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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Universities and colleges need to step up their own programs for educating teachers and design degree programs that will help create teachers that are capable of teaching AND managing a classroom.

All teachers should take multiple classes on teach students with the most widely diagnosed learning disabilities, emotional disabilities and physical disabilities. In other words, "special education" as a specialization should become way more specialized and the general course should be shifted to all teachers.

Improve teacher reading and writing instruction courses.

Require a course in project management and a course in professional communication strategies.

Create student teaching opportunities far earlier and far more often.

Require several course with student teaching of class room behavior management techniques.

Then once they do all that and up the profile of their own programs, make teaching a direct admit program similar to Nursing.

States need to be more proactive in their own requirements for teaching licensure. I think the PP suggesting an internship has the right idea. Or some kind of paid supervised pathway to full licensure. And supervised meaning, they are with another teacher in the classroom full time for at least a year.

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Universities and colleges could have great programs, it's irrelevant if you can't pay off your student loans as a teacher.[/quote]

No, I don't think all universities and colleges have great programs. And there are many affordable public colleges and universities in many states .

And yes, I do think that teacher pay does need to be increased. [/quote]

There are tons of affordable programs and there is little reason to attend an expensive school over Longwood if the goal is teaching. No one in their right mind is paying 80k a year for an amazing education and then going into teaching unless they come from a very wealthy family [/quote]

I agree with you. For a student in VA who wants to become a teacher, Longwood is the best choice. [/quote]

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