This article describes a graduate, 19-month alternative certification program for urban middle-and high-school teachers that leads to teacher certification. With additional course work, it can also lead to a master’s degree in secondary education. In an ongoing evaluation of the program based on the needs of participating urban school districts, program faculty members have continued to reflect upon and revise the content and sequencing of course work and fieldwork. Interviews and focus groups have shown that students, their mentors, principals, other administrators, and university faculty believe the program has been successful in producing new teachers for the urban districts.
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