University of Louisiana Creates Alternative Teacher Certification
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