IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/mth/jetjnl/v11y2024i1p92-114.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Alternative Certification Programs in K-12 Schools: The Experiences of Diverse Teachers

Author

Listed:
  • Muhammad Sharif Uddin

Abstract

Through individual interviews and focus groups, this qualitative phenomenological study explored 11 conditionally licensed teachers’ experiences in earning their full teaching license in a Mid-Atlantic state in the United States. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis method. The findings of this study showed that the conditionally licensed teachers were career changers from diverse ethnic identities, and they mainly struggled with classroom management. The study also found that they had little support and information regarding the certification process, and their work-life-study balance was challenging. This study suggests that schools, school districts, and the university develop strong partnerships to provide appropriate support to these teachers to make them licensed and effective classroom teachers in order to meet the needs of the national teacher shortage.

Suggested Citation

  • Muhammad Sharif Uddin, 2024. "Alternative Certification Programs in K-12 Schools: The Experiences of Diverse Teachers," Journal of Education and Training, Macrothink Institute, vol. 11(1), pages 92-114, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:mth:jetjnl:v:11:y:2024:i:1:p:92-114
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jet/article/download/21391/16732
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/jet/article/view/21391
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:mth:jetjnl:v:11:y:2024:i:1:p:92-114. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Macrothink Institute (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://jet.macrothink.org .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.