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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"teaching standards"”.
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Perceived Barriers to the National Board For Professional Teaching Standards Certification.
… establishing the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Although 16,038 educators in 45 states and the District of Columbia have obtained National Board Certification, there are over 1,200 teachers in the East Tennessee counties of Cocke and Sevier who are eligible for National Board …
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The impact of the national board for professional teaching standards on special educators
… of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) to provide a national system of recognition for teachers that will transform and unify the teaching profession (Hamsa, 1998). The NBPTS' mission in education is to "maintain high and rigorous standards for what …
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Perceived Indicators of Support Leading to the Successful Attainment of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification.
… national board certified teachers, their teaching colleagues, and their administrators. Questions were posed from the interview guides developed for each of the three targeted groups. Information derived from the interviews focused on the perceived supports that lead to the successful …
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A Survey of Pennsylvania School Principals' Perceptions of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Certification Process and the Leadership Roles of National Board Certified Teachers
Throughout the 1980's, the notion of standards came to the forefront throughout the education world. Groups questioned how to define quality teaching. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards was developed to meet this need providing a voluntary national certification to identify …
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Values in teacher education: developing professional knowledge through engaging with trainee teachers’ personal moral and political values in the context of standards-based teacher education
… the initial implementation of the first set of Teaching Standards set out in Circular 9/92 (DFE, 1992). As I progressed in the mentoring role I became increasingly aware of the challenge of meeting trainee’s training needs through a standards-based approach. In particular, I was aware of the …
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Common Core Math and Critical Reasoning
… strands of math under the new Common Core Math Standards with their performance under the old California State Standards. Student scores from in-class tests and quizzes were comparatively analyzed over the duration of a year in one sixth grade classroom in Northern California. Findings from this …
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Iowa Educators' Perceptions of the Functions and Purposes of the Iowa Professional Teaching Practices Commission
… and understandings of the Iowa Professional Teaching Practices Commission's (IPTPC) code of ethical behavior, the teaching standards and practices established by the IPTPC rules and hearing decisions, and the educators' concept of professional self-governance. A random sample of lowa …
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Federal attention to teacher certification and licensure: two policy case studies
… federal government endorsement of particular standards for the licensure or certification of teachers. They are, (a) authorization for the United States Department of Education to award design and implementation grants for programs of alternative teacher credentialing, and (b) appropriation of …
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Constructing Exemplary Practice in the Teaching of Writing and Professional English Language Arts Standards: Implications for Novice Special Education Teachers
… their construction of exemplary practice in the teaching of wtiting. Exemplary writing instruction is defined by the inclusion of (a) the professional standards found in the state of Illinois Professional Teaching Standards, Illinois English Language Arts Standards for All Teachers and (b) the …
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Graduate's perceptions of a Dean's Team course at California State University, Stanislaus
<p>The development of new teaching standards for the state of California directly affects the development of undergraduate teachers, their preparation for the educational field and their decision to remain teaching in the field of education. As a result, innovated curriculum has been developed to …
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The national board of professional teaching certification: Teacher motivation, benefits, and burdens
The National Board of Professional Teaching Standards process is considered by some to be teacher professional development, which is a vital part of the field of education. This study investigated twelve educators who began the National Board process, studying their motivation to begin, the …
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An Historical Analysis of the Development of National Board Certification Stipends in Virginia
… from the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards. This research project included three steps of data collection. First, the legislative history of Virginia's National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund, which covered the General Assembly Session in 1999, was …
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Cultivating Compassion: School Discipline Through a Lens of Equity, Wellbeing, and Decolonization
… model and suggested strategies align with the BC Teaching Standards and BC Mental Health in Schools Strategy. Three solutions are presented, each built around the development of a school-based learning team or professional learning community and an established vision for change. The solutions …
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Enhancing Student Academic Performance and Overall Health Through Standards-Based Physical Education
<p>Standards-based physical education may have an impact on students’ academic performance. Many studies support this notion. In many schools, physical education curricula are being greatly reduced. They may be removed or replaced with other programs. It is a common perception that physical …
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Do the Goal Orientations of National Board Certified Teachers Differ from Their Non-Certified Counterparts?
… through National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) and the amount of federal money NBPTS has been awarded to design the assessment of identifying teachers, the majority of research has focused on whether National Board Certified teachers impact student achievement and …
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A Study of Administrator Perceptions of State Mandated Teacher Evaluation: The Student Achievement and Iowa Teacher Quality Law
… of Iowa's Teacher Quality Evaluation Standards and Criteria. Procedure: A survey was electronically mailed to 333 lowa administrators who were randomly selected from a list of lowa administrators identified as having had first and second year teachers employed in their school district. …
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Quality Teachers of English Language Learners: Exploring the Use of a Standards Framework to Improve the Focus of Professional Development for Practicing Classroom and Content Teachers
… on reported needs and data analyses. Using the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) P-12 Professional Teaching Standards conceptual framework, practicing teachers’ perceived levels of preparedness for serving ELLs were determined based on five domains and 11 corresponding …
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A Study of Block Scheduling and Instructional Strategies and their Influence on Algebra Achievement in Classrooms Throughout North Central Texas
… organized by categories derived from the NCTM teaching standards. Data from this portion of the study indicated that teachers in both block and traditionally scheduled classes spend their class time in a similar manner, using similar materials, and using more traditional strategies. Additional …
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National Board Certification: The Impact on Teaching Practices of Three Elementary Teachers
… 2004). The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) was created in 1987 in response to the increasing focus placed on having quality teachers (Berg, 2003; Humphrey, Koppich, & Hough, 2005; NBPTS, 2011). The NBPTS is an organization governed by teachers that emphasizes sound …
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Teachers' conceptions of excellent teaching in Chinese middle schools
… explores how Chinese teachers perceive excellent teaching in middle schools. Three linked studies have aimed to identify teachers' major conceptions, and how they related to their conceptions of teaching practice. Study One investigated how 169 Chinese teachers, students, parents, and school …
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