To Create a Profession [microform] : Supporting Teachers as Professionals. A Report of the AASCU Task Force on Professional Development for Teachers / Anne Lewis, Ed
- Bib ID:
- 5684981
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 2001
- 22 p.
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This report examines the need for ongoing support of teachers as professionals, offering concrete steps that presidents or chancellors can take to improve their programs. It highlights: "A Call for Action"; "What Can University Presidents Do To Best Assure a Competent, Caring and Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom?"; "Why Focus on Professional Development?"; "Why Should Presidents Care about Teacher Education?"; "A Final Word about This Report"; "Some Thoughts about Our Premises"; "Three Premises of Professional Development"; "Three Premises about Universities and Teacher Education"; "Professional Development for Teachers"; "Our Vision"; "Beliefs about Professional Development for Teachers"; "Tools for Constructive Engagement" (leadership in the community, leadership on campus, and systemic analysis); "Induction"; "Graduate Degrees"; "Professional Growth"; "Conclusion" (high quality professional development is essential; university presidents must take an active role, and leadership is critical); and "Summary and Recommendations." (This last section asserts the following: presidents strongly support policies and practices that ensure all teachers are certified to teach the subjects they are assigned; presidents use on-campus and community opportunities to discuss quality teacher education and professional development; they examine the reward structures at their institutions; they conduct an inventory of current practice; and universities conduct an inventory of Master's programs and of professional development activities for P-12 teachers. (Contains 22 references.) (SM)
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- Availability: American Association of State Colleges and Universities, 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Fifth Floor, Washington, DC 20005-4701. Tel: 202-293-7070; Fax: 202-296-5819; Web site: http://www.aascu.org. For full text: http://www.aascu.org/resources/to_teach.pdf.
- Sponsoring Agency: National Commission on Teaching & America's Future, New York, NY.
- Sponsoring Agency: Carnegie Corp. of New York, NY.
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