Education Stakeholder Influence: Educator Preparation Pathway Effects on the Educator Workforce

• In Event: Moscone Center West Roundtable Session 7
  In Roundtable Session: Exploring Multiple Pathways to Teaching in Diverse Contexts

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to deepen our understanding of the teacher-level outcome implications associated with multiple preparation pathways. Specifically, this study answers the question: In what ways do preparation pathways contribute to teachers entering and exiting the teaching profession? By examining variation among teacher preparation participants, this research provides current empirical comparisons of the entry- and exit-patterns of teachers prepared through multiple preparation pathways. Gaining insight into the influence of preparation pathways on the shape of the educator workforce is a first step to engaging educator preparation programs and the educator workforce, both education stakeholders, to understand their impact on one another and create solutions for increased access to high quality teaching.

Authors

• Toni Templeton, University of Houston

• Sherri Lowrey, Center for Research, Evaluation and Advancement of Teacher Education

• Catherine L. Horn, University of Houston