Teacher Alternative Certification (Austin, Round Rock, Center: college, education, teachers)

[jroesch]

Hi. I will be graduating soon with a degree in Spanish. I want to teach, but I have no education degree or certificate. There are quite a few companies in Texas offering alternative certification such as A+ Texas Teachers. I'm really interested in those programs where you have a few weeks training in the Summer and then are a "teaching intern" for a year and receive your state certification at the completion of one year teaching rather than going and taking classes for a year and getting certified after all those classes and time. I was thinking about signing up with one of these Alternative Certification Programs to get into teaching Spanish in Austin. Does that sound like a good idea? I'm most worried about actually finding a job as a teaching intern in Spanish. Could I find one? (I know math, science, and bilingual are very high demand, but I'm not sure about Spanish). If you know someone who would be knowledgeable about the subject, please have them respond. Thanks.

[FromCalitoSteinerRanch]

Originally Posted by jroesch

Hi. I will be graduating soon with a degree in Spanish. I want to teach, but I have no education degree or certificate. There are quite a few companies in Texas offering alternative certification such as A+ Texas Teachers. I was thinking about signing up with one of these Alternative Certification Programs to get into teaching Spanish in Austin. Does that sound like a good idea? I'm most worried about actually finding a job as a teaching intern in Spanish. Could I find one? (I know math, science, and bilingual are very high demand, but I'm not sure about Spanish). If you know someone who would be knowledgeable about the subject, please have them respond. Thanks.

Please check out the Round Rock Higher Education Center (RRHEC) and look into their program. It is the Teachers Recruitment Program Certification, check out the following URL: TRP at RRHEC (http://www.gradcollege.txstate.edu/Prospect_Students/Pgms_Apps/Masters/Coll_Ed/Elem_Ed.html#Certification - broken link)

[mego65]

It's hard to get a teaching job in the Austin area, and harder if you have an alternative cert. If you went for a bilingual you would be fine. But, I don't know about teaching Spanish.

[xsloane]

If you would like to go for ESL rathern than Spanish I think your chances of finding a job will greatly increase. Good luck!

[mego65]

I have an ESL and it does help, but not much. Every one pretty much has gotten the ESL in hopes of landing a job. It's very hard to get a teaching job in the Austin area.