National Forum Policy Statement
TEACHER PREPARATION, LICENSURE, AND RECRUITMENT

ADDITIONAL READING

The references page of the National Forum's policy statement on teacher preparation, licensure, and recruitment lists several resources that informed and shaped the writing of the statement. For those interested in further reading or research on this topic, we are including a supplementary bibliography below.

Arth, A. A., Lounsbury, J. H., McEwin, C. K., & Swaim, J. H. (1995). Middle level teachers: Portraits of excellence. Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association and Reston, VA: National Association of Secondary School Principals.

Cooney, S. (1998). Improving teaching in the middle grades: Higher standards for students aren’t enough. Atlanta, GA: Southern Regional Education Board.

Dickinson, T. S., & Butler, D. (1994). The journey to the other side of the desk: The education of middle school teachers. In F. M. Smith & C. O. Hausafus (Eds.), The education of early adolescents: Home economics in the middle school, Yearbook of the American Home Economics Association (pp. 183-191). Peoria, IL: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill.

Early adolescence/generalist standards for national board certification (1996). Washington, DC: National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.

Levine, M., & Churins, E. J. (1999). Designing standards that empower professional development schools. Peabody Journal of Education, 74(3 & 4), 178-208.

McEwin, C. K., & Dickinson, T. S. (1995). The professional preparation of middle level teachers: Profiles of successful programs. Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association.

McEwin, C. K., Dickinson, T. S., Erb, T. O., & Scales, P. C. (1995). A vision of excellence: Organizing principles for middle grades teacher preparation. Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association.

McEwin, C. K., Dickinson, T. S., & Swaim, J. (1996). Middle level teacher preparation: A national status report. Working Paper. Boone, NC: Appalachian State University.

McEwin, C. K., & Scales, P. C. (1995). Middle school teachers’ views on specialized professional preparation. Quality Teaching, 5(1), 6-7.

McMillen Seastrom, M., Gruber, K., Henke, R., McGrath, D., & Cohen, B. (2002). Qualifications of the Public School Teacher Workforce: Prevalence of Out-of-Field Teaching 1987-88 to 1999-2000. (Clicking here will begin a pdf download of an abstract) Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.

Mertens, Steven B., Flowers, N., & Mulhall, P. (Forthcoming October 2002). The Relationship Between Middle Grades Teacher Certification and Teaching Practices. (Clicking here will begin a pdf download of an abstract) In Vince Anfara (Ed.), The Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education, Volume 2 (pp. ?). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Model standards for beginning teacher licensing and development (1992). Washington, DC: Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium, Council of Chief State School Officers.

National Association of Secondary School Principals (undated). An agenda for excellence at the middle level. Reston, VA: Author.

National Middle School Association Teacher Preparation Curriculum Guidelines (1996). Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association.

National Middle School Association (1995). Middle level teacher preparation and licensure position statement. Columbus, OH: Author.

Page, F., Page, J., Dickinson, T. S., Warkentin, R. &, Tibbles, A. (1992). 4000 voices. Middle School Journal, 24(1), Insert.

Program for initial preparation of teachers of English language arts for middle/junior high and senior high school teaching (1999). National Council of Teachers of English. In NCATE program standards. Washington, DC: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 402-414.

Program for initial preparation of teachers of mathematics: 5-8 mathematics teachers (1999). National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. In NCATE program standards. Washington, DC: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 415-432.

Program for initial preparation of teachers of science or science specialists (1999). The National Science Teachers Association. In NCATE program standards. Washington, DC: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 449-468.

Program for initial preparation of teachers of social studies for middle/junior high and secondary teaching (1999). National Council for the Social Studies. In NCATE program standards. Washington, DC: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, 356-401.

Program standards for elementary teacher preparation (1999). Washington, DC: National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.

Standards for early adolescence generalist teachers (1998). Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Professional Standards Board.

Stowell, L. P., McDaniel, J. E., & Rios, F. A. (1995). Fostering change for democratic middle schools through teacher education. Middle School Journal, 26(5), 3-10.

Swaim, J. H., & Stefanich, G. P. (1996). Meeting the standards: Improving middle level teacher education. Columbus, OH: National Middle School Association.

Valentine, J. W., Clark, D. C., Irvin, J. L., Keefe, J. W., & Melton, G. (1993). Leadership in middle level education: A national survey of middle level leaders and schools. Reston, VA: National Association of Secondary School Principals.