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7 books match the query 'Teacher Training & Certification'
Creating a Framework for Developing Sessional Teachers in Higher Education
A practical guide for education leadersEdited by Neil Sutherland and Alex Standen
University College London, 2026
Addressing a critical yet underserved community in higher education, this volume is the first of its kind to focus on the professional development of sessional and atypically contracted teaching staff.
Across higher education, a significant proportion of teaching is carried out by non-permanent staff, be they graduate teaching assistants, associate lecturers, visiting lecturers, postdoctoral researchers, or hourly paid staff. Their work is invaluable to the sector, yet they frequently lack access to structured professional development and institutional support.
Creating a Framework for Developing Sessional Teachers in Higher Education aims to address this problem with guidance for the higher education leaders who support and manage sessional teachers. It offers a comprehensive framework that will enable education leaders to improve the experience and effectiveness of sessional staff through practical guidance, evidence-informed recommendations, best practice case studies, sector-wide research, and the lived experience of academic leaders. The book explores key areas including induction, teaching, learning and assessment practices, mentoring, reward and recognition, community building and ongoing professional development. It presents strategies for embedding consistency and quality across departments and disciplines while recognizing the individuality and diverse contributions of sessional teachers. With clear, actionable guidance and insights from across the higher education sector, this book is an essential resource for education leaders such as program directors, department heads, faculty managers, and anyone involved in academic staffing and teaching development. It champions an inclusive, sustainable approach to educational leadership—one that values and rewards all contributors to student learning.
Educational Resource Management
An International PerspectiveEdited by Derek Glover and Rosalind Levacic
University College London, 2020
Opening with a detailed overview of funding and resource management in public and private institutions, the book looks at the criteria by which the effectiveness, efficiency, and equity of educational resource management can be judged. It goes on to explore cost structures, budgets, and the principles of asset management through case studies that draw on practitioner experiences as well as the authors’ own observations. Educational Resource Management concludes with a review of current tensions and points towards further study, providing a succinct yet comprehensive guide for school and college leaders.
Mapping the Way from Teacher Preparation to edTPA® Completion
A Guide for Secondary Education CandidatesJason C. Fitzgerald
Rutgers University Press, 2021
This book is here to help teacher candidates not only survive the challenge of the edTPA®, but also thrive. It maps out precisely what steps aspiring secondary education teachers should take to ensure successful completion of the edTPA®. Demystifying the language used in the assessment, it uniquely connects edTPA® requirements with what teacher candidates learn within their teacher preparation programs, showing them how the assessment relates to what they are already doing in their classrooms. The strategies in this book draw on both academic research and practical experience to guide student teachers as they plan for their edTPA® portfolios and for their teaching careers beyond.
Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary and Secondary Schools, Eighty-second Edition, 2017-2018
Edited by Colleen Frankhart
University of Chicago Press, 2017
Requirements for Certification of Teachers, Counselors, Librarians, Administrators for Elementary and Secondary Schools, Ninety-First Edition, 2026–2027
Edited by Alain Park
University of Chicago Press, 2026
The authoritative annual guide to the requirements for certification of teachers.
This annual volume offers the most complete and current listings of the requirements for certification of a wide range of educational professionals at the elementary and secondary levels. Requirements for Certification is a valuable resource, making much-needed knowledge available in one straightforward volume.
Schooling, Democracy, and the Quest for Wisdom
Partnerships and the Moral Dimensions of TeachingRobert V. Bullough Jr. and John R. Rosenberg
Rutgers University Press, 2018
In response to growing concern in the 1980s about the quality of public education across the United States, a tremendous amount of energy was expended by organizations such as the Holmes Group and the Carnegie Forum to organize professional development schools (PDS) or “partner schools” for teacher education. On the surface, the concept of partnering is simple; however, the practice is very costly, complex, and difficult. In Schooling, Democracy, and the Quest for Wisdom, Robert V. Bullough, Jr. and John R. Rosenberg examine the concept of partnering through various lenses and they address what they think are the major issues that need to be, but rarely are, discussed by thousands of educators in the U.S. who are involved and invested in university-public school partnerships. Ultimately, they assert that the conversation around partnering needs re-centering (most especially on the purposes of public education), refreshing, and re-theorizing.
There Has to Be a Better Way
Lessons from Former Urban TeachersMawhinney, Lynnette
Rutgers University Press, 2019
Teacher attrition has long been a significant challenge within the field of education. It is a commonly-cited statistic that almost fifty percent of beginning teachers leave the field within their first five years, to the detriment of schools, students, and their own career development. There Has to be a Better Way offers an essential voice in understanding the dynamics of teacher attrition from the perspective of the teachers themselves. Drawing upon in-depth qualitative research with former teachers from urban schools in multiple regions of the United States, Lynnette Mawhinney and Carol R. Rinke identify several themes that uncover the rarely-spoken reasons why teachers so often willingly leave the classroom. The authors go further to provide concrete recommendations for how school administrators can better support their practicing teachers, as well as how teacher educators might enhance preparation for the next generation of educators. Complete with suggested readings and discussion questions, this book serves as an indispensable resource in understanding and building an effective and productive educational workforce for our nation’s students.