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Candidate Selection in a Fifth Year Teacher Education Recruitment Model: A Multi-State Partnership Approach.
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Clark, Richard J.; Fischetti, John C. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1987
This article describes in detail the Math English Science Technology Education Project (MESTEP), a 15-month master's level program to recruit and prepare top college graduates to teach math, science, and English in secondary schools. MESTEP is a partnership among the University of Massachusetts, a network of school systems, and corporations.…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Length
Supporting Beginning Teachers with Computer Networks.
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Merseth, Katherine K. – Journal of Teacher Education, 1991
Describes support delivered by Harvard University's Beginning Teacher Computer Network which helps beginning teachers in disparate geographic locations. Data from mail surveys, computer message counts, and follow-up interviews indicate the network was most effective in providing moral support and least effective in providing technical support of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, College School Cooperation, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail
Can You Take Dictation? Prescribing Teacher Quality through Testing.
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Melnick, Susan L.; Pullin, Diana – Journal of Teacher Education, 2000
Examines recent implementation of the controversial Massachusetts Educator Certification Tests and the educational, legal, and public policy issues in the implementation of a teacher testing program. The paper focuses on: the contexts for teacher testing; the tests themselves; the quality of the tests; and legal issues in teacher testing and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods