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Current Pennsylvania Legislation
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Regulatory changes to Chapter 49 (Certification of Professional
Personnel) took effect upon publication in the July 15, 2006 edition
of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. For a copy of the regulatory
changes now in effect,
click here
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The Pennsylvania Department of Education has proposed additional
revisions to Chapter 49 that would restructure teacher preparation and
certification. Over the past few months, the Pennsylvania State Board of Education convened several
public hearings on the proposal and put forth
a compromise plan based on input gathered at the hearings.
Click here for the proposed teacher preparation and certification
changes (Chapter 49-2) currently under consideration by the State Board of Education.
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Pennsylvania Department of Education
Teaching in Pennsylvania Homepage
How to Obtain Pennsylvania Teaching Certification
Act 48/Continuing Professional Education
Title II Program Information
Bridge Certificate Program
Resolution Establishing Bridge II
Distinguished Educator Initiative
Pennsylvania Governor's Commission on Training America's Teachers
Homepage
U.S. Department of Education
Teacher Quality
Revised Highly Qualified Teacher Regulations
Title II
Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification
Just for Teachers Homepage
Letters to States Regarding Good-Faith Efforts in Meeting the Highly
Qualified Teachers Goal of NCLB
Education Commission of the States
TQ Source
NCLB Highly Qualified Teacher and Paraprofessional Database
Online Teaching Quality Database
Teacher Compensation Database
National Conference of State Legislatures
Teacher Quality Issue Site
Research Resources
Center for the Study of Teaching and Policy
National Commission on Teaching and America's Future
Center for Teaching Quality
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
National Council on Teacher Quality
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
Pennsylvania Teachers Unions
Pennsylvania State Education Association
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
National Teachers Unions
American Federation of Teachers
National Education Association
Teacher Preparation
Pennsylvania Academy for the Profession of Teaching and Learning
Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
National Assoc. of Community College Teacher Education Programs
National Center for Alternative Certification
Teacher Preparation Program Accreditation Organizations
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
Teacher Education Accreditation Council
Professional Development
OPEN (Pennsylvania's Online Professional Education Network)
Achieving Student Success Through Excellence in Teaching (ASSET)
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
National Staff Development Council
Alternatives Paths to Teaching
National Center for Alternative Certification
Teach for America
American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence
Online Teaching Job Searches
Teaching in Pennsylvania Schools
Pa-educator.net
Regional Education Applicant & Placement Program
National School Applications Network
U.S. Teach
Teacher Organizations
Teachers Network Policy Institute
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
National Science Teachers Association
State Higher Education Executive Officers
Teacher Quality Initiative
Teacher Mobility Project
K-16 Professional Development Collaborative
Council of Chief State School Officers
Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
RESEARCH & REPORTS
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EPLC REPORT
Head of the Class: A Quality Teacher in Every
Pennsylvania Classroom
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The Education Policy and Leadership Center, 2003
PREPARATION/CERTIFICATION
Teacher Quality in a Changing Policy Landscape: Improvements in the Teacher Pool
Educational Testing Service, December 2007
Educating School Teachers
By Arthur Levine, September 2006
Whate Education Schools Aren't Teaching About Reading and What
Elementary Teachers Aren't Learning
National Council on Teacher Quality, May 2006
A Difficult Balance: Incentives and Quality Control in
Alternative Certification Programs
Project on the Next Generation of Teachers, Harvard Graduate
School of Education, September 2005
Instructional Paraprofessional Statistics and Trends
Education Commission of the States, September 2005
Preparing and Training Professionals: Comparing Education to
Six Other Fields
The Finance Project, 2005
Does Teacher Preparation Matter? Evidence About Teacher
Certification, Teach for America, and Teacher Effectiveness
By Linda Darling-Hammond, Deborah J. Holtzman, Su Jin Gatlin,
and Julian Vasquez Heilig, Stanford University, April 2005
Teachers of Tomorrow: Recommendations for the Preparation of
Highly Effective Elementary Teachers
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, April 2005
Alternative Teacher Certification: A State by State Analysis
2005
National Center for Alternative Certification, 2005
Alternative Certification: A Growing Trend to Address the
Teacher Shortage
Education Commission of the States, December 2004
No Time to Waste: The Vital Role of College and University
Leaders in Improving Science and Mathematics Education
Education Commission of the States, October 2004
Bureau of Teacher Certification and Preparation Annual Report,
Fiscal Year 2002-2003
Pennsylvania Department of Education
The Effects of Teach for America on Students: Findings from a
National Evaluation
Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., June 2004
Prepared to Teach: Teacher Preparation and Student Achievement
in Eighth-Grade Mathematics
American Institutes for Research, April 2004
Eight Questions on Teacher Preparation: What Does the Research
Say?
Education Commission of the States, 2003
Teacher Education Baccalaureate Degrees at Community Colleges
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
Seamless Pipeline from Two-year to Four-year Institutions for
Teacher Training
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
Training for Paraprofessionals: The Community College Role
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
Bachelor's Degrees Are Best: Higher Qualifications for Pre-Kindergarten
Teachers Lead to Better Learning Environments for Children
The Early Education Trust, 2003
Occupational Choices and the Academic Proficiency of the
Teacher Workforce
Center on Reinventing Public Education, April 2003
Variation in Teacher Preparation: How Well Do Different
Pathways Prepare Teachers to Teach
By Linda Darling-Hammond, Ruth Chung and Fred Frelow,
September 2002
The Effectiveness of 'Teach for America' and Other
Under-certified Teachers on Student Academic Achievement: A
Case of Harmful Public Policy
By David Berliner and Ildiko Laczko-Kerr, published
by the Education Policy Analysis Archives, September 2002
The Research and Rhetoric on Teacher Certification: A Response
to "Teacher Certification Reconsidered"
National Council for Teaching and America's Future, October
2001
To Touch the Future: Transforming the Way Teachers are Taught:
An Action Agenda for College and University Presidents
American Council on Education's President's Task Force on
Teacher Education, October 1999
Quality Control and Quality Assurance Issues
A background paper by Calvin M. Frazier, prepared for the
American Council on Education's President's Task Force on
Teacher Education
Models of Teacher Education
A background paper by Dale P. Scannell, prepared for the
American Council on Education's President's Task Force on
Teacher Education
Teacher Quality and Alternative Certification Programs
Testimony of the National Center for Education Information before
the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Postsecondary
Education, Training and Life-Long Learning, May 1999
HIRING/RECRUITMENT
Teachers and the Uncertain American Future
Center for Innovative Thought, The College Board, July 2006
The Case for Reforming The Staffing Rules in Urban Teachers Union
Contracts
The New Teacher Project, November 2005
Elementary/Secondary School Teaching Among Recent College
Graduates: 1994 and 2001
National Center for Education Statistics, July 2005
The Quest for Quality: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in
Philadelphia
Executive Summary
Research for Action, April 2005
Lifting Teacher Performance
Progressive Policy Institute, April 2005
Philadelphia's Teacher Hiring and School Assignment Practices:
Comparisons with Other Districts
Research for Action, April 2004
From Bystander to Ally: Transforming the District Human
Resources Department
A study conducted by the Center on Reinventing Public Education
for The Wallace Foundation, April 2004
Teaching at Risk: A Call to Action
The Teaching Commission, 2004
From the Headlines to the Frontlines: The Teacher Shortage and
its Implications for Recruitment Policy
Center on Reinventing Public Education, July 2003
New Teachers' Experiences of Hiring: Preliminary Findings from
a Four-State Study
By Edward Liu, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Project
on the Next Generation of Teachers, April 2003
What Benchmarks Suggest About How Financially Attractive it is
to Teach in Public Schools
Center on Reinventing Public Education, March 2003
Teacher Salary Structure and the Decision to Teach in Public
Schools: An Analysis of Recent College Graduates
Center on Reinventing Public Education, March 2003
Financial Incentives in State Accountability Systems:
Performance Pay for Teachers
Center on Reinventing Public Education, September 2002
Survey and Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends
American Federation of Teachers, 2002
Nonprofessional Teacher Recruitment
The Urban Institute, January 2002
INDUCTION/MENTORING
Understanding New York City's Groundbreaking Induction Initiative:
Policy Implications for Local, State and National Education Leaders
The New Teacher Center, April 2006
Induction Into Learning Communities
National Commission on Teaching and America's Future,
August 2005
The Impact of Mentoring on Teacher Retention: What the
Research Says
By Richard Ingersoll and Jeffrey M. Kralik, February 2004
A Precarious Balance: How Can We Help Support New Teachers?
Teachers Network Policy Institute
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Teacher Professional Development in 1999-2000: What Teachers,
Principals, and District Staff Report
National Center for Education Statistics, January 2006
Professional Development for Paraprofessionals Across the
States
Education Commission of the States, August 2005
Characteristics of Public School Teachers' Professional
Development Activities: 1999-2000
National Center for Education Statistics, August 2005
Preparing and Training Professionals: Comparing Education to
Six Other Fields
The Finance Project, 2005
Inside the Black Box: School District Spending on Professional
Development in Education - Lessons from Five Urban Districts
The Finance Project, April 2005
Is National Board Certification an Effective Signal of
Teacher Quality?
By Linda Cavalluzzo, The CNA Corporation, November 2004
Standards for Online Professional Development
Southern Regional Education Board, September 2004
National Board Certified Teachers and Their Students'
Achievement
By Leslie G. Vandevoort, Audrey Amrein-Beardsley, and David C.
Berliner, Arizona State University, September 2004
Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed?
A study from the University of Washington and The Urban Institute,
March 2004
The Delivery, Financing, and Assessment of Professional
Development in Education: Pre-Service Preparation and
In-Service Training
Click here for the Executive Summary.
The Finance Project, December 2003
Community Colleges as Professional Development Resources for
Working Teachers
Education Commission of the States, December 2003
NBPTS Certification: Who Applies and What Factors Are
Associated With Success?
Center on Reinventing Public Education, May 2003
Evaluating Standards-Based Professional Development for
Teachers
The Urban Institute, August 2001
Peer Coaching for Improvement of Teaching and Learning
Teachers Network Policy Institute
RETENTION
To Teach or Not to Teach? Teaching Experience and Preparation Among 1992-1993 Bachelor's Degree Recipients 10 Years After College NEW!
National Center for Education Statistics, July 2007
Teacher Attrition: A Costly Loss to the Nation and to the States
Alliance for Excellent Education, August 2005
Private School Teacher Turnover and Teacher Perceptions of
School Organizational Characteristics
National Center for Education Statistics, June 2005
The Quest for Quality: Recruiting and Retaining Teachers in
Philadelphia
Executive Summary
Research for Action, April 2005
Tapping the Potential: Retaining and Developing High-Quality
New Teachers
Alliance for Excellent Education, June 2004
New-Teacher Excellence: Retaining Our Best
Alliance for Excellent Education, December 2002
The Cost of Teacher Turnover
Prepared for the Texas State Board for Educator Certification
as part of the Texas Beginning Educator Support System
Initiative, November 2000
HARD-TO-STAFF SCHOOLS
The Case for Reforming The Staffing Rules in Urban Teachers Union
Contracts
The New Teacher Project, November 2005
A Shared Responsibility: Staffing All High-Poverty,
Low-Performing Schools with Effective Teachers and
Administrators
Learning First Alliance, 2005
Qualified Teachers for At-Risk Schools: A National Imperative
National Partnership for Teaching in At-Risk Schools,
February 2005
Teacher Perceptions of the Work Environment in Hard-to-Staff
Schools
Report on a working conditions survey published by the
Education Commission of the States, November 2004
Once & For All: Placing A Highly Qualified Teacher in Every
Philadelphia Classroom
Learning from Philadelphia's School Reform, 2003
The Retention and Qualifications of New Teachers In Philadelphia's
High-Poverty Middle Schools: A Three-Year Cohort Study
By Elizabeth Useem, Philadelphia Education Fund, 2003
Is There Really a Teacher Shortage?
Research by Dr. Richard Ingersoll, Co-sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Teaching and Policy and The Consortium for
Policy Research in Education, September 2003
Missed Opportunities: How We Keep High-Quality Teachers Out of
Urban Schools
The New Teacher Project, September 2003
Higher Pay in Hard-to-Staff Schools: The Case for Financial
Incentives
American Association of School Administrators, June 2002
Absence Unexcused: Ending Teacher Shortages
The Urban Institute, January 2002
HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS
Implementing the No Child Left Behind Teacher Requirements NEW!
Center on Education Policy, August 2007
Meeting the Highly Qualified Teacher Challenge: The Secretary's
Fifth Annual Report on Teacher Quality
U.S. Department of Education, September 2006
Qualifications of Public Secondary School Biology Teachers,
1999-2000
National Center for Education Statistics, June 2005
Searching the Attic: How States are Responding to the Nation's
Goal of Placing a Highly Qualified Teacher in Every Classroom
National Council on Teacher Quality, December 2004
Unfulfilled Promise: Ensuring High Quality Teachers for Our
Nation's Students
Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, August 2004
Special Education: Additional Assistance and Better Coordination
Needed among Education Offices to Help States Meet the NCLBA
Teacher Requirements
U.S. General Accounting Office, July 2004
Teaching Quality: A 50-State Perspective of Policy
Implementation
Education Commission of the States, Spring 2004
Necessary and Insufficient: Resisting a Full Measure of Teacher
Quality
The National Council on Teacher Quality, 2004
Meeting NCLB Goals for Highly Qualified Teachers: Estimates by
State from Survey Data
Council of Chief State School Officers, October 2003
A Community Action Guide to Teacher Quality
Public Education Network, May 2003
Quality Counts 2003: Ensuring a Highly Qualified Teacher for
Every Classroom
Education Week, January 2003
TEACHER ASSESSMENT
Using Student Progress to Evaluate Teachers: A Primer on Value-Added Models
Educational Testing Service, September 2005
Can Teacher Quality Be Effectively Assessed?
A study from the University of Washington and The Urban Institute,
March 2004
Improving Teacher Evaluation to Improve Teaching Quality
National Governors Association, December 2002
OUT-OF-FIELD TEACHING
Out-of-Field Teaching and the Limits of Teacher Policy
Research by Dr. Richard Ingersoll, Co-sponsored by the Center
for the Study of Teaching and Policy and The Consortium for
Policy Research in Education, September 2003
All Talk, No Action: Putting an End to Out-of-Field Teaching
The Education Trust, August 2002
PDE STATISTICAL REPORTS
Supply and Demand 2001-2006 NEW!
Bureau of Teacher Quality and Professional Education, PDE, September 2007
Public Schools Professional Personnel: 2001-2002
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Classroom Teacher Data by Local Education Agency: 2001-2002
Pennsylvania Department of Education
2001 Status Report on Education in Pennsylvania: 2002
Pennsylvania Department of Education
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Pennsylvania Reports | National Reports
Pennsylvania Reports
Closing the Teacher Quality Gap in Philadelphia: New Hope and Old Hurdles NEW!
Research for Action, April 2007
Investing in Great Teachers for All Students NEW!
Final Report of the Governor's Commission on Training America's
Teachers, August 2006
A Study to Determine the Feasibility and Cost Effectiveness of
Placing Public School Employees Under the Commonwealth's
Jurisdiction for the Purposes of Providing Health Benefits
A report from the Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance
Committee, authorized by House Resolution 159 of 2003,
February 2004
The Challenge of Ensuring Teacher Quality and Supply
Power point presentation by Nancy A. Doorey, Mid-Atlantic
Regional Teachers Project, presented to the Pennsylvania
Conference on Teacher Quality and Supply Issues, September
26, 2002
Poverty, Race, Resources, Results in the Pittsburgh Public
Schools
A report commissioned by the Pennsylvania Association of Community
Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), April 2003
National Reports
2003-04 Schools and Staffing Survey and 2004-05 Teacher Follow-Up Survey NEW!
National Center for Education Statistics, October 2007
Teaching Inequality: How Poor and Minority Students Are Shortchanged on Teacher Quality
The Education Trust, June 2006
Teacher Qualifications, Instructional Practices, and Reading
and Mathematics Gains of Kindergartners
National Center for Education Statistics, March 2006
Diversifying Teacher Compensation
Education Commission of the States and The Teaching Commission,
December 2005
Survey and Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends 2004
American Federation of Teachers, October 2005
Rankings & Estimates: Rankings of the States 2004 and
Estimates of School Statistics 2005
National Education Association, June 2005
American's Commitment to Quality Teaching in Public Schools
The Teaching Commission, April 2005
Teacher Working Conditions are Student Learning Conditions: A
Report to Governor Mike Easley on the 2004 North Carolina
Teacher Working Conditions Survey
Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, March 2005
Listening to the Experts: A Report on the 2004 South Carolina
Teacher Working Conditions Survey
Southeast Center for Teaching Quality, March 2005
California's Hidden Teacher Spending Gap
The Education Trust - West, 2005
Teacher Attrition and Mobility: Results from the Teacher
Follow-up Survey, 2000-01
National Center for Education Statistics, August 2004
The MetLife Survey of the American Teacher: An Examination of
School Leadership
A survey conducted by MetLife, 2003
Status of the American Public School Teacher 2000-2001
National Education Association, August 2003
Teacher Quality: Understanding the Effectiveness of Teacher
Attributes
Excerpts from the book by Jennifer King Rice, Associate
Professor, University of Maryland, August 2003
How Schools Matter: The Link Between Teacher Classroom
Practices and Student Academic Performance
By Harold Wenglinksy, Educational Testing Service,
February 2002
Data Systems to Enhance Teacher Quality
State Higher Education Executive Officers, July 2003
Teacher and Teaching Quality: State Policies that Make a
Difference
PowerPoint by Barnett Berry, The Southeast Center for
Teaching Quality, for the New Mexico Legislative Education
Study Committee, August 2002
Teacher Quality and Student Achievement: A Review of State
Policy Evidence
By Linda Darling-Hammond, Center for the Study of Teaching and
Policy, December 1999
No Dream Denied: A Pledge to America's Children
National Council for Teaching and America's Future, January
2003
Solving the Dilemmas of Teacher Supply, Demand, and Standards:
How We Can Ensure a Competent, Caring, and Qualified Teacher
for Every Child
National Council for Teaching and America's Future, 2000
Teaching for High Standards: What Policymakers Need to Know
and Be Able To Do
National Council for Teaching and America's Future
Toward a Growth Model of Teacher Professionalism
Teachers Network Policy Institute, August 1997
Shared Leadership: School Autonomy and Teacher Accountability
Teachers Network Policy Institute, August 1997
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PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATION [Top]
Senate Bills
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Senate Bills
Senate Bill 219 (Sen. Patricia Vance)
Allows nurse practitioners and physician assistants to authorize paperwork required for teacher certification which certifies that the individual seeking a teaching certificate is not mentally or physically disqualified from performing teaching duties. Currently only physicians are allowed to certify this requirement.
Archived Legislation
Click here to review Teacher Quality and Supply related
legislation introduced during the 2005-2006 Legislative
Session.
Click here to review Teacher Quality and Supply related
legislation introduced during the 2003-2004 Legislative
Session.
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