Reconstructing Teacher Education to Prepare Qualified Preschool Teachers: Lessons from New Jersey

dc.creator	Carrie Lobman
dc.creator	Sharon Ryan
dc.creator	Jill McLaughlin
dc.date	2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:09:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:09:56Z
dc.identifier	1524-5039
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/e7b14ab4444042d4908f9d087eb133d5
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/13235
dc.description	New Jersey provides a unique context from which to explore the issue of preschool teacher certification and preparation because of the 1998 and 2000 Supreme Court decisions related to the Abbott districts. These decisions ruled that the 30 poorest districts were to create systems of high-quality preschool for all 3- and 4-year-old children beginning in the 1999-2000 school year. This paper reports on the state’s efforts to create a new system of preschool teacher certification and explores how current practices compare to national standards for the content and capacity of high-quality teacher preparation. The findings from this study indicate that it is possible, in a relatively short period of time, to put in place a system of early childhood teacher preparation that has the capacity to upgrade the credentials of the state’s workforce. Lessons from this case suggest that policy makers and teacher educators must focus on the coordination of human and financial resources to ensure equity and quality of teacher education programs.
dc.language	English
dc.language	Chinese
dc.language	Spanish
dc.publisher	ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education, University of Illinois
dc.relation	http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v7n2/lobman.html
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1524-5039
dc.source	Early Childhood Research & Practice, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2005)
dc.subject	Early Childhood Education
dc.subject	New Jersey
dc.subject	Teacher Education
dc.subject	Teacher Qualifications
dc.subject	Public Policy
dc.subject	Professional Development
dc.subject	Educational Quality
dc.subject	Teacher Certification
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Reconstructing Teacher Education to Prepare Qualified Preschool Teachers: Lessons from New Jersey
dc.type	article