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  title info:
    title: Successful practices in teacher recruitment, preparation and retention as perceived by the Texas A&M University System Regents' Initiative project directors
  name:
    name part: Holt, Michael Lee
    name part: 1952-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Hoyle, John R.
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2006
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: remote
  abstract: The purpose of the study is to identify the perceived successful practices that led to improved teacher recruitment, preparation and retention efforts within the nine universities of The Texas A&M University System brought about by the Regents' Initiative for Excellence in Education. The data for this study, gathered through interviews, document reviews and observation, revealed that the Regents' Initiative was considered by project directors to be a challenging but rewarding educational reform initiative. The lessons learned through the experience reflect the general findings common to the research literature on school-university partnerships. Research findings of this study revealed that the successful implementation of the Regents' Initiative involved strategies to overcome challenges and develop processes for recruiting, improving teacher preparation and teacher retention. Selecting the right person as the teacher recruiter was paramount to the successful attainment of A&M System university teacher recruitment goals. Operationalizing teacher recruiting included developing recruiting targets, organizing data management, tracking student recruits in the teacher preparation pipeline and periodically reporting progress to stakeholders. Quality improvement of teacher preparation involved recruiting higher achieving high school and community college students, setting higher standards for teacher candidate performance and aligning course curriculum within the college of education and with community college partners to the state standards. Institutional leadership was required to promote and build meaningful partnerships combining efforts to recruit, prepare and retain quality teachers in the profession. A&M System institutions developed a communications campaign to build legislative, institutional and public awareness and support of the Initiative. Institutional involvement was broadened by providing opportunities for interaction between arts and sciences faculty and c…
  note: by Michael Lee Holt.
  note: "Major Subject: Educational Administration"
  note: Title from author supplied metadata (automated record created on Feb. 23, 2007.)
  note: Vita.
  note: Abstract.
  note: Electronic resource.
  note: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  note: System requirements: World Wide Web access and Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  note: Ph. D. Texas A&M University 2006.
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation).
  subject:
    topic: Major educational administration
  subject:
    topic: teacher retention
  subject:
    topic: partnerships
  subject:
    topic: teacher recruiting
  subject:
    topic: school-university
  subject:
    topic: teacher preparation
  subject:
    topic: university reform
  identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4246
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 070308
    record change date: 20151104154136.0
    record identifier: in00002219861