Information for Alternate Route Students
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Before signing up for the education classes required in the Alternate Route Program, please register for graduate school. Go to the www.emporia.edu website, click on “Graduate Students” under the picture, when that screen comes up, click on “Apply Now” in the left hand column, then click on “Graduate Application”, fill it out and when you come to #18, select “OR” then “Licensure Program Sought”—the pull down choices include Alternate Route teacher, school counselor, and library/media. Select the one you’re going for and you’ll be in the correct program and I’ll be assigned as your advisor. The cost to enroll in graduate school is $40.
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Cost of the program is the cost for credits: Presently it is $217/graduate credit hour for online courses plus $60/course. The 9 credits you take this summer are graduate so that is $1953 plus $60 x 4 courses = $240 for a total of $2193. The Internship you take while on the job is $204/credit hour x 12 credits for the year = $2448. The Board of Regents could change the cost/credit, so this is an approximate cost. If you need to apply for financial aid, contact their office, 620-341-5457. Elaine Henrie is the director.
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If you want to start taking some education classes, ED 879 Classroom Management (2 hours) ane ED 886 Designing Instructional Programs (3 hours) are offered online Spring or Summer. Registration begins in October for spring classes and in March for summer classes. If you want to register for the two education classes, I have to enroll you as those classes are set up as “closed” so other students cannot register but I will need notification from you. The other two classes SD 550 Survey of Exceptional Child (3 hours) and CE 720 Creating Classroom Climate (1 hour) are only offered online in the summer.
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You’ll need to take the content area test prior to June 1st of the year you complete your internship. This test can be taken prior to entering the alternate route program. The State of Kansas requires that you pass the Praxis to move on to an initial teaching license. You are encouraged to take this test as soon as possible, go to www.ets.org/praxis. You will need the endorsement code for the test you’re taking. The codes for the tests in the areas where we have candidates are:
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Biology is 71311, Test # 20235
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Business is 70399, Test # 10100
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Chemistry is 71321, Test # 20245
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Earth and Space Science is 71381, Test # 20571
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English Language Arts is 70501, Test # 10041
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History and Government is 71599, Test # 10081
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Library Media Specialist is 72024, Test # 10310
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Mathematics is 71121, Test # 10061
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Psychology is 71581, Test # 20390
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School Counselor is 72004, Test # 20420
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Speech/Theatre is 705551, Test # 10220
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The content test is Speech Communication
- You can register on that site and see sample test questions for your content area—select “for test takers” then “prepare for test” and “test at a glance”. If you’re missing some content area, we seriously recommend you study or if possible take a course in that area. In social studies, you will have history and some geography questions so if that is an area you haven’t had coursework, you may want to take the test early just in case you don’t pass and you can retake it before the deadline. You will need to pass this test by the end of the school year in your first year of internship or you won’t be able to continue as a teacher, school counselor or library media specialist. The cost for the tests is on the website.
- Start checking for job openings. Teacher/school counselor/library listings are at www.ksde.org-Click on employment or www.kansasteachingjobs.com. It’s appropriate to contact schools in a location where you’d like to work to check on any possible job openings. On 10/26/08, I saw 2 business openings advertised for 2009-2010 school year on the Kansas Teaching Jobs website. Most job openings won’t appear until Spring.
Last Updated October 16, 2008