Educator Certification

Teach for America is a nationwide, non-profit organization focused on closing the achievement gaps among students in low-income areas. TFA hopes to recruit candidates via its screening process and prepare them for teaching in Kentucky. It will allow a person in a field other than education to receive a one-year Temporary Provisional Certificate (elementary, middle, and/or secondary) renewable for a maximum of three years, if he/she has met the following conditions:

• Holds a bachelor's degree;
• Meets the participation criteria for the TFA program;
  
• Successfully completes all training requirements of the TFA program; and
• Passes all content assessments required by EPSB in the area of certification being sought.

Qualifying candidates will receive a one-year temporary provisional certificate that may be renewed up to two times. The candidate must complete the program, pass the certification assessments, complete one year of teaching experience, and have a recommendation from the employing school district for issuance of the professional certificate. The district recommendation is just verifying one year of teaching experience and does not require the district to offer continued employment.

For more information on the Teach For America program visit www.teachforamerica.org or contact Emaleigh Osborn at emaleigh.osborn@teachforamerica.org.