What does AC stand for?

Alternative Certification (teaching)

This definition appears very rarely and is found in the following Acronym Finder categories:

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Almost 15 percent were certified through a master's degree in an educational field or alternative certification.

Trends and perceptions of female agriscience teachers

This alternative certification program partnered with a local university to provide rigorous graduate-level coursework for its interns.

Why now? Factors associated with choosing teaching as a second career ...

Nationally, 62,000 alternative route teachers were certified last year across the country and, according to a representative of the National Center for Alternative Certification, a significant increase is expected this year.

Teacher quality and development

Both prospective teachers and school districts benefit from WSCC: prospective teachers find alternative certification programs in geographical areas where they want to live and teach, and school districts find highly qualified people for teaching positions in high-need subject areas and high-need geographical areas.

The Western States Certification Consortium: helping schools, helping ...

This paper presents an ecologically informed approach to conceptualizing and studying the transition to formal teaching of alternative certification candidates.

A Bronfenbrenner ecological perspective on the transition to teaching ...

Further misunderstanding arises with regard to how a person becomes certified, credentialed, or licensed in any given teaching area or state; routes to certification can range from completing various amounts of university-based coursework or alternative certification programs to simply taking a qualifying examination or filling out an application.

Interpreting the meaning of the terms certified and highly qualified ...

Some community colleges have developed alternative certification programs in which people already possessing the baccalaureate gain the appropriate skills and knowledge to receive teaching certification.

Pre-service teacher education in the community college

The provision, which covers teachers in alternative certification programs, allows more than 10,000 interns in California to be classified as highly qualified, the lawsuit claims.

'No Child' teacher training suit filed