The National Commission for Excellence in Teacher Education. Final Report.

Overview & Synopsis

This document presents a summary of the purpose, activities, and findings of the National Commission for Excellence in Teacher Education, focusing on the Commission's Final report "A Call for Change in Teacher Education." The report was organized around five themes: (1) supply and demand for quality teachers; (2) programs for teacher education; (3) accountability for teacher education; (4) resources for teacher education; and (5) conditions necessary to support the highest quality of teaching. Commission recommendations in the following areas are briefly summarized: (1) admission to and graduation from teacher education programs; (2) responsibilities of states in teacher recruitment; (3) attracting capable minority teachers; (4) basic content of teacher education programs; (5) teacher certification; (6) experimental teacher education programs; (7) state responsibility in certification and program approval; (8) establishment of state standards for teacher education; (9) locale of teacher education programs; (10) resources for teacher education; (11) government role in educational research; (12) establishment of a National Academy for Teacher Education; (13) teachers' salaries; (14) teachers' working conditions; (15) professional development for teachers; and (16) administrator education. (JD)