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Student Teaching across the Nation

July 22, 2011 Comments off

Student Teaching across the Nation
Source: National Council on Teacher Quality

Student teaching serves as a capstone experience for nearly 200,000 teacher candidates each year. In an effort to understand how to get student teaching “right,” NCTQ embarked on an ambitious effort to measure student teaching programs nationwide, assessing the degree to which they have the right pieces in place necessary for delivering a high quality program.

The result, Student Teaching in the United States, examines policies and practices at 134 universities and colleges to answer questions like… “Who is mentoring our future teachers?” “Do student teachers receive the feedback they need to improve?” “Does the experience sufficiently replicate the experience of being a teacher?”

In addition to providing a national snapshot of student teaching today and overall ratings of each of the 134 institutions, the report includes specific examples of exemplary student teaching practices and recommendations on how all programs can improve. A supplement to the study, “Key Ingredients for Strong Student Teaching” compiles documents that, together, form a model for a successful student teaching program.

The executive summaryfull report, and appendices can be downloaded here.

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