Meeting the Moment: One Institution’s Response to the Shifting Landscape of Teacher Preparation

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Abstract

Many states are changing licensure processes and expanding pathways to teaching in response to teacher shortages. While many researchers have focused on the impact of these changes on teacher quality, these changes have the potential to make the process of becoming a teacher more accessible. This single case study explores how one Virginia institution of higher education has responded to the state’s pathway expansions to adapt its program offerings, enhancing the accessibility of its programs to meet the needs of Virginia’ schools and students. I suggest that future research might explore particular opportunities to learn within and across teacher education programs rather than pathways, as pathways explosions make distinctions increasingly difficult.

Author

• Kristyn Wilson, University of Virginia