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The Effectiveness of Teaching Internships as a Viable Route to California Alternative Certification.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Young, Beverly L. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Abstract | One of California's alternative routes to teacher certification is a teaching intern program in a collaborative arralgement between an institute of higher education (IHE) and local school districts. To help determine whether internship programs are a viable alternative for training teachers in the future, a 5-year longitudinal study has been undertaken to explore the possibilities of developmental differences in teeching quality between beginning teachers (recent graduates of a teacher preparation program) and intern teachers during their first 5 years of teaching. In March 1990, 24 beginning teachers and 23 intern teachers were randomly selected from the California State University, San Bernardino campus. These teachers of grades K-6 represent 11 school districts in Southern California. During the first year, a pilot study was conducted to explore the validity of the proposed longitudinal study. The pilot study used a written survey, classroom observation using a specially designed instrument, follow-up telephone interviews, and a follow-up survey on teacher concerns. The preliminary findings show the intern teachers to be at equivalent levels or just slightly behind regularly credentialed beginning teachers in their developmental processes, a finding that, if borne out by the longitudinal study, will have serious implications for credentialing institutions. A list of 19 references and observation and survey data tables are attached. (AMH) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING INTERNSHIPS AS A VIABLE ROUTE TO CALIFORNIA ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION Beverly L. Young, Ph.D. California State University, Fullerton Ruth Anne. Sandlin, Ph.D California State University, San Bernardino Belinda Dunnick Karge, Ph.D. San Diego State University U.S. DEPARTMENT Of EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and ImPrOvehient EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Tbs document has been repmduced as ,ecerved hom the person or orilarntal,on originator%) it Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction qualify Points of view or opinions staled in this docu ment do riot neCesSartly represent official OFRI position or policy "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY /3 /k TO TI-?E EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTERJERIC)." Submiled to ERIC June, 1991 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE The Effectiveness of Teaching Internships As a Viable Route to California Alternative Certification United States citizens enjoy the right to free, public education. All children are guaranteed an opportunity to attend school. Historically the educatior ,ystem has been recognized for the high quality of its traineJ teacher personnel (Hawk 6)( Schmidt, 1989). H Never, in more recent years, states are facing a critical shortage of qualified teachers. The importance of having fully qualified teachers in our schools has led to research investigating causes of this teacher shortage. This research implies possible sources of available personnel (Sykes, 1988), gives factors contributing to the shortage of teachers (Baum 1987; Haberman, 1988), and suggests recommendations for the development of more accurate procedures to measure the extent of the shortage (Feiman-Nemser, 1988). Only on a limited basis does the literature provide longitudinal studies describing the impact of teacher shortages on various preservice and inservice training approaches. The current literature consists primarily of expert opinions and proposals that remain hypothetical due to the virtual lack of efficacy studies which examines such teacher training. The teacher shortage has prompted states to adopt alternative routes to certification. Current studies find 48 states have implemented alternate route programs (Barr, 1990). Alternate routes are intended to reduce the number of emergency certificates issued, while filling positions with trained personnel. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED336381.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
