Prof. Garcia cited a series of steps needed to boost the supply of teachers, including expansion of teacher training programs in computer science, creating a certification program for computer science teachers and expanding programs like Teach for America, which draws on recent college graduates and gives them minimal training before placing them in a classroom.
In the process we created a certification program that not only makes a ton of business sense, but is good for both the planet and those generations who will someday inherit it.
The New York State Board of Regents voted yesterday to create an alternative certification program for teachers, hoping to draw people from other professions into the field to alleviate an acute shortage of teachers.
A7 A Move to Lure Teachers The New York State Board of Regents voted to create an alternative certification program for teachers, hoping to draw people from other professions into the field to alleviate an acute shortage.
Still, GreenPalm, a certification program created by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, an industry group, has been criticized as greenwashing — that is, providing a mere veneer of environmental responsibility.
After becoming dean at Hunter in 2005, he helped create a rigorous, highly regarded program known as Teacher U, a certification program for graduates seeking master's degrees.
To create a national standard, the United States Green Building Council recently started a certification program for houses.
The New York City Board of Education has expanded its recruitment effort and created an alternative certification program that will supply perhaps 200 certified, nontraditional applicants by this fall.
Mr. Bonistall has also been working to set up a certification program for off-campus housing.
If a certification program is faulty — and too many of them are — they should be fixed.
