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The online, alternative teaching certification program is approved in Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oklahoma, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Utah, [3] and was launched in Arizona as the Arizona Center for Teacher Preparation in 2013. [4]
Alternative certification programs first appeared in the 1980s. A decline in the number of students seeking a degree in education was creating a shortage of teachers in American elementary and high schools. States began to search for a way to recruit and train people who had already earned a four-year degree and wanted to become teachers. [2]
The Passport to Teaching is an alternative teacher certification offered by the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence. The Passport to Teaching certification is a program for individuals who wish to pursue a career as a teacher , but do not have a degree in education .
In some states, alternative teacher certification programs allow prospective ... into the student teaching component of the program. ... South Carolina; South Dakota ...
As of 2019, the organization has approximately 12,500 teachers, accounting for nearly a quarter of the state's public school teachers. [6] [7] In 2022, executive director Kathy Maness announced her candidacy for South Carolina's superintendent of education. Maness was defeated by Ellen Weaver in the Republican runoff on June 28. [8]
Petoskey school board approves in-district alternative education program. Gannett. Karly Graham, The Petoskey News-Review. December 26, 2023 at 3:50 AM.
As of 2010, South Carolina is one of three states that have not agreed to use competitive international math and language standards. [10]In 2014, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled the state had failed to provide a "minimally adequate" education to children in all parts of the state as required by the state's constitution.
Beaufort County Adult Education is an alternative school within the Beaufort County School District. Students over the age of seventeen can complete coursework for their South Carolina high school diploma or study for the GED examination. The program also offers classes through South Carolina Virtual Schools.