New Requirements for Alternate Route & P-3 Programs

PROGRAM OVERVIEW & DESCRIPTION
The Alternate Route Provisional Teacher Certification Program is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Education to enable individuals who have not completed a traditional Teacher Education Program to enter into the teaching profession. In order to be eligible for the Alternate Route Program, individuals must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility (CE)) from the New Jersey Department of Education (NJDOE). Once a CE has been issued to the individual, he/she is eligible to apply for a job in any NJ school (public or private). The hiring school district will register the individual with the NJDOE as an Alternate Route Teacher Certification candidate. The candidate will then be assigned to a Regional Training Center where he/she must complete a 200-hour instructional training program while completing 34 weeks of mentored teaching. It should be noted that Richard Stockton College simply provides the instructional training program on behalf of the NJDOE and, therefore, upon completion of the ARC Program, a candidate’s standard teaching certification will be issued by the Office of Licensure of the NJDOE.

• Pre-Service Certification Program for Grades K Through 12
• Pre-School (P-3) Pre-Service Certification Program

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