teacher preparation
Future instructor development
Teacher preparation is the formal training that prepares someone to become a teacher, typically through college coursework, supervised classroom practice, and certification requirements.
The term usually refers to undergraduate or graduate programs in education: She completed her teacher preparation at a state university.
Also called teacher education or teacher training.
- student teachingPre-certification classroom experience
- student teachersAspiring educators gaining experience
- classroom observationEvaluator watches teaching in session
- lesson planningPreparing educational content beforehand
- lesson plansPrepared teaching frameworks
classroom management · certification programs · teaching certificate · ed school · practicum · educational psychology · peer teaching · mentorship programs · fieldwork · clinical · child development · equity in education · cultural competence · scaffolding · formative assessment · credential · methods · coursework
teacher preparationon-the-job training
Learning skills while employed
trial by fire · learning by doing · sink or swim · professional development