teacher pay based on a teachers performance (similar to pay for performance)

• merit pay
• reciprocity
• pedagogy

A salary method that attempts to make teaching more accountable by linking teacher and student performance to teacher salary (see also merit pay).

• pay for performance
• tenure
• endorcement

A system of employment in which teachers, having served a probationary period, acquire an expectancy of continued employment. They prevent good teachers from being fired for bad reasons.

• tenure
• praxis
• résumé

an agreement between states to recognize teaching credentials issued by each other

• reciprocity
• pedagogy
• merit pay

United States educator who introduced reforms that significantly altered the system of public education (1796-1859). He is known for establishing the first state-supported normal school for teacher preparation.

• Horace Mann
• Reverend Samuel Hall
• The Holmes Group

Established a normal school in Concord, Vermont in 1823

• Reverend Samuel Hall
• Horace Mann
• The Carnegie forum

a two-year teacher education institution popular in the nineteenth century -- these were expanded to become today's state colleges and universities.

• normal school
• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
• The Carnegie forum

An organization designed to award board certification to extraordinary teachers whose skills and knowledge indicate their high level of achievement

• National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS)
• The Holmes Group
• normal school

the art or science of teaching

• pedagogy
• praxis
• tenure

A collect of your best work, used when applying for a job

• portfolio
• endorcement
• résumé