Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Trends: Minnesota Adopts Stricter Teacher License Requirements

"A new licensing system is being tested in 19 states that includes filming student teachers in their classroom and evaluating the video, also candidates must show they can prepare a lesson, tailor it to different levels of students and present it effectively.  Most states only require that would-be teachers pass their class work and a written test.

California and Arizona are the only states that currently require performance testing to license teachers. Two of California's three different performance tests use video review. The third California test and the one in Arizona requires evaluators to sit in the classrooms and observe the teachers-in-training."

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