Alternate Route Teaching in NJ (Newark, Orange: find a job, school, colleges)

[Letrese]

I recently submitted my application to the DOE for my CE to become a teacher via the alternate route. I have a MS in a International Relations and I am currently taking classes online at St. Joseph's College in Maine for my M.Ed (Educational Leadership).
My questions are these?
If I am lucky enough to get hired in NJ will I get paid as teacher with 0 years experience and BA/BS or will I get paid more for my first MS? If I am hired as a AR teacher can I use my classes at St. Joseph's in lieu of the classes/degree from NJ colleges that most district point their teachers toward?
I graduated from Rutgers with a undergrad GPA of 2.4 but was lucky enough to get into grad school where my GPA was 3.7. Which GPA will the State consider in evaluating my paperwork? I called and after waiting on hold for 40 minutes was told that they would look at the last degree completed. But I am still nervous about his response.

Added info: I did 4 years of substitute teaching in Newark and Orange as an undergrad at Rutgers.

[luckyshoes]

I don't know, but good luck.

Teacher jobs are getting hundreds of applications these days per job from what I hear.

[HeatherLynn822]

Originally Posted by Letrese

I recently submitted my application to the DOE for my CE to become a teacher via the alternate route. I have a MS in a International Relations and I am currently taking classes online at St. Joseph's College in Maine for my M.Ed (Educational Leadership).
My questions are these?
If I am lucky enough to get hired in NJ will I get paid as teacher with 0 years experience and BA/BS or will I get paid more for my first MS? If I am hired as a AR teacher can I use my classes at St. Joseph's in lieu of the classes/degree from NJ colleges that most district point their teachers toward?
I graduated from Rutgers with a undergrad GPA of 2.4 but was lucky enough to get into grad school where my GPA was 3.7. Which GPA will the State consider in evaluating my paperwork? I called and after waiting on hold for 40 minutes was told that they would look at the last degree completed. But I am still nervous about his response.

Added info: I did 4 years of substitute teaching in Newark and Orange as an undergrad at Rutgers.

Becoming a teacher via Alternate Route in NJ is next to impossible

(I should know, I have been trying for over a year.)

Teaching is a saturated field in this state. I substitute now, and have been told that for every full time opening, over 250 apps are received, more than half of which belong to traditional
route. The alternate route candidates usually don't even get considered. Some districts are considerate enough to actually state this policy, but others just waste your time.
Sorry to sound harsh.

[ccnj]

If you are willing to work in an urban district, it's not impossible to get a job. If you're looking for suburban, forget it.

My district hires alternate route teachers, although most of them are friends or relatives of someone in the district. Yes, it works like that. We have a position that is opening this month, but has been filled before it was even posted by a relative of someone at the board office that decided she wants to be a teacher. Those are usually the teachers that suck too.

Anyway, if you do find a job, you would start on step 1 with whatever level of degree you have. If you already have a masters, they should start you step 1-masters level which would give you a bit more money.

As far as the GPA, the district that is hiring you might have their own standards. When I was an undergrad, my college wouldn't have let you student teach with a GPA that low, but alternate route is obviously different.