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National Conference on Teacher Quality
Exemplary Practices

 Summaries of the 36 models of exemplary practices highlighted at the January 2000 conference are provided here. Their efforts to improve teacher quality demonstrate how communities can collaborate to ensure that new teachers have the knowledge and skills they need to be effective in today's classrooms.

Recruitment   |   Teacher Preparation
  Contextual Teaching and Learning   |   Support for New Teachers

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Recruitment

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  1. Pathways to Teaching: A Partnership Between Armstrong Atlantic State University and Savannah/Chatham County Schools
  2. Recruiting Teachers from Underrepresented Populations: A Community College Collaborative Model
  3. Pathways to Teaching: Increasing and Supporting Minority Teachers in the Norfolk and Portsmouth Public Schools
  4. South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment
  5. Latino and Language Minority Teacher Project
  6. Preparing Teachers at the Community College Level
  7. Three New Curricular Partnerships to Foster Quality Teaching
  8. Georgia State's Internal Collaboration to Promote Teacher Quality
  9. Montclair State's Center of Pedagogy
  10. University of Dayton's Interdisciplinary CORE Curriculum
  11. Project SUCCEED: School University Community Coalition for Excellence in Education
  12. Infusing Technology into the Teacher Education Program

Teacher Preparation

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  1. Bringing Diverse Populations into the Teacher Certification Process at Wayne State University
  2. Bank Street College's Unique Approach to Teacher Education
  3. The Open University's Postgraduate Certificate in Education: A Pre-Service Teacher Training Program
  4. Cincinnati Professional School Partnerships
  5. Model Collaborations Between the University of Colorado at Denver and Local Public Schools
  6. Restructuring and Assessment for Quality Teacher Preparation
  7. Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology
  8. Extended Teacher Education Program
  9. Meeting the Challenge of High Quality Teacher Education: Why Higher Education Must Change
  10. Synergistic Partnerships: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Hamilton County Department of Education
  11. Improving Pre-Service Teacher Preparation
  12. Partnerships for Teacher Preparation: An All University Effort with Milwaukee Public Schools

Contextual Teaching and Learning

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  1. The Juggling Act: Preparing Teachers While Trying to Support Secondary Student Achievement, an Urban Initiative
  2. Contextual Teaching and Learning in Pre-Service Teacher Education: Two Programs
  3. Contextual Teaching and Learning: Five Profiles
  4. Preparing and Supporting High Quality Teachers: The Power of Partnerships
  5. Connecting Teaching and Learning in Teacher Preparation and Licensing
  6. Contextual Teaching and Learning: A Problem-Based Approach

Support for New Teachers

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  1. Mentoring New Teachers: The Santa Cruz New Teacher Project
  2. Towards a Seamless Transition: Columbus Peer Assistance and Review Program
  3. The MINT Program: Mentoring and Induction for New Teachers
  4. The Urban Teacher Partnership: A University/School District Collaboration
  5. Teacher Residency Program
  6. North Carolina State's Model Clinical Teaching Program
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