6-Week Crash Course Brings Nontraditional Teachers to Classrooms in NC District

THE Journal: This summer a North Carolina district launched a crash course for career-changers and nontraditional college graduates who want to become teachers. The six-week program at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools drew 82 candidates, of which 64 were still in the running at the end of July to get their own classrooms in August; 30 have already been hired. The program was inspired by TEACH Charlotte, which had the same goal of turning non-teachers from varied professions into teachers for specific subject areas.

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