The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s University Alternate Route Program is a method for college graduates to become fully certified teachers without receiving a master’s degree.\u00a0 The program has four steps which take place over the course of a calendar year.<\/p>\n
For more information about the program please refer to the New Jersey State Department of Education’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Prospective students MUST have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a GPA of 2.75 or above to enroll in the Alternate Route Program.<\/strong><\/p>\n Before students can enroll in the Alternate Route Program, they must obtain a Certificate of Eligibility (CE)<\/strong> from the New Jersey State Department of Education.\u00a0 As of October 31, 2009, New Jersey requires that in order to apply for a CE, a candidate must first complete a “24 Hour Program.”<\/p>\n Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s University offers the 24 Hour Program four times per year.\u00a0 The course takes place on four consecutive Saturdays on the third floor of McDermott Hall.\u00a0 Classes start at 9:00AM and run until 3:15PM, with 15 minutes for lunch.\u00a0 The student must complete all four sections of the program in order to be eligible to apply for a CE.\u00a0 The fee for the course is $200.<\/p>\n Once students have completed the 24 Hour Program, they must contact the New Jersey State Department of Education<\/a> to obtain their Certificate of Eligibility.<\/p>\n A student can only enter the St. Peter’s College Alternate Route program while employed at a parochial, private, or public school.\u00a0 The candidate must apply to the program through the administration or human resources department of their place of employment.<\/p>\n There are four phases of the program:<\/p>\n Classes take place Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday nights depending on phase and location.\u00a0 Classes are always 4pm to 8pm.\u00a0 The program is available at four locations: Jersey City, Kearny, Plainfield, and Sayreville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s University Alternate Route Program is a method for college graduates to become fully certified teachers without receiving a master’s degree.\u00a0 The program has four steps which take place over the course of a calendar year. For more information about the program please refer to the New Jersey State Department of Education’s website. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-department-standard-child.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-122","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/122\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saintpeters.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs\/education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Step 1: 24 Hour Program<\/h3>\n
Step 2: Obtain Certificate of Eligibility (CE)<\/h3>\n
Step 3: Find employment in a school district<\/h3>\n
Step 4: Enroll in Alternate Route to Certification Program<\/h3>\n
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\n Phase<\/td>\n Duration<\/td>\n Fee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Phase 1a<\/td>\n 20 hours<\/td>\n $145<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Phase 1b<\/td>\n 60 hours<\/td>\n $435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Phase 2<\/td>\n 60 hours<\/td>\n $435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Phase 3<\/td>\n 60 hours<\/td>\n $435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n