Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (Initial Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education)

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Level: Certificate
Language: English
Category: K-12 Education

Description

The initial teaching certificate is a robust blend of competency-based learning and assessment across four areas of focus: Foundations of Teaching, Effective Teaching Practices, Demonstration Teaching, and Interdisciplinary Studies.It is designed in particular for adults with a variety of backgrounds who have experience in the work place (either in an education setting or out of it) and are now feeling a call to teach. Successful candidates include paraprofessionals, long-term substitute teachers, retired civil servants, retired military troops, emergency-credentialed or intern teachers in need of teacher licensure, and all career-changers who are committed to the classroom life of K-8 students and want to be an instrument in helping children achieve.This program allows you to: --Become a licensed K-8 teacher with all the benefits that come with that position. --Observe a large variety of virtual classrooms where exemplary teaching is being practiced without ever leaving home. --Learn how to work in a school environment where standards-based curricula is emphasized. --Be in compliance with the "highly qualified teacher" requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. --Connect with colleagues all across the country who share your same goals. --Hold a portable teaching certificate you can take with you to multiple states.

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Recent Reviews

Awesome program
June 24, 2008
I am almost finished with my teaching degree and am loving is program. I always hated waiting for the class to catch up and to move on. This university allows us to all move at our own rate. The mentors are awesome and there is always more resources if you ...

Student Teaching Placement - Be Cautious
May 20, 2008
I have just earned my teaching certificate after completing WGU's teaching certification program. There were very many tasks for each domain; many tasks I personally felt were inconsequential and were just busy work. I was lucky and had great mentors. I felt that the cohort was a complete waste of ...

Mentor don't have a Degree!
April 7, 2008
While attending WGU, I found out that my mentor/ and graders did not hold a BA degree. When asked why their BIO was not posted on their web site I was given the run around. Before attending WGU, I would strongly recommend that they assign you to a mentor that ...

College is work: not a free ride.
March 8, 2008
I completed the post-baccalaureate program for elementary education while teaching on a provisional certificate. They worked with me, DID NOT hold my hand, and helped me succeed. If you want to be spoon fed, this IS NOT a program for you. You actually have to do the work, not just ...

Scary, Scary, Scary
February 9, 2008
First, let me say that I did graduate from the post-bacc elementary ed program-with far above average scores by the way. This review is not sour grapes from some one who needed too much "hand-holding" and could not finish. This is a very scary program. The basic premise seems to ...

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