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maryland approved alternative preparation programs

Background. 1990 COMAR: Resident Teacher Certificate1990-2001: Resident Teacher Certificate underutilized2002: USDOE Transition to Teaching Grant: MARCO, initial pilot project2003: Quality Teacher Work Group Report2005: Revision of 1990 COMAR Resident Teacher Certificate. 2005: Guidelines for Implementing Alternative Preparation Programs2004: Troops to Teachers Enhancing Mobility Grant, eight pilot projects testing new regulation and guidelines2007: USDOE Transition to Teaching Grant pen9457

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maryland approved alternative preparation programs

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    1. Maryland Approved Alternative Preparation Programs Status Update Maryland State Board of Education June 27, 2007

    3. The Needs Gap in Maryland is Large 2005-2006

    4. Alternative Preparation Programs National data indicate that almost 1/3 of all new teachers enter the profession through alternative routes. (Feistritzer, 2006, 8.)

    5. RTC Programs Become Maryland Approved Alternative Preparation Programs All programs: must meet INTASC standards; have required supervised internships for candidates; and offer mentored residencies of at least one year. All programs must be approved prior to implementation and must submit annual data to maintain approval.

    6. Alternatively Prepared Teachers in Maryland

    8. Maryland’s Alternative Route to Certification Options : MARCO Original pilot model for alternative preparation programs Partnership facilitated by MSDE through grant funds includes Prince George’s County Public Schools Provides supervised internships, residencies, professional development, job-alike mentoring and employment University of Maryland University College Provides pre-employment online training modules Bowie State University Provides mentoring during residency, ratio 4:1 Evaluation conducted by Dr. George Funaro

    9. MARCO Four-Year Data Average Ages: All Cohorts

    10. MARCO Four-Year Data

    11. MARCO Four-Year Data

    12. MARCO Four-Year Data

    13. Cohort 3 Performance Surveys 80% of first-year MARCO teachers were rated “Above Average” to “Superior” in preparedness to teach by their principals. 83% of first-year MARCO teachers were rated “Above Average” to “Superior” compared to other first-year teachers by their principals. 80% of first-year MARCO teachers were rated “Above Average” to “Superior” in all areas by their year-long mentors

    14. Retention Strong retention data for MARCO teachers 74% of Cohort 1 teachers returned to Prince George’s County for a fourth year of teaching. 24% greater retention rate than PGCPS’s average retention for new hires Note: Prince George’s reports better than 70% retention of 700 teachers who have utilized the RTC since 1999.

    15. MSDE’s Evaluation Model Use of MARCO evaluation data informed development of eight additional pilot projects MSDE’s ongoing evaluation process recognized by USDOE Informs ongoing data collection about both programs and candidates Facilitates immediate program improvement based on data Evaluation conducted by Macro International First-year evaluation data from eight projects mirrors MARCO data

    16. Eight Additional Pilot Projects Variety of Locations and Models Anne Arundel Public Schools with Goucher College Baltimore City Public Schools with The New Teacher Project Baltimore County Public Schools with Goucher College and The College of Notre Dame Frederick County Public Schools with Frostburg State University Montgomery County Public Schools with Montgomery College Prince George’s County Public Schools with Prince George’s Community College St. Mary’s County Public Schools with The College of Notre Dame Washington County Public Schools with Frostburg State University Evaluation: Macro International Preliminary first-year performance data mirrors that of MARCO

    17. Participating Local School Systems Anne Arundel Baltimore City Baltimore County Frederick County Harford County Howard County Montgomery County Prince George’s County Saint Mary’s County Washington County Participating Partner Providers Harford Community College Howard Community College Montgomery Community College Prince George’s Community College Bowie State University College of Notre Dame of Maryland Frostburg State University Goucher College Johns Hopkins University Towson University University of Maryland College Park University of Maryland University College Teach for America The New Teacher Project

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