the past decade, West Virginia joined many other states …
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Dispositions of Effective Elementary Teachers in an Urban District in Southeastern Virginia
In an attempt to staff every classroom with a highly qualified teacher, the No Child Left Behind Act (2001) mandated that only "highly qualified" teachers be hired to teach beginning in the 2005 school-year (U.S. Department of Education, 2002). Highly qualified is defined by a teacher's background …
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When Perception Becomes Reality: A Study of the Efficacy Beliefs of Texas Student Teachers Stemming from Personal Interactions with Cooperating Teachers
Teacher preparation programs help ensure that highly qualified teachers are prepared for the challenges faced in every classroom. The student teaching experiences within the teacher preparation programs have been identified as the capstone of developing highly qualified teachers. Education leaders …
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How do students perceive and describe their mathematical learning experience in a 10th grade Geometry I class?
… but also the impact of their mathematics teacher's pedagogy. Using qualitative methods, this study suggests the potential of some factors that mathematics educators, educational administrators, or policy makers should consider in order to explain why and how some students do not learn …
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DETERMINANTS OF BEGINNING TEACHER CAREER OUTCOMES: WHO STAYS AND WHO LEAVES?
Beginning teacher attrition is a problem that exacerbates the inequity of opportunities for all students, especially for those in schools that are already challenged by poverty. This study makes use of the Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Survey (covering the period between 2008 and 2012) and U.S. …
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The Relationship Between Teacher Candidates' Performance on Praxis I and Praxis II in New Jersey
… study is to examine the relationship between teacher candidate performance on the <em>Praxis I: Pre-Professional Skills </em>test and select <em>Praxis II: Subject-Area Assessments.</em> <em>Praxis I</em> is a set of three basic skills tests in reading, writing, and mathematics most often used …