Growing Your Own: Revolutionizing Field-Based Teacher Preparation to Generate Effective Teachers in High-Need Communities

• In Event: Clinical Practice and Content-Based Teaching and Learning

Abstract

This study uses a mixed-methods approach to examine the impact of a grow-your-own teacher preparation model developed through a partnership among a national nonprofit, a university teacher preparation program, and two school districts serving high proportions of students from economically disadvantaged backgrounds. The NIET Teaching Standards Rubric was embedded in university coursework and used to evaluate teacher candidates during clinical training as a strategy to create a common language around instruction among teacher candidates, university faculty, and district partners. Findings demonstrate successful training of teacher candidates who graduated with strong instructional skills, gained employment in schools within partnering districts, and received effective ratings as teachers of record, providing a model for preparation programs interested in strengthening their pipeline to practice.

Authors

• Handrea A Logis, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

• Tanee Hudgens, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

• Jessica E. Hall, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

• Trevor Leutscher, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

• Joshua H. Barnett, National Institute for Excellence in Teaching