Getting Started
To get started:
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Mail, email (klimpert@emporia.edu) or fax (620-341-6654) your transcripts for an analysis by the first Monday in May for the next program. These can be unofficial transcripts at this point and you will get feedback as to whether you can enter the program immediately or if you need to get more courses in the content area you want to teach. Please include contact information and the content area that you want to teach.
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Wait for your transcript analysis before applying for the alternate route program.
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You’ll be notified that you can either apply for the program or that you need to complete more course work before applying.
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Start the process early as you can take some of the education classes fall or spring semester, leaving a lighter load for summer.
How to apply
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Submit Online Application Form (Click here to get a printable form)
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Download Disclosure Statement and Signature Form and mail them to ESU
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Download Evaluation Form and send them to your references.
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Download Release of liability for non-employment and Release of liability for specialist experience.
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Prior to submitting the application for the alternate route program, please fax, email or send unofficial transcripts of all your college coursework to Dr. Kirsten Limpert. Telephone: 620-341-5654; Fax: 620-341-6654; Email: klimpert@emporia.edu; or Mail: Campus Box 4037, Emporia State University, 1200 Commercial, Emporia, KS 66801.
Hear What They Say:
“The quality of the alternate route licensure program at ESU is impeccable. The professors we work with support us every step of the way, offering words of kindness, encouragement, and gratitude. Once in the classroom, we receive constructive advice and mentorship throughout the year that helps us better ourselves as individuals and as teachers.”---Betsey
“I know that I still have so much to learn and I will work hard to get better. No way have I questioned my decision to become a teacher! This has been a positive experience so far and truly does not feel like going to work in the way that my other jobs have in the past. It just feels like going to school again only I get to be the teacher!”--- Amber
“I think for the first time I have come into a “career”. The difference of course between a job and a career is that a job is obligatory and develops into complacency very easily. Contrarily, a career is one where you can’t wait to get there and the day ticks away so speedily that there is never enough time to do all that you wish to do.”---Kyane
"As teachers we set the standard to which we can rise to, and just how creative we can get. In other lines of work, I don't think that there is the same amount of room for creativity. Other jobs have a bottom line, and most don't focus on making the world a better place. That may sound corny, but once you break through the rough outer layer, kids really appreciate attention and someone taking an interest in them. I don't think most jobs come with such an opportunity to make such an impact on other people."---Kristin 
Contact Information:
Dr. Kirsten Limpert
Alternate Route Program Director
1200 Commercial Street, Campus Box 4037
Emporia, KS 66801
Telephone: 620-341-5654
Fax:620-341-6654
Email: klimpert@emporia.edu