Building a Profession Strengthening Teacher Preparation and Induction

Report of the K-16 Teacher Education Task Force, American Federation of Teachers. The task force calls for an urgent national commitment to bring higher quality, greater resources & more coherence to the way higher education screens & prepares teacher education candidates. Chapters: teacher education; liberal arts & sciences requirements; teacher education entry requirements; the education curriculum; the arts & sciences major; clinical experience: pre-service student teaching; exiting teacher education & entering the profession; induction programs for beginning teachers; recommendations; & roles & responsibilities. Bibliography. Appendix: alternative certification.Cortese, Antonia is the author of 'Building a Profession Strengthening Teacher Preparation and Induction' with ISBN 9780756701611 and ISBN 0756701619.