Dee

Posted on 10/28/09

On 10/27/09, Kelly wrote:
> Have you tried UWA (University of West Alabama) in Livingston?
They have a Fifth year program. There website is www.uwa.edu.
Hope this is helpful.
NON-TRADITIONAL FIFTH YEAR PROGRAM
The Non-Traditional Fifth Year program is designed to serve
those students who
have completed a non-teaching baccalaureate degree. The program
enables a student
to obtain a master’s degree and Class A certification and is
offered in the teaching
areas of early childhood/elementary education and several
teaching fields in
secondary/P-12 education.
Students cannot complete the entire program online, although
some of the courses
are offered in that format. Non-Traditional Fifth Year students
must meet residence
requirements. To fulfill the residence requirements, a student
must enroll for nine to
twelve semester hours (excluding undergraduate deficiencies and
ED 509) during a
semester or for six to eight hours for two consecutive semesters
on campus. Beyond
this requirement courses may be taken online or on campus.
Unconditional admission requirements include:
1. At least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or
university with a
minimum grade point average of 2.50 on a four-point scale as
posted by the
degree-granting college or university registrar at the time of
graduation with a
bachelor’s degree or higher.
2. An appropriate score on the General Test of the Graduate
Record Examination
(GRE) or the Miller Analogies Test (MAT).
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3. Completion of 60 semester hours of general studies courses
including humanities,
mathematics, science and social science.
4. All students must earn a passing score on the Alabama
Prospective
Teacher Test approved by the Alabama State Board of Education.
For further information contact Alabama State Department of
Education at
(334) 242-9935 or apttp@alsde.edu or www.alsde.edu
5. F ingerprint clearance by ABI and FBI.
6. All undergraduate deficiencies completed.
NOTE: All policies of the School of Graduate Studies apply to
this program.
Students who have completed a bachelor’s degree in a subject in
which Alabama
teacher certification does not exist or those who wish to obtain
certification in a field other
than the one earned at the baccalaureate level are required to
complete additional course
work in a single teaching field or in a comprehensive/P-12
program of teacher education.
A full-time internship in an approved school setting is also
required in the Non-
Traditional Fifth Year program. The student should be within 6-8
semester hours of
completing all course work and must be unconditionally admitted
to the program by
the beginning of the semester prior to registering for the
internship.
The Non-Traditional Program is an individualized course of
study. If an application
for admission to the UWA Graduate School is submitted,
indicating an interest in the
Non-Traditional Fifth Year Program, the Certification Office
will determine eligibility
for that program. If the applicant is eligible, the
Certification Office will work up a
program. Programs are developed on an individual basis and
distributed with the letter
of admission from the School of Graduate Studies.
Even though some of the required courses are offered online, the
Non-Traditional
Fifth year program is not an online program. Until it is
established that the applicant is
eligible for the program and an individual course of study is
prepared, no one at this institution
will be able to provide advice about which online courses would
be appropriate.

> On 10/27/09, Heimudan wrote:
>> I have been researching obtaining an elementary education
>> certification here in AL. I have a B.S. in Business. I
>> graduated in 1982 then went on to take 2 graduate level
>> courses towards a Masters in Early Childhood Education.
>> (This was took place in 1987) Now I found out that in AL
>> you must have a overall GPA of 2.5 in your undergraduate.
>> I do not have that. I have that in Graduate coursework and
>> in subsequent undergraduate courses taken for professional
>> enhancement but not for my bachelors degree. I have
>> researched UAB and many other schools and this seems to be
>> the stickler for most 5th year alternative programs. I
>> thought about taking some courses at one of the 2 year
>> colleges but those of undergraduate level? Does anyone
>> earning an online certification works in the state of AL.
>> Would it be as simple as earning it and then taking the
>> APTTP? Has anyone done this? Positive feedback please?
>
> I am currently at the end of a 9 month online alternative
> certification program via Univ. of West. Fla. called
> TeacherReady. The website is TeacherReady.org. This is
> online program designed for those who already have Bachelors,
> not necessarily in education. Alabama DOE advised if the
> program was NCATE approved (which it is) it should not be a
> problem; however, as I haven't submitted for AL certification
> yet, that remains to be seen. The down side is that I have
> had to take the 3 certification tests required by FL, as well
> as the 2 certification tests required by AL. At completion,
> I will be highly qualified in FL, but not necessarily in AL.
> To be highly qualified in AL, must have the 4 x 4
> requirements met (12 hrs. in math, 12 hrs. in science, etc.)
> Hope this helps!

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