Nebraska Teacher Education Facts
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- There are sixteen teacher education programs in Nebraska that are fully approved. The seventeenth institution is currently developing a new program and expects to be fully approved by the year 2002.
- The 1997-98 School Statistics from NDE indicated that there were 22,445.32 full time equivalent teachers teaching in Nebraska schools.
The state of Nebraska has approximately 1475 new graduates from Nebraska teacher education institutions each year.
- Enrollment in Nebraska Teacher Education Programs including full and part time students is: 7142 undergraduate students and 3139 graduate students.
- By the year 2008, schools in the country will hire more than 2.2 million teachers.
Do you know???????
NEBRASKA HAS HIGH STANDARDS FOR ITS TEACHERS
- College students preparing to be teachers in Nebraska's college and universities must pass an academic skills test just to be admitted to the teacher education program?
- Nebraska college students preparing to be teachers have a student teaching experience of a minimum of 14 weeks plus no less than 100 hours in the classroom before student teaching?
All colleges and universities in Nebraska which prepare teachers are approved by the State Board of Education and also have national accreditation at a rate double that of teacher education institutions in other states?
- Programs to prepare teachers in Nebraska include a strong liberal arts component with about one-third of their college work dedicated to that end?
- Students preparing to be teachers in Nebraska take coursework in human relations, working with students with disabilities, instructional technology, working with high ability students, and how to help students become better readers, writers, speakers and listeners as part of their preparation?
- Experienced K-12 teacher are highly involved in setting the standards for the preparation of teachers in Nebraska and in evaluating the performance of those preparing to be teachers?
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THE PUBLIC HAS HIGH REGARD FOR TEACHERS
- 85% of parents with children in school believe their child's teachers are knowledgeable about the subjects they teach?
- The majority of people (62%) believe that teachers provide "the most benefit to society" of any profession by a 3 to 1 margin over the nearest rival, physicians?
- Three-fourths of Americans believe most colleges and universities that prepare teachers are doing a good job?
- Eight out of ten people believe that teachers' salaries should be raised to attract more qualified teachers into the schools?
NEW TEACHERS COMING FROM NEBRASKA
TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE TOP-NOTCH
- Nebraska college students preparing to be high school teachers all have majors in the subject areas they will teach?
Students preparing to be teachers have above average SAT and ACT scores when compared with all college students?
- The quality of teachers graduating from Nebraska colleges and universities is such that they are actively recruited by school districts from many other states?
This information was compiled by Teacher Education/Professional Development Task Force
of OMAHA 2000.
Sources are available by contacting OMAHA 2000
at (402) 346-5000.
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