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Proposes a common framework for middle level teacher preparation by analyzing three key documents: position and belief statements from major middle school organizations and a research synthesis on effective middle level teaching. 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These differences shape policies such as certificate grade configuration, field experience requirements, and credit hours for specialized courses.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What sources are used to build the proposed framework?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"The article analyzes three key documents: the National Middle School Association position statement on the Professional Preparation of Middle Level Teachers (2006), its This We Believe statement (2010), and Anfara and Schmid’s (2007) synthesis of research on effective teaching practices at the middle level.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How does the framework support middle level teacher preparation?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It offers a conceptual framework that brings position and belief statements together into a coherent guide. 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Faulkner, Ph.D.  \nNorthern Kentucky University  \nPenny B. Howell, Ed.D.  \nUniversity of Louisville  \nChris M. Cook, Ph.D.  \nNorthern Kentucky University  \nAs more and more states make a commitment to specialized middle level teacher preparation, teacher education programs across the country must make the necessary adjustments to ensure middle level teachers are prepared to be successful. Unfortunately, individual state and institutional requirements often make this challenging and can result in inconsistent experiences, expectations, and requirements. In an effort to provide a common focus for middle level teacher preparation, this piece proposes the Framework for Effective Middle Level Practices through the analysis of three key documents in middle level teacher preparation—National Middle School Association’s position statement on the Professional Preparation ofMiddle Level Teachers (2006), National Middle School Association’s This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents (2010), and Anfara and Schmid’s (2007) synthesis of research on effective teaching practices at the middle level. Illustrative practices are suggestedfor the use of the Framework in middle level teacher preparation.  \n“ …learning to teach middle level students by „trial and error‟ teaching may eventually lead to successful teaching, but this is an ineffective teacher preparation model. This situation leaves too much to chance…” (McEwin, Smith,& Dickinson, 2003, p. 10)  \nIn 2003, McEwin, Smith, & Dickinson wrote “middle level teacher preparation is more widespread now than ever before” (p.7) . Ten years later it remains true with 45 states and the District of Columbia requiring specialized middle level teacher preparation through an endorsement or licensure (Association for Middle Level Education, 2013) . While it is important to acknowledge this as progress for the middle level movement, it is also important to consider the complications this growth brings to the landscape of specialized teacher preparation for the middle grades. As states change licensure requirements, teacher education institutions must follow suit to ensure its candidates will be fully certified upon completion of the program. When these mandates require programs to prepare candidates for an endorsement or licensure to teach early adolescents, many times the quality and content of these programs become idiosyncratic to the institutions, states, and regions in which they are located. These idiosyncrasies lead to preparation that is inconsistent in focus, experiences, and expectations across pro-  \ngrams. Further, some programs prepare candidates through a generalist elementary program, and others are prepared through a specialized middle grades program. Still, others are prepared through subject-specific secondary programs (McEwin, Smith, & Dickinson, 2003) . Each of these routes leads to certification that allows the candidate to teach in a middle school, each with very different assumptions about the kind of preparation teachers of early adolescents require. Many acknowledge this approach is not as effective as a specialized middle grades professional preparation program (Jackson & Davis, 2000) . As such, this paper highlights the different constructs of middle grades education that must be emphasized regardless of the approach and requirements institutions follow when training teachers.  \nVarious organizations have worked as advocates to provide guidance to teacher preparation institutions that offer specialized programs for middle level teacher candidates (Jackson & Davis, 2000; McEwin, Smith, & Dickinson, 2003) . These organizations have produced position and belief statements (e.g. , This We Believe and Now We Must Act; This We Believe: Keys to Educating Young Adolescents; Position Statement on Teacher Preparation; Turning","cbCaifr6EeuYX11h","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaifr6EeuYX11h","pdf",433478,"English","# Embracing a Common Focus\n## Teacher preparation variability and policy drivers\n## Key documents informing a common framework\n## Proposed framework constructs for effective practices","[{\"question\":\"Why does specialized middle level teacher preparation vary across programs?\",\"answer\":\"Variability persists due to inconsistencies in state licensure requirements, institutional philosophy, and program size and structure. 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