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FW: [aenj] NAEA POLICY WATCH

From: Sharon Heneborn (heneborn)
Date: Sat Jan 08 2000 - 04:00:12 PST

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    Subject: [aenj] NAEA POLICY WATCH
    Date: Sat, Jan 8, 2000, 3:53 AM

    NAEA POLICY WATCH
    NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
    Office of the Executive Director
    Phone 703-860-8000 Fax 703-860-2960
    Home Pageóhttp://www.naea-reston.org
    E-mail: naea

    As of January, 2000

    RECENT STATE ACTIONS RELATING TO TEACHER PREPARATION

    Colorado

    In an effort to link K-12 education and teacher training, a new
    Colorado law
    directs the State Board and the Colorado Commission on Higher
    Education
    (CCHE) to formulate new standards for teacher preparation, licensure,
    and
    re-licensure. On July 1, 2000, the current approval process will be
    sunset,
    and officials will use the following year to determine which teacher
    preparation programs have met the revised requirements that conform to
    the
    new standards. Commissioner Bill Moloney credits the success of the
    initiative to the partnership between the Board and the CCHE, noting
    that
    "only through a genuine partnership between K-12 and higher education
    can
    such decisive change ever be possible."

    New Jersey

    The New Jersey State Board of Education has approved amendments to the
    state's Professional Licensure and Standards Code that raise the grade
    point
    average required of future teachers and make it easier for talented
    out-of-state administrators to obtain positions in New Jersey schools.
    The
    amendments will raise the grade point average for teacher candidates
    from
    2.5
    or a C average to 2.75 or a B. The new, higher GPA would be required
    of all
    prospective teacher candidates. The amendments will also allow
    certified,
    out-of-state chief school administrators and principals who do not now
    meet
    New Jersey certification standards to become certified in New Jersey.

    New York

    In September the Board of Regents approved a rigorous set of reforms
    to
    improve teacher quality in the Empire state. The comprehensive package
    covers
    pre-service training, recruitment, and on-going professional
    development.
    Future teachers will be required to major in the subject they teach,
    take a
    core set of liberal arts courses, attain higher passing scores on the
    stateís
    battery of certification tests, and accrue at least 175 hours of
    professional
    development every five years. The Regents also instituted higher
    accrediting
    standards on teacher education programs, including the requirementp
    that at
    least 80 percent of a programís graduates pass the certification
    tests. The
    success of these far-reaching initiatives will be measured by local
    districts
    through analysis of student achievement and teacher evaluations.

    Pennsylvania

    A lawsuit filed by the stateís NEA affiliate and the association
    representing
    colleges of education charges that the Ridge administrationís plan for
    alternative teacher certification improperly bypassed the State Board
    of
    Education, which has jurisdiction over teacher licensure. The
    plaintiffs
    also
    maintain that the plan amounts to a "dumbing down of teaching" by
    lowering
    standards. Secretary of Education Hickok used an "executive edict" to
    initiate the plan, which permits college graduates to become certified
    teachers if they pass a two-week summer program and teacher licensure
    tests
    in general knowledge and in their subject.

    Virginia

    Following the decision to require new teachers to take the Praxis II
    for
    certification, the State Board of Education set the cut-off scores for
    16
    subject areas. Members were unanimous in adopting the highest minimum
    scores
    in the country for math and English, and among the highest for the
    other
    areas. While critics feared such action might exacerbate the stateís
    teacher
    shortage, State Board President Kirk T. Schroder argued, "If we are
    setting
    new bars and challenges for our children, it seems reasonable to do so
    for
    our teachers."

    ó TEACHER PREPARATION RESEARCH BRIEFS PROVIDED AS A PUBLIC
    SERVICE
    BY THE NAEA OFFICE ó 

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