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PROGRAM-CURRICULUM

Program Delivery

Teacher candidates will attend classes Tuesday and Thursday evenings (5:00 pm –
9:00 pm) and Saturdays (9:00 am – 3:00 pm). Classes will be held at 6455 Hiller
St., Suite A-2. The lead trainer, Margarita Guerry, will be teaching the course.
The pre-service training will be approximately 21 weeks of classroom instruction
plus 30 clock hours of field experience plus 50 clock hours of staff development
during the internship.

Clinical Teaching 14 weeks for a full day or 28 weeks of half a day as a teacher
of record.

Tuesday and Thursday evening classes will be used to instruct teacher candidates
on pedagogical theories and teaching strategies.

Saturday classes will help teacher candidates establish a connection between
theory and practice. The lead trainer will model teaching strategies to teacher
candidates in a classroom setting.

Internship — Internships start once a teacher candidate secures a job in a
school district. During the internship, the program intern should accrue 50
clock hours of professional development provided by school districts.

Teacher candidates will be prepared to secure a job as a full-time EC through
the 12th-grade teacher of record under an intern or probationary certificate in
one of the nine districts in the El Paso area. Interns will also avail
themselves of any district offered in-service held during this semester.

Teacher candidates with an intern certificate will be observed five times during
their internship of ten months.  These visits will allow the program mentor to
model and guide the intern.

Post Internship—-May of 2006 & Beyond
The second year of mentoring will be conducted upon request by the program
teacher.

WE ARE NOW OFFERING STUDENT/TEACHING OR CLINICAL TEACHING!

You can be fully certified in clinical teaching in 14 weeks full-time or 24
weeks part-time rather than the entire year of the internship if you have met
the program requirements and have passed the TExES.

Selection Criteria for Clinical Teachers/Students

Program students who have circumstances that are beyond their control:

Military personnel or their spouses

Program students who have not obtained employment in a school for two or three
consecutive years as a teacher of record and/or student candidates whose
companies or spouses have been transferred to another state or country.

Program students who have completed 21 weeks of classroom instruction and 30
clock hours of field experience.

Program students who passed all mandated Pearson Content and Pedagogy tests for
their initial certification.

Students who are able to pay the $5,555.00 cost of the Program after the 14
weeks as a teacher of record.

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CURRICULUM

The program commits itself to provide a two-year support system for teacher
candidates. Teacher candidates will receive 100% support until he/she passes all
tests to be fully certified in the State of Texas.

The program has been designed to move the teacher preparation program from the
20th century to the demands of educating children as strategic readers,
strategic writers, independent thinkers, problem solvers, and self-directed
learners. The teachers become the facilitators of their student’s learning
process. The program’s core curriculum is based on research-based teaching
techniques and principles. It has also been carefully aligned to Texas to the
Texas Essential Knowledge Skills (TEKS) and State Board for Educator
Certification Pedagogy and Responsibilities Standards I-IV.

The program has been designed to follow a scope and a sequence to provide
Teacher candidates with the opportunity to continue building their knowledge and
skills throughout their teacher preparation program.

The program lead trainer has more than thirty years of experience as a classroom
teacher, school principal, trainer of trainers, trainer of teachers, teacher
supervisor, and researcher.

Highlights

Teacher applicants receive a letter of admission to begin job searching upon
entering the program.

TExES test preparation.

EXCELLENT PASSING RATE!!!

Only $555 upfront is required for enrollment.

Research-based learning and teaching practices.

High scores in STAAR test by program teachers.


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