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• A Guide to Developing Paraeducator-to-Teacher Programs
  Recruiting New Teachers, Inc. is a national nonprofit organization formed in 1986 to raise esteem for teaching, expand the pool of prospective teachers, and improve the nation's teacher recruitment, development, and diversity policies and practices.
• Bringing Diverse Populations into the Teacher Certification Process
  The College of Education at Wayne State University focuses on the preparation of professional educators for urban settings. In 1997 the College won the AACTE award for best practice in the area of supporting diversity in the teaching profession.
• Lessons learned.
  Gloria Ladson-Billings summarizes some of the lessons learned from working with the Teach for Diversity certification program.
• Literacy Cluster
  A California State University, Los Angeles Charter School of Education and Los Angeles Unified School District collaborative effort to improve teacher preparation and development in literacy .
• On-The-Job Urban School Teacher Preparation Program
  A partnership program between the California State University, Northridge and the Los Angeles Unified School District to address the critical shortage of fully certified special education teachers and the need for alternative preparation programs to prepare on-the-job teachers. The program was designed to develop teacher competencies specific to serving urban students with special needs.
• Professional Development Schools Project
  A collaboration between Temple University and the School District of Philadelphia to improve education in the city on all levels. In the Professional Development Schools (PDS) Project, educators work collaboratively to provide the clinical settings necessary for new models of training preservice teachers and counselors, to provide life-long learning for seasoned teachers and faculty, to offer enrichment activities for students in grades K-12, and to provide avenues for involving community members in the education process.
• Professional Teaching Standards Project.
  A collaborative effort between the University of Toledo and other urban state universities and their respective urban school districts, including the Toledo Public Schools, and the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to assist teachers in preparing for National Board Certification.
• Project FUSE (Field-based University and School Education)
  A program developed by Florida International University and implemented in the Dade County Public Schools to prepare teachers for urban classrooms.
• The Power of Preparation
  In an inner-city San Francisco elementary school, San Francisco State University graduate students practice-teach at the same place they take their education courses -- a professional development school that is run jointly by university teacher-educators and the school district.