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According to the Newsstar.com, Other states are catching on to the benefits of alternative teacher certification for the public at large and to the would-be teachers. University of Louisiana just started their own curriculum through the TEACH Delta Region program, a collaboration with Jackson State University, is specially tailored to individuals with bachelor’s degrees in subjects other than education. Students take nighttime or online classes during their teaching year. The program can be completed in as few as 14 months or take as long as three years.

TEACH Delta replaced TeachNortheast, which was funded by a state four-year grant before it ran out.

The new program is a critical piece of an alternative certification program at ULM that is gathering national attention. In December, a state study singled out ULM for producing high-performance teachers as part of The New Teacher Project. The Governor’s Office and the Board of Regents publicly praised ULM’s education program as a model for schools across the state. Read the whole article

Tremendous progress has been made over the years to facilitate the work of teachers. Not long ago, it was necessary to fill out by hand a multiple array of forms, from attendance sheets to lesson plans. Today, most districts are using different types of software that are user-friendly, thereby cutting down on bureaucratic time and freeing the teacher to concentrate on instruction.

The software used in my district to note attendance and grades will automatically calculate averages, and has various tools to print useful reports, to e-mail parents (and receive e-mails), to access the student’s address and phone number, to organize seating charts, to check the district calendar, to verify objectives for each subject, and to receive timely reminders.
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