Transition to Teaching
Transition to Teaching is a one-year alternative teacher preparation program for new non-traditional teachers – persons who have non-teaching baccalaureate degrees in teaching-shortage areas or who are entering teaching from industry or the military with specific technical skills. The program is designed to "jump-start" the individual’s transition into the secondary classroom.
Persons enrolled in Transition to Teaching will be mentored for a full year and will participate in face-to-face seminars and on-line courses. At the end of the year successful participants will earn credit for student teaching and the course Introduction to Teaching. Following the Transition to Teaching year participants will take additional courses specified by their university to meet the requirements for full licensure.
To be eligible for the Transition to Teaching program an individual must:
- Hold an interim/emergency license issued by the Education Standards and Practices Board (ESPB) or a provisional credential (for instructors in trade, industry, technical, and health careers) from the Department of Career and Technical Education, and,
- Be contracted to teach in a North Dakota secondary school.
Both academic and career-technical instructors are eligible to participate.
Transition to Teaching is administered by the Department of Career and Technical Education through a contract to Valley City State University. The program is endorsed by the Department of Public Instruction and the Education Standards and Practices Board.
- Secondary Transition Administrator Manual (328kb pdf)
- Secondary Transition Mentor Manual (244kb pdf)
- Secondary Transition Participant Manual (132kb pdf)
- Postsecondary Clinical Practice Booklet (217kb pdf)
For further information on Transition to Teaching contact:
Matt Strinden
Dept. of Career and Technical Education
600 E. Boulevard Ave., Dept. 270
Bismarck, ND 58505-0610
Phone: 701-328-3159
Fax: 701-328-1255
E-mail: cte@nd.gov
