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- Title
Choosing teaching as a career in urban public Catholic and Jewish schools by graduates of elite colleges.
- Authors
Tamir, Eran
- Abstract
Recruitment, preparation, and retention of graduates of elite colleges is considered an innovative approach to improve teacher quality and promote change in the neediest schools. While the debate over the effectiveness of such programs is heavily focused on programs like Teach For America, this paper considers three teacher preparation programs located at elite colleges that combine alternative and traditional teacher preparation. This article argues that teachers who were trained at elite colleges and who chose teaching in urban public, urban Catholic, and Jewish schools tend to (a) conceptualize teaching around broad issues related to social justice, educational change, and community revitalization, arguing they joined teaching to improve society, and (b) seek leadership positions in their respective school sectors. These findings carry substantial policy implications in the areas of teacher recruitment, preparation, retention, and teacher quality.
- Subjects
URBAN education; BEGINNING teacher attitudes; TEACHER education; TEACHING &; society; CATHOLIC schools; JEWISH day schools; URBAN schools; TEACHER attitudes
- Publication
Journal of Educational Change, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 3, p327
- ISSN
1389-2843
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10833-013-9222-9