Alternate Route to Certification

[musicman]

Hello teachers! I am a student who will be visiting from time to time to extract all of this great information about teaching. Eventually I will make time to introduce myself properly, but for now I would like to ask if anyone here has gone through Connecticut's Alternate Route to Certification.

With only a bachelors degree, 30 credits in your desired field, and passing the Praxis 1 and Praxis 2, I can become a teacher.
Has anyone gone through this program or does anyone know someone who did? The classes I believe are held in Hartford, what should I expect. I have heard they group all the math student teachers with math teachers, the music student teachers with music teachers and so on. There is a summer program and a fall to spring program. I'm not even sure if I can post a link showing it. Well here goes...
http://www.ctdhe.org/ARC/default.htm

All help would be appreciated. Thank you.:waving::teacher:

[Ima Teacher]

I have worked with one teacher who chose an alternate route into teaching. This person went through the "Troops to Teachers" program.

While the person's intentions were good, and there was a definite love & grasp of the actual materials being taught, there was a HUGE lack of knowledge on how to interact with students and run a classroom.

It was one big train wreck, and the teacher was not rehired.

Now, this person might have been better in a college setting, or maybe even in certain types of high school settings. OUr school was not the right setting.

Most of the issues that we saw were ones that would make us think, "Wow, who wouldn't know THAT?" or "Why did he think THAT was a good idea?" These were all things that would have been covered in education classes and professional development for those who had teaching certification with an original degree, or those who went back to school to get a teaching degree before ever trying a teaching position.

I'm also thinking that it wasn't as easy as anticipated to teach something to a room full of children.

[musicman]

I have worked with one teacher who chose an alternate route into teaching. This person went through the "Troops to Teachers" program.

While the person's intentions were good, and there was a definite love & grasp of the actual materials being taught, there was a HUGE lack of knowledge on how to interact with students and run a classroom.

It was one big train wreck, and the teacher was not rehired.

Now, this person might have been better in a college setting, or maybe even in certain types of high school settings. OUr school was not the right setting.

Most of the issues that we saw were ones that would make us think, "Wow, who wouldn't know THAT?" or "Why did he think THAT was a good idea?" These were all things that would have been covered in education classes and professional development for those who had teaching certification with an original degree, or those who went back to school to get a teaching degree before ever trying a teaching position.

I'm also thinking that it wasn't as easy as anticipated to teach something to a room full of children.


Do you know how much this 'troops to teachers' program trained the person to teach in the classroom. Was there any student teacher training?