"No-risk" hiring in the peach state. (Update: education news from schools, business, research and professional organizations).It's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for the 1998 teacher preparation policy in Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. to pass its true test. This policy now guarantees the teachers the state is educating--or else they go back to school. Capping off changes in teacher recruitment, such as raised entry requirements, more content area study and earlier classroom experiences, the first graduates of the improved system are now first-year teachers. And educators have high hopes they'll pass their own test. "Our programs have shifted from an input model to an outcomes model in the sense that we have a set of proficiencies we have to meet," says Jan Kettlewell, associate vice chancellor vice chancellor n. Abbr. VC 1. A deputy or an assistant chancellor in a university. 2. A deputy to or a substitute for a head of state or an official bearing the title chancellor. 3. for P-16 initiatives for the University System of Georgia The University System of Georgia (USG) is the organizational body that includes all public institutions of higher learning in Georgia. The System is governed by the Georgia Board of Regents. . The university, with the state's Board of Regents An independent governing body that oversees a state's public Colleges and Universities. All 50 states have governing bodies that oversee the administration of public education. , created the new teacher education policy. "The guarantee says we stand behind our graduates." Upon graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. , all teachers continue to work with the university for two years. But any teacher deemed unable to meet seven expectations of teacher graduates can be sent back to school at no cost to the district. The training format would be negotiated between the district and university. Kettlewell says she knows of no other state university system with a similar guarantee, though some individual institutions offer it. "I think it positions universities where we need to be," she says. "We're responsible for preparing a high quality teacher. If for some reason we're not doing that, we need to be doing that." |
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