Teacher Education in Colorado 1991-1992 & 1992-1993.

Overview & Synopsis

Colorado institutions of higher education approved to provide teacher education submit annual reports to the Colorado Department of Education for the purpose of facilitating communication between the institutions and the Department of Education and to inform the Colorado State Board of Education of current developments in teacher education in the State. Materials included in this document have been excerpted from reports submitted by deans of schools of education, 1991-92 and 1992-93. The following information is provided: (1) 17 Colorado institutions of higher education approved for teacher preparation programs; (2) numbers of students recommended for Colorado certification categorized by endorsment areas (fine arts, foreign languages, general elementary education, health, physical education, language arts, linguistically different, mathematics, middle school, science, social studies, occupational education, program specialists, special education, school administration, and special services); annual reports; comparison of total numbers of Colorado teacher education graduates 1972-1993 by endorsement area; and summaries of reports from institutions with respect to significant changes in their programs. (LL)