Saint Martin’s sets information sessions for 12-month alternative teacher certification program
December 1, 2008
Lacey, Washington –Saint Martin’s University will
host information sessions on the Secondary Teacher Alternate Route
(STAR) Program at 7 p.m. on Dec. 8, Jan. 21 and Feb. 4 at the
University’s Norman Worthington Conference Center, 5300 Pacific Avenue
SE. Saint Martin’s STAR Program provides working professionals with an
intensive alternative route to becoming a secondary school teacher in
Washington State.
The STAR program is designed for individuals who
already have earned an undergraduate degree from an accredited college
or university and have five years of professionally oriented work
experience.
“Students enter the program equipped with valuable
professional experience, eager to take on the challenges of teaching,”
explains Ann Gentle, Ph.D., program director and faculty member in the
University’s College of Education. “After just one year, they are ready
to enter the classroom with teacher certification and two endorsement
areas.”
The one-year program includes coursework and an
internship to prepare participants for Washington State teacher
certification. An $8,000 conditional loan scholarship is available to
those participants who elect to work in a “high needs” academic area,
such as math, music, science, special education and English as a second
language.
The information sessions will address entry
requirements, program details, required classes and internships,
financial information and teacher certification. Applications for the
STAR program will be accepted beginning in December and will be
considered in the order received until the program is filled. Most
participants will begin classes June 15, 2008.
Further information regarding the STAR Program is
available from the College of Education, (360) 438-4333 or from Ann
Gentle, Ph.D., (360) 438-4566,
agentle@stmartin.edu.
Saint Martin’s University is an independent
four-year Catholic, coeducational university located on a 320 acre
wooded campus in Lacey, Washington. Established in 1895 by the Catholic
Order of Saint Benedict, the University is one of 18 Benedictine
colleges and universities in the United States and Canada, and the only
one west of the Rocky Mountains. Saint Martin’s University prepares
students for successful lives through its 21 major and six graduate
programs spanning the liberal arts, business, education and engineering.
Saint Martin’s welcomes 1,250 students from many ethnic and religious
backgrounds to its main campus, and 650 more to its five extension
campuses located at Fort Lewis Army Post, McChord Air Force Base,
Olympic College, Centralia College and Tacoma Community College.
For additional information:
Ann Gentle, Ph.D.
STAR Program director
360-438-4566
agentle@stmartin.edu
Stephen C. McGlone
Vice president for institutional advancement
Saint Martin's University
5300 Pacific Avenue SE
Lacey, WA 98503-7500
360-438-4586
smcglone@stmartin.edu