Beginning Teachers’ Perceptions toward Teacher Training and Professional Development Programs

Professional Training and Support Research shows that professional training and support is needed for teachers to successfully implement culturally relevant pedagogy. Culturally relevant pedagogy requires teachers to have professional development and support for their teaching practice to be effective. Teachers who lack training and support are not able to address the academic achievement gap among culturally diverse students (Griner & Stewart, 2012, p. 589). Professional training and support

Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education (“Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math”, n.d.). Despite this commitment, reports indicate a decline in STEM proficiency as well as a lack of qualified teachers to respond to the deficiency (Holdren, Lander, & Varmus, 2009). The lack of qualified STEM teachers has resulted in critical shortage areas in many districts across the United States, prompting policy reform allowing alternative certification pathways to alleviate shortages (“Alternative Routes”

Exploring Beginning Teachers’ Perceptions on Formal Mentoring Programs in Elementary Schools Introduction Central Phenomenon The risk of losing beginning teachers has been an issue in the United States for a long time. An immense amount of research has been conducted exploring why beginning teachers are leaving the profession. Fantilli and McDougall’s (2009) pointed out that beginning teachers have the same responsibilities and requirements as veteran teachers, but in addition to these factors

to institutionalize the Teacher Induction Program in the division and school levels of DepEd… - MTPDP, 2004-2010 The Department of Education is known as the biggest bureaucracy in the country. As a beginning professional teacher, it is advantageous to know the legal bases of education and the programs and projects of the department. It must also be clarified about the rights, responsibilities, and accountabilities as a teacher. It is important that the beginning teacher must internalize their roles

2000: Educate America Act. The purpose of this bill was to ensure that as a nation, we obtained eight National Education Goals. One of these goals was that by the year 2000, the Nation’s teaching force will have access to programs for the continued improvement of their professional skills and the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to instruct and prepare all American students for the next century ("The History of Goals 2000 (HSLDA | National Center Special Report)"). Fifteen years

Cognitive Coaching A New Approach to Building Effective Teacher Leaders 2/28/2013 Nicole L. Winsley | A New Approach to Mentoring A newly licensed teacher walks into her empty classroom on the first day of school. She has her curriculum guide, her pacing calendar, her unit instructional plan, and her lesson plans for the first week. She has her copies made and in her mind she has stored the countless hours’ worth of instruction she received for four years. The bell rings, and it is time

practice methods of preparing teachers for the classroom were addressed in an article by Cochran-Smith, et al. (2011). This study reviewed research on how to best prepare teachers for the classroom. 6 different genres were reviewed. Qualitative studies were conducted to help understand policy and practice for the best ways to train teachers. The genres that were tested were teacher certification, educational background, entry pathways, teacher preparation, age of beginning teaching, and life history

relationships, solve interpersonal problems, and make effective and ethical decisions. The significance of SEL continues to grow in the context of policy debates concerning school improvement and individual student achievement. A review found that SEL programs improved students’ performance in the classroom, not just their emotional performance. Specifically, they found an increase of 11% to 17% in test scores (1). SEL has just recently made it into mainstream educational curriculum, but at many schools

Evidence Search Our review of research on the apprehensions and anxieties of graduate Masters of Social Work students entering practice encompasses studies from 1990 through 2015. Processing the information that would be productive for valid search our research team used three search engines that produce the evidence-based material. The search engines used included: Google Scholar, Ebsco Host, and JSTOR through Arkansas State University One Search. The relevant search terms selected for this

This document will focus on the perceptions of teachers who teach English Language Learners (ELL). The discussion will center on three theories that interrelate through the examination of various articles on the research on teachers’ instructional practices, perceptions of students and classroom experiences that contribute to motivating English Language Learners to pursue a college education. At the same time, the articles will be analyzed to identify correlated theories that can be use as guidelines