Alternate Routes to Teacher Certification in the State

• Certification-Only Program Alternative Path to Certification
• Master's Degree Program
• Non-Master's/Certification-Only Program
• Practitioner Teacher Program

State Contact for Alternative Routes

Where can I get certified to teach through an alternate route in the state?

• Baton Rouge - Teach Louisiana Consortium
• Baton Rouge - Teach Louisiana Consortium
• Dillard - Dillard Univeristy
• Grambling - Grambling State Universtiy
• Lafayette - Non-Master's Certification Only Program
• New Orleans - Alternate Certification Teacher Center for Urban Education
• New Orleans - Graduate Alternative Certifcation Program
• New Orleans - Louisiana Univeristy
• New Orleans - Our Lady of Holy Cross College
• New Orleans - University of New Orleans
• Ruston - Louisiana Tech
• Shreveport - Louisiana State University - Shreveport
• Shreveport - Centenary College of Louisiana
• Pineville - Teacher Education Alternative Ceritfication Honors (TEACH) Program
• Baton Rouge - Teach Baton Rouge
• Hammond - Non Masters Alt Cert in Secondary Ed 2.Non Masters in Early Intervention 3. Non Masters in K-12 4. Master of Arts in Teaching Degree
• Baton Rouge - Secondary Holmes Program
• New Orleans - Fast Track to Teaching
• Thibodaux - Non-Masters Alternative Certification Program
• Natchitoches - Preparing Responsive Educators Program

Statistics

• Status of States Concerning Alternatives to Approved College Teacher Preparation Programs for Certifying Teachers
• Numbers of Teaching Certificates Issued to Persons Who Completed an Alternative Route, by State
• Race/Ethnicity and Gender of Alternative Teacher Certification Candidates
• Age of Alternative Teacher Certification Candidates
• Primary Activity Prior To Entering Alternative Teacher Certification Routes
• Types of Communities Alternative Teacher Certification Participants Teach In
• Employment and Cost of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs
• Numbers of Newly Hired Teachers, by State
• Numbers of Total Teachers Employed by State
• Numbers of Persons Who Completed an Approved College Teacher Preparation Program, by State
• Numbers of Emergency Teaching Licenses Issued, by State
• Numbers of Temporary/Other Teaching Licenses Issued, by State

Information

• Contact information for persons interested in finding a teaching position in the state
• Institutions of higher education that have developed alternative teacher preparation programs leading to a teaching license
• States with which the state has reciprocity of teacher licenses
• Institutions of higher education that have any teacher preparation programs leading to a license to teach