Alternative paths to teacher certification were introduced in New Jersey in 1983, with the goal of allowing individuals who lacked teaching degrees to become schoolteachers.

Washington, D.C. — Alternative teacher certification programs that are run outside of institutions of higher education (IHE) are an especially varied group that have enjoyed steady growth in ...

Alternative certification programs like iteachTexas allow professionals who are changing careers and did not study education in college to train to become teachers.

Region 18 Education Service Center has revamped its alternative certification program in collaboration with The New Teacher Project, a national organization.

The Alternative Teacher Certification Program offers students a pathway to teaching that may help reduce time and cost barriers, with the new funding expected to be used to expand existing ...

Ensure Quality for Alternative Certification Programs for Teachers In order to ensure program quality, state policies should support the recruitment of talented candidates, assessment and support ...

Alternative Teacher Certification for High School Chemistry Many professionals are drawn to the idea of teaching high school chemistry as a second career. In lieu of entering and undergraduate teacher ...

Alternative programs in Abilene help people with bachelor's degrees outside education become certified to teach in public schools, where jobs await.

A new national report credits alternative teacher certification programs for effectively filling teacher shortages. The report, released in September by the Dallas-based National Center for Policy ...

Alternative teacher-certification programs, unlike colleges of education, don’t need to be accredited to operate; states set their own standards and determine which organizations to approve.

The state offers five certification programs, one of which -- the alternative Resident Teacher Certificate -- is specifically geared for professionals in other fields looking to switch into teaching.

The public K-12 teaching force is still overwhelmingly white, according to the survey, at 84 percent—though that is down from 91 percent in 1986. Alternative-route certification programs bring ...