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A Quality Teacher in Every Classroom

Innovative and Alternative Routes to Licensure:

Troops to Teachers Program 2

Purpose of the Program

The Troops to Teachers program seeks to ensure that individuals who desire to enter the teaching profession have access to high quality training that will prepare them to become highly qualified teachers.

The Troops to Teachers program has the following two components: (1) it helps place eligible members of the Armed Services in teacher training programs designed by the States, and (2) it encourages States or partnerships to develop and implement innovative teacher certification/licensure programs for members of the Armed Services.

New Program Improvements and Resources

The No Child Left Behind Act reauthorizes the Troops to Teachers program, which improves children's education by increasing the number of high-quality professionals in the classroom.

Last year, President Bush signed legislation that increased funding for this program five-fold from $3 million in 2001 to $18 million in 2002. This year, President Bush has proposed further increasing funding for Troops to Teachers to $20 million in FY-03.

 

Highlights for Individuals

 

Innovative and Alternative Routes to Licensure:

Transition to Teaching Program 3

 

Purpose of the Program

The Transition to Teaching program seeks to ensure that individuals who desire to enter the teaching profession have access to quality training that will prepare them to become highly qualified teachers.

This program has two components: (1) it helps place career professionals and recent college graduates in teacher training programs designed by the States; and (2) it encourages States in the development and expansion of alternative routes to teacher licensure and certification.

New Program Improvements and Resources

The No Child Left Behind Act reauthorizes the Transition to Teaching program, which improves children's education by increasing the number of high-quality professionals in the classroom.

Last year, President Bush signed legislation that increased funding to $35 million in 2002, an increase of 12 percent from the previous year. This year, President Bush has proposed further increasing the program to $39.4 million in FY-03, an increase of 13 percent.

Highlights for Individuals

Highlights for States and Partnerships

 

 

Innovative and Alternative Routes to Licensure:

Teach for America 4

 

Purpose of the Program

Teach for America is a national corps of recent college graduates who commit two years to teach in public schools. Teach for America is a public/private partnership started in 1990 that recruits and selects members, secures placement for them in school districts, provides pre-service and in-service training, and provides a support network for members during and after service. Teachers are paid by the school districts in which they teach. Costs for recruitment, placement, and training are paid by regional corporations, foundations, local governments, and national corporations and foundations.

Teach for America receives some Federal assistance through the AmeriCorps program. In addition, all teachers in this program are eligible for an AmeriCorps education award worth up to $4,725, available over a seven-year period, to pay for higher education or to pay student loans.

New Program Improvements and Resources

President Bush supports the Teach for America program, which receives Federal funding through the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) AmeriCorps program. Last year, President Bush signed legislation that provided $2.6 million to Teach for America for administrative costs and training. This year, President Bush has proposed to maintain that commitment in 2003 and establish an additional $10 million in challenge grants through CNCS to support expansion of teaching and other national service programs under AmeriCorps.

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