The role of the substitute teacher in educational reform of the 1980's in North Carolina
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- James Donald Gorst (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Harold R. Snyder
Abstract: The purposes of this study were to investigate the role' of substitute teachers in educational reform of the 1980's, to use information solicited by survey from every state to formulate an effective substitute teacher staff development and certification program, and to recommend to school officials and school administrators that it be implemented in North Carolina Public Schools. A search was made of educational literature from 1957, at the time of the launching of Sputnik I until 1988, five years after the release of A Nation at Risk. Research revealed billions of federal and state dollars were spent to improve the quality of education, but almost no monies went to maintain continuity of instruction in the absence of the classroom teacher. Fifty state education chief executive officers and the chief executive officer of the District of Columbia were surveyed for information about substitute teacher staff development programs. Forty-nine state education chief executive officers (96.0 percent) returned the questionnaires. Two hundred building principals in North Carolina were surveyed to determine if in their opinion a substitute teacher staff development and certification program in North Carolina would improve continuity of instruction in the absence of the classroom teacher. One hundred sixty-five principals (82.5 percent) returned the questionnaires.
The role of the substitute teacher in educational reform of the 1980's in North Carolina
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 1988
- Subjects
- Substitute teachers $x Certification
- Substitute teachers $x In-service training