Preparing Effective Teachers: Multiple Approaches to Ensure Teaching Quality and Impact

As teacher educators consider how to best prepare teachers for the demands of today’s classrooms and schools, we are concerned with questions about how well our candidates are prepared to meet these challenges while thriving as beginning teachers. The resources in this handbook assist teacher preparation programs and their school partners in deepening their understanding of what teacher effectiveness can mean, supporting beginning teachers, and engaging together to support the preparation of effective teachers. The materials in this handbook can serve as both guides and tools for this important joint work between teacher preparation programs and P-12 schools.