The University of Nevada has just started an Alternate Route to Licensure (ARL) pilot program for students who want to become teachers.
The program allows anyone with a bachelor’s degree, to take classes towards a master’s while learning how to operate a classroom through lectures and hands on experiences.
"The program is set up so anyone who has a bachelor’s degree in a related field or area who are interested in becoming an early childhood special ed teacher, a generalist special ed teacher, a teacher of students with autism or intellectual disabilities can apply to our program,” says Ph.D. Lindsay Diamond.
Diamond ensures that although students may be learning from a teacher who doesn't have their license yet, your child will still be getting quality education.
“They're not fully licensed at that point but they're on an alternative route to licensure agreement with the state department. In that they will agree to complete their course work and be fully licensed within 3 years," says Diamond.
With the teacher shortage happening around the state, Diamond says this program will help fill that need by getting teachers into classrooms faster.
"This program really helps to fill those positions faster than we would if we had to wait for someone to complete an entire four year program at the undergraduate level,” says Diamond.
Diamond says there are also scholarship opportunities as well when you apply.
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