1. Application Process
2. 7-Week Summer Institute
3. Fall and Spring Teaching
- Potential participants submit an application to TLC.
Applications for 2008-2009 will be accepted November 1, 2007
thru March 17, 2008. No late applications will be accepted.
- Applications are pre-screened by the TLC Staff. Those
applicants who pass pre-screening are invited to take the
Teacher Insight Online Assessment.
- Potential participants complete the Teacher Insight Online
Assessment. They must receive satisfactory results on this
assessment before they are invited for a face-to-face interview.
- Potential participants complete the face-to-face interview.
They will learn if they are accepted into the program within
three weeks of the face-to-face interview.
- Potential participants attend the Acceptance Meeting in May,
2008.
- Potential participants must pay the $500 Summer Institute
fee and have their passing scores for PRAXIS I and II by May,
2008. Otherwise, they will not be able to participate in the
program.
- Participants attend training sessions on topics such as
classroom management and organization, developing lesson plans,
using technology in the classroom, and differentiated
instruction.
- Participants attend School Law, Reading in the Content Area,
and Special Education workshops.
- Participants observe and student teach at area summer
schools.
- Summer Institute hours are approximately 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday thru Friday.
- Participants teach full-time on a Practitioner Teacher
License in one of TLC's partnering school districts. They will
receive full-time salary and benefits while teaching.
- Participants attend bi-weekly, content-specific Learning
Team meetings.
- Participants receive guidance from TLC-provided mentors,
called Practitioner Advisors, and the TLC staff.
- Participants pass the Principles of Learning and Teaching or
Special Education components of the PRAXIS (Spring 2009).
** Provided that all TLC requirements are
met, participants may obtain their Level 1 certification after their
first year of teaching. If they do not meet all requirements, they
will be placed on a prescriptive plan. Certification can be obtained
in a maximum of three years.
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