21. Teacher Certification Office Lesley University and the massachusetts Department of and policies for teachers, administrators and The certification Officer coordinates and oversees the http://www.lesley.edu/certification.html

apply for a license [acrobat pdf] licensure ... main page this site maintained by: Shantel H. site guide site guide? Welcome to the Lesley Certification Web site Workshops for the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure June Workshops open to the public please click here to download registration form. Important Notices July 24,2004 Test Administration The July administration of the MTEL educator licensure tests is scheduled for the Saturday before the start of the Democratic National Convention. National Evaluation Systems, Inc. and the Department of Education will make every effort to foresee problems and minimize the impact of any disruptions that might occur. However, it falls to the licensure candidates who elect to take the examinations at this administration to make adequate plans to arrive at their assigned test site on schedule. Finally, in the event that a public emergency forces a change in the test administration schedule, candidates should follow the directions in the Registration Bulletin (page 24). Communication and Literacy Skills Test Revision: The mechanics section of the Communication and Literacy Skills' writing subtest is being updated. The first administration of the updated test will take place on September 11, 2004.

22. Archived: Reforms In Preservice Preparation Programs And Teacher Certification S In Fairfax County, Virginia, and in massachusetts, teachers achieving board certification receive required continuing education credits. http://www.ed.gov/pubs/IASA/newsletters/profdev/pt3.html

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n Improving America's Schools: Newsletter on Issues in School Reform - May 1996 Reforms in Preservice Preparation Programs and Teacher Certification Standards Just as states, districts, and educational associations are beginning to rethink professional development strategies to support school improvement, they are also trying to reform preservice preparation programs and teacher certification standards. They have been exploring better ways to prepare new teachers, certify experienced teachers, and provide ongoing professional development to practicing educators. Many organizations-including schools, universities, and national educator groups-have created professional development schools that fit the continuing needs of teachers, from their preservice period to after many years of practice. In addition, educators, professional organizations, private foundations, and others have established a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards that can certify and recognize exceptional, experienced teachers. Professional Development Schools The professional development school framework encourages simultaneous restructuring of K-12 schools and colleges of education. Professional development schools provide clinical settings that prepare novice teachers to succeed in real schools and communities. Like medical students who serve an internship in hospitals, novice teachers learn to apply their coursework to the everyday challenges of actual teaching. The schools also provide ongoing professional development for experienced teachers and university faculty.

23. State Contacts For Teacher Certification The rules governing teacher certification change regularly, vary greatly across states, and many states have a email nallen@msde.state.md.us. massachusetts Dept. of Education http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/reports/teacher.htm

home contact us join a society advanced search Publications ... RSS News Feeds current issue State Contacts for Teacher Certification If you are considering teaching as a career choice, the following information will be vital to you. The rules governing teacher certification change regularly, vary greatly across states, and many states have a number of different options, including alternate teacher certification. Below is a list of the specific offices to call regarding teacher certification requirements in each state. If you have additional or supplemental information that we should be aware of or that we should post on our website please click here and let us know. This table was reproduced from the National Center for Education Information in Washington, DC. For further information on teacher certification visit them at their website at www.ncei.com. Alabama Dept. of Education 5201 Gordon Persons Bldg.,50 N. Ripley St. P.O. Box 302101 Montgomery, AL 36130-2101 Attn.: June H. Mabry

24. Amherst College Career Center | Teacher Certification The Amherst College / Mt. Holyoke College massachusetts State teacher certification Program. By completing the massachusetts requirements http://www.amherst.edu/~careers/teachcert.htm

The Amherst College / Mt. Holyoke College Massachusetts State Teacher Certification Program By completing the Massachusetts requirements for initial teacher licensure, Amherst students can receive teaching certificates in the following subject upon graduation from Amherst College: Teacher of Middle School [5-8] in history, biology, earth science, political science/political philosophy, and mathematics Teacher of Visual Art [Prek-8], [5-12] Teacher of Foreign Language [5-12]: Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Russian Teacher of Music [All Levels] Be sure to check out the Program's general timeline it will keep you on track as you plan. Massachusetts has reciprocity agreements with most other states that can qualify Amherst licensed students for middle and high school teaching positions across the nation. In addition to their course work at Amherst College, students working toward Massachusetts licensure during their undergraduate years will draw upon our liaison with the Teacher Licensure Program at Mt. Holyoke College in order to complete the requirements of the program.

25. Amherst College Career Center | Teacher Certification The intensive, yearlong, urban school-based teacher education program leads to a Master of Education degree and massachusetts secondary teacher certification. http://www.amherst.edu/~careers/immersionedu.html

Teacher Immersion Programs A Note on Teacher Immersion Programs these programs offer a wonderful opportunity to gain provisional teacher certification and valuable classtime/leadership experience, and they can be immensely rewarding. With any such program, however, it is strongly recommended that prospective applicants press the particular organizations for specific information regarding the ongoing support resources to allow for the most productive personal and professional transition possible. Teach for America is an attractive way for Amherst graduates to launch a career in public schools. It is an immersion prgram which comprises a summer of training followed by 2 years of teaching in public schools. The Career Center has applications available. 180 Days in Springfield is a collaboration between the UMass Amherst and Springfield, Mass., public schools. The intensive, year-long, urban school-based teacher education program leads to a Master of Education degree and Massachusetts secondary teacher certification. The program features two semesters of integrated teaching and graduate study in a Springfield public middle or high school. Candidates may take additional summer coursework to complete the M.Ed. Participants earn Provisional Certification with Advanced Standing in their subject field at the middle or high school level, become eligible for Inter-State Compact Certification reciprocity, and meet requirements for the M.Ed.

26. Middle/Secondary Education Teacher Certification Programs of C+ or higher and an average of 2.7 for prerequisite certification courses. end of the Stage 2. Received a passing grade on the massachusetts teacher Test in http://www.worcester.edu/academics/education/middle_cert.htm

Education Middle/Secondary Education Teacher Certification Programs Worcester State College offers Provisional Teacher Certification with Advanced Standing programs in middle school education (grades 5-9) and secondary education (grades 9-12) at the undergraduate level and Standard Certification programs in secondary education (grades 9-12) and middle school education (grades 5-9) at the graduate level. Admission Requirements: Undergraduate Program Students planning to minor in Middle/Secondary Education will progress through a three-stage process. Each stage must be completed satisfactorily prior to passage to the next stage. Stage 1 Middle/Secondary Education Minor Completion of EN 102 English Composition II with a grade of C or higher. Completion of 15 semester hours in the subject major. Students must submit a CORI check application and be approved prior to doing observations for Education courses. Potential for teaching children as demonstrated by completion of the following courses with a grade of C or higher and an average of 2.5 across all prerequisite courses. PS 215 Psychology of Adolescence ED 250 Educational Psychology ED 251 Foundations of Education ED 270 Diversity and Multicultural Education Any departure from the prescribed program of study for teacher certification must have waiver committee approval prior to advancement to Stage 2.

27. Elementary Education Major Teacher Certification Program or higher and an average of 2.7 for prerequisite certification courses. Received a passing grade on the massachusetts teacher Test in Communication and Literacy http://www.worcester.edu/academics/education/major_elementary.htm

Education Elementary Education Major Teacher Certification Program The Elementary Education major prepares candidates for Provisional Teacher Certification with Advanced Standing as a teacher of children, grades 1 through 6. The program of study is based upon a broad liberal arts foundation and an integrated professional teacher preparation program. A course waiver process is available for transfer students where appropriate. Requirements for a Major in Elementary Education: 33 credits ED 155 Teaching and Learning Elementary School ED 250 Educational Psychology ED 320 Elementary Science ED 325 Elementary Math ED 425 Seminar: Applying Educational Principles ED 435 Student Teaching in the Elementary School Prerequisite Courses CM 110 Public Speaking PS 210 Child Growth and Development HE 150 Health and Physical Education for the Teacher or HE 100 Personal Health Students will also be required to take specific liberal arts and science courses to satisfy foundation and distribution requirements. Elementary Education majors seeking Provisional Teacher Certification with Advanced Standing must also complete an academic major in the arts or sciences offered at the College and approved by the department. Admission to the Elementary Education Major Students planning to major in Elementary Education will progress through a three-stage process. Each stage must be satisfactorily completed before passage to the next stage.

28. Report Critical Of Mass. Teacher Tests The massachusetts teacher Tests have The teacher certification exams require candidates to pass a literacy test in reading and writing, and then a test in a http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v7/f18/haney.html

Report Critical of Mass. Teacher Tests By Mark Sullivan Staff Writer In the wake of widespread failures on the new Massachusetts teacher exams, a panel co-founded by a Boston College testing specialist says the exams themselves deserve a failing grade. Prof. Walter Haney (SOE) and colleagues on the Ad Hoc Committee to Test the Teacher Test have urged an immediate suspension of the exams, which they argue are poorly designed and unreliable. "The Massachusetts Teacher Tests have been hastily and poorly developed, and should not be used until documentation is available on the reliability of the tests," said Haney, whose group held a Statehouse press conference on Feb. 11 to sharply criticize the exams. Prof. Walter Haney (SOE), right, with Ad Hoc Committee to Test the Teacher Test colleagues Clarke Fowler and Anne Wheelock. (Photo by Lee Pellegrini) The teacher certification exams require candidates to pass a literacy test in reading and writing, and then a test in a specific subject, such as elementary education or biology. Almost 60 percent of the aspiring teachers who took the exams failed when the testing was introduced last April, and nearly half flunked another round in July. Boston College had one of the highest success rates on the exams of any college or university in the state, with nearly four out of every five BC candidates scoring a passing grade.

29. Foreign Language Teacher Certification. ERIC Digest. In addition, oral proficiency is evaluated in the Georgia and massachusetts tests. CRITICAL ISSUES IN FL teacher certification. Increased Demand for FL Teaching. http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-924/language.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Wing, Barbara H. Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Washington DC. Foreign Language Teacher Certification. ERIC Digest. Typically, beginning foreign language (FL) teachers in the United States must complete an "approved program" of teacher education in a four-year college or university, have a certain minimum grade point average, and complete a specified number of credit hours in the foreign language to be certified. To receive "approved program" status, institutions must demonstrate to their state department of education that they are fulfilling state standards. Most states model their standards after two statements developed by the FL teaching profession in the 1950s and '60s titled, QUALIFICATIONS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES and GUIDELINES FOR TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN MODERN FOREIGN LANGUAGES (Paquette 1966). The QUALIFICATIONS are brief descriptions of "minimal," "good," and "superior" competence in listening comprehension, speaking, reading, writing, applied linguistics, culture and civilization, and pedagogy. The GUIDELINES describe model programs, using the QUALIFICATIONS as minimum objectives (Wing 1984).

30. ESL Teacher Certification. ERIC Digest. Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, massachusetts, Minnesota, New state requirements for certification can be CH DIRECTORY OF teacher PREPARATION PROGRAMS IN http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-924/esl.htm

Site Links Home Search for ERIC Digests Privacy Policy Resources for Library Instruction ... Information Literacy Blog ERIC Identifier: Publication Date: Author: Kreidler, Carol J. Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages and Linguistics Washington DC. ESL Teacher Certification. ERIC Digest. English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers must have special preparation to teach English to non-native speakers; being a fluent speaker or an effective teacher of English to native speakers is not enough. Just as teaching mathematics or French requires special knowledge and skills, teaching English as a Second Language does also. This Digest outlines some of the relevant issues concerning ESL teacher certification: profiles of students needing ESL instruction, reasons for considering certification, academic preparation needed to teach ESL, and a description of state requirements for certification. WHO NEEDS AN ESL TEACHER? Estimates based on the 1980 Census indicate that in 1980-81 at least three-and-a-half million school-age children in the United States lacked the English language skills needed to succeed in school. These children, whose native language is not English, generally fall into two groups. The first, limited-English-proficient (LEP) students, speak, understand, and may read and write English, but not well enough to keep up academically with their native English-speaking peers. The second group, non-English-speaking (NES) students, do not speak or understand English and may have no literacy skills in their native language. This factor complicates attempts to teach them English.

31. Certification And Licensure teacher certification Licensure. Choose Your Path You are applying for your first massachusetts Certificate/License. You are looking http://www.massteacher.org/career/state_cert/

Search Certification/Recertification News Definitions Hope for better rules on licensure IPDP Plans Update: DOE guidelines for reviewing, approving, and endorsing plans Licensing Alert ... Requirements mandate districts have teacher orientation, induction and mentoring programs Choose Your Path You are applying for your first Massachusetts Certificate/License You are looking to advance or keep active your Certification/License Massachusetts Educator Certificates and Licenses are regulated by the Massachusetts Department of Education. See their Web site for more information. Last modified: Sunday, August 24, 2003 Home Leaders Members-Only Advocating for Public Education ... Contact Us

32. Teaching Jobs Overseas: Alternative Routes To Teacher Certification massachusetts massachusetts Department of Education, teacher certification Center 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148 (781) 3886600; http//www.doe.mass.edu http://www.joyjobs.com/center/certification.htm

Teaching Jobs Overseas International Employment for Teachers Teaching Jobs Overseas Topics: international teaching, teaching overseas, teaching abroad, American and international schools, overseas jobs, international employment, etc. Alternative Certification Many states have developed or are initiating programs that provide alternative routes to teacher certification, particularly for mid-career professionals. The goal of such programs is to draw a diversity of individuals with in-depth subject matter backgrounds into teaching careers. Requirements for an alternative teaching license vary by state. For an overseas position, it does not matter what state your license is from. Generally, applicants must hold a bachelors degree in the subject to be taught, achieve a passing score on state-required examinations, complete an intensive teacher preparation program, and possibly fulfill a supervised teaching internship. Specific information on which school systems are offering internships can be requested from the schools. After satisfactory completion of these requirements, the applicant will be issued a teaching credential.

33. News Features certification matter for student achievement? Evaluating the evidence. Every Child s teacher Core Standards for North Carolina s teachers. massachusetts Bonus http://www.teachingquality.org/resources/newsfeatures.htm

News Features State of the South 2004: Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education A Report from MDC, Inc. (May 24, 2004) Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education : A Two-Tiered Education System A NCTAF Report (May 17, 2004) The Search for Highly Qualified Teachers A Phi Delta Kappan article by Barnett Berry, Mandy Hoke, and Eric Hirsch (May 10, 2004) Live Web Chat: Improving Teacher Working Conditions Edweek hosts NC Gov. Mike Easley, Barnett Berry, and NC Teacher of the Year '02-'03 (April 14, 2004) PEN/Edweek Poll Shows Education Remains a Top Priority for Voters (April 1, 2004) Creating a Culture of Excellence Teacher leaders discuss school working conditions in a Threshold article by William Ferriter and John Norton (April 2004) Denver Teachers Approve New Compensation Systems (March 19, 2004)

34. Education Week: Alternative Teacher Certification - Alternative Certification, A A study on New Jersey s alternative route to teacher certification by one of its Conversely, a recent look at the massachusetts Signing Bonus Program for New http://www.edweek.org/context/topics/issuespage.cfm?id=111

35. PPI: Teacher Quality Is Job One By Stephanie Soler Revamp teacher certification By Stephanie Soler In the spring of 1998, 1800 prospective teachers in massachusetts took the first ever massachusetts teacher Test http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=110&subsecID=135&contentID=737

36. Teacher Certification Tests Skipped An Important Development Step: 2/24/99 issued a report critical of the massachusetts teacher Tests, I am writing to respond to your editorial about our analysis ( certification test s critics http://www.s-t.com/daily/02-99/02-24-99/c05op089.htm

Teacher certification tests skipped an important development step SALEM As a member of the group that recently issued a report critical of the Massachusetts Teacher Tests, I am writing to respond to your editorial about our analysis ("Certification test's critics misfire with analysis," Feb. 15). First, contrary to what the editorial implied, I support having an exam for pre-service teachers. Although this sort of exam will never tell us whether candidates actually know how to teach, it should be able to establish whether they are adequately literate and knowledgeable. Having analyzed scores from the Massachusetts tests, however, my colleagues (Walter Haney and Anne Wheelock) and I have concluded that these exams do not accomplish this important task because they are seriously flawed. Is it possible to tell whether a test is flawed just by examining a test's scores and not its questions? Yes. In fact, a test's validity and reliability cannot be determined just by having experts approve of each question. Let me explain with an example that Massachusetts residents know all too well: car emissions testing. Suppose that a gas station failed 100 car emissions systems in one day. You might think that car manufacturers were building faulty engines. But, if the 100 cars that failed were immediately re-tested at another station using an identical machine made by the same company, and over 50 of them passed, then what would you would think? You wouldn't have to look inside the machines to know that something was wrong with one, if not both, of them.

37. Teacher Certification Publications - Requirements At A Glance to the Interstate certification Compact for Teachers, Support Professionals, and Vocational Educators and maintains agreements with Maine, massachusetts, New http://home.earthlink.net/~teachercertification/AtGlance.htm

TCP Requirements At A Glance Our "Requirements At A Glance" section has become a popular addition to our states' requirements coverage. We include it in our complete reference guide to present various common facts about each state's application requirements. The references to "items also needed" at the beginning of each state refers to fifteen of the most common items required by each of the fifty states and D.C. for application. For your convenience, you may find their descriptions here, at the end of this listing. The following table with its associated links will assist you in locating the states quickly. Updated on 10/1/2003. Teacher Certification Publications State Locator Alabama Hawaii Massachusetts New Mexico ... District of Columbia " Items Required " List Alabama Also needed will be items: A, B, F, J and K (See page 2.) Supplemental application forms are required for many types of certificates. The fee is $20.00 (non-refundable) for initial certificates and renewals. Scores on the National Teacher's Examination Test are NOT required. All professional educator and renewable Career/Technical Certificates are valid for 5 years. Alabama DOES belong to the Interstate Certification Compact and has pacts with NCATE and the NASDTEC Interstates as well. Major revisions became effective July 1st, 1997 and were further revised as of March, 2002. Alaska Also needed are items A, B, C, F (for preliminary certificate), J, K, M, and N (Effective 12/98) - See page 2. Fee for all initial certificates is $90.00, and a $66.00 background check fee*. Submit all required documents in a single packet. Renewal fee is $90.00 per certificate. Updated background check for renewals. Praxis I Reading, Writing and Math IS required of all initial applicants. Alaska DOES belong to the Interstate Certification Contract and now has contract agreements with almost every state. Alaska does NOT require courses or competencies in Special Education. Alaska's current certification requirements became effective July 1, 2001.

38. Teacher Education | Secondary Certification massachusetts Institute for New teachers (MINT) intensive alternate route certification program See also School District-Based Programs for teacher http://www.fandm.edu/Departments/studentacadaffairs/education/pathways.html

Teacher Education Home Contact Pathways to Teaching After Receiving an Undergraduate Degree Alternate Route teacher certification programs - designed to attract qualified teacher candidates who have not completed traditional certification programs (e.g., Teach for America - www.teachforamerica.org Post-baccalaureate certification programs without a graduate degree (e.g., at Millersville university, http://muweb.millersville.edu/~edfound/grad_programs/post_bac.htm Graduate degree programs leading to teacher certification (See Grad Schools.com Search Engine for graduate schools of education) Private school teaching opportunities - no state-approved teacher certification required International teaching opportunities - no US state-approved teacher certification required Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification Connecticut Connecticut Alternate Route to Teacher Certification A state-run intensive program for teaching candidates who currently hold an appropriate undergraduate degree. Designed primarily for professional seeking to change careers or individuals with previous teaching experience. Preparation for teaching academic subjects in middle school (grades 4-8), secondary grades (7-12), music, bilingual, and art (Pre-K-12), and world languages (K-12). See also: Minority Teacher Incentive Grant , CT Dept of Higher Education

39. Massachusetts Teacher Test Preparatory Course Communication & Literacy EBook recruit educators for its MINT (massachusetts Institute for New Teachers) program to way to receiving his Adjustment Counselor certification and decided http://www.boson.com/teachertests/MTEL_Ebook/default.htm

Tips! Boson Practice Tests for Praxis Check out the new Practice Tests! EBOOKS MTEL Ebook Check out the new MTEL Ebook! CATEGORIES PPST MSAT PLT Subject Assessments ... Vocational More Information Web Resources Teacher Test Forums TeacherTests.com presents: Massachusetts Teacher Test Preparatory Course Download Version 3.53 Now Introductory price of $29.99* *Subject to change without notice. This book was created with you in mind. People with LD, those who need help with ESL, and many others with and without special issues have had great success with ETI’s programs and study materials- scores increase 13 points on average (although increases of 30 points are not uncommon) and passing rates increase over 50% . The curriculum is straightforward and concise, and it builds upon itself to help with the learning process. The students who have been through ETI’s MTEL programs say that it is the best in Massachusetts. They know; they have been through them all. This book is not the product of an English professor who has never taken the exam and sat through four hours of hand cramps and noisy rooms. The author of this book knows this exam because he takes it regularly. His over 200 students have offered experiences, suggestions, and feedback that are integrated in the strategies and skills presented. This book is important because it includes all of the skills you need to pass this exam. Nothing extra is included, and everything that is included is essential. The strategies are tested and approved by hundreds of test takers who have provided feedback and novel ideas over the last three years.

40. Teacher Certification And State Education Departments s Maine; Maryland; massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota;...... for America National teacher recruitment program Teaching Credentials and Certificate Programs- http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/certification/

Best Sites Curriculum Daily History Downloads ... Professional Development Enter your email address for FREE weekly teaching tips! Home Teacher Resources Certification/ State Education Departments National Association for Alternative Certification (NAAC) - Seeks to expand the options available for teacher certification. Program list, scholarships, conferences, membership information, and organization publications are available online. National Board For Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) - Works to strengthen the teaching profession and to improve student learning in America's schools by establishing high standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do, and are developing a new system of advanced, voluntary certification for teachers. The board's aim is to certify all teachers who meet the standards. National Board Teacher Certification Funding - For NC teachers.

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