Predictive measures to identify target skill sets necessary for completion of future teachers in teacher preparation program
Abstract
Effective teachers are those who can create a classroom climate which meets the needs of the students (Darling-Hammond, 2009; Hart and Hodsen, 2004). In an attempt to identify preservice teachers who can create this type of classroom, Missouri added a workplace inventory, the Missouri Educator Profile (MEP), to their required battery of teacher preparation program (TPP) entrance assessments between the years of 2013 and 2018. Theoretically, students who scored similarly to the normed teacher group would perform similarly to those proficient teachers in the classroom during practicum as well. While the MEP is still available for TPP use, it is no longer a requirement. The purpose of this mixed methods study is to examine the perceptions of the constructs of quality teachers through the lens of current practicing educators in a Missouri Teacher Preparation Program and to discover if indicators on the MEP are predictive of performance evaluation scores. The results of this study may have the potential to either persuade or dissuade Missouri TPPs to utilize the MEP.
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