UNC and NC State Offering Competency-Based Teacher Preparation

[sanantone]

UNC - Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University have partnered to offer an online, competency-based teacher certification program for those who have already been hired to teach at North Carolina schools without certification. The program is 12 to 18 months long and should cost less than $5,000.

UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State partner to offer innovative program for lateral entry teachers - UNC News

[RANSOMSOUL]

This is really good news for that market. Have some friends that may be able to take advantage of this. Thanks.

[cookderosa]

To piggy back on this, Lateral Entry is an alternative certification route in NC, and requires you already have a bachelor's degree in the subject you want to teach. The sticking point here is that you have to get a job BEFORE you can pursue any LE program. That's a statewide requirement for all public and charter schools, as well as any private that requires teacher certification.

[sacredrain]

To piggy back on this, Lateral Entry is an alternative certification route in NC, and requires you already have a bachelor's degree in the subject you want to teach. The sticking point here is that you have to get a job BEFORE you can pursue any LE program. That's a statewide requirement for all public and charter schools, as well as any private that requires teacher certification.

This is not entirely true. For example I have a friend who has a BS in Business and was able to lateral entry and teach Middle Grades Science, because she passed the Praxis II in Middle Grades Science. I also benefited from lateral entry as my undergraduate course work is in Business and Computer Information Systems. I was able to pass the Praxis II test in middle grades math and I taught middle grades math for 5 years in order to qualify for the teacher's loan forgiveness program.

NC has made the requirements for Lateral Entry easier, here are the updated requirements:

1. Must have a Bachelors degree from an RA school and must meet 1 criteria from each side:
Side one:
Relevant degree pr 24 semester credit hours of course work in the teaching area or passing score on the NCSBE approved licensure exams for the teaching area

Side two:
2.5 GPA or 5 years of experience that is relevant to the position, or a passing score on core academic skills for educations or a total SAT score of 1100 or a total ACT score of 24 plus one of the following (GPA of 3.0 in the major field of student or GPA of 3.0 in all courses during the senior year or GPA 3.0 on a minimum of 15 semester credit hours of courses)

Source: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/lice...lentry.pdf and my own personal experience as a lateral entry teacher in NC

[cookderosa]

This is not entirely true. For example I have a friend who has a BS in Business and was able to lateral entry and teach Middle Grades Science, because she passed the Praxis II in Middle Grades Science. I also benefited from lateral entry as my undergraduate course work is in Business and Computer Information Systems. I was able to pass the Praxis II test in middle grades math and I taught middle grades math for 5 years in order to qualify for the teacher's loan forgiveness program.

NC has made the requirements for Lateral Entry easier, here are the updated requirements:

1. Must have a Bachelors degree from an RA school and must meet 1 criteria from each side:
Side one:
Relevant degree pr 24 semester credit hours of course work in the teaching area or passing score on the NCSBE approved licensure exams for the teaching area

Side two:
2.5 GPA or 5 years of experience that is relevant to the position, or a passing score on core academic skills for educations or a total SAT score of 1100 or a total ACT score of 24 plus one of the following (GPA of 3.0 in the major field of student or GPA of 3.0 in all courses during the senior year or GPA 3.0 on a minimum of 15 semester credit hours of courses)

Source: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/lice...lentry.pdf and my own personal experience as a lateral entry teacher in NC

Thanks sacredrain, so if I understand this properly, you can actually NOT have any credit in the area you're teaching as long as you graduate with an RA BA at >2.5 and pass the praxis?

[sacredrain]

Thanks sacredrain, so if I understand this properly, you can actually NOT have any credit in the area you're teaching as long as you graduate with an RA BA at >2.5 and pass the praxis?

This is correct. For elementary lateral entry teachers you will need to take the new Pearson exams, which include a reading strategies test and a general curriculum test.

[cookderosa]

This is correct. For elementary lateral entry teachers you will need to take the new Pearson exams, which include a reading strategies test and a general curriculum test.

Interesting. Thanks

In 1993 I held a post-secondary teacher's license in the state of Iowa - adults are in my lane. I'd be a terrible elementary teacher lol.

[sacredrain]

Interesting. Thanks

In 1993 I held a post-secondary teacher's license in the state of Iowa - adults are in my lane. I'd be a terrible elementary teacher lol.

You would be surprised! With your degree you could qualify for consumer science, which there is a big shortage of teachers in this area in NC.