The
Teacher Immersion Program is an FGCU partnership program with
area school districts that supports individuals who have an immediate
and enthusiastic interest in teaching careers. The aim of the
program is simple: to prepare qualified and quality teachers for
grades K-12 who will assume full-time classroom responsibilities
in fall 2005 in counties in Southwest Florida, especially in the
targeted areas of science, mathematics, elementary and special
education.
During
an intensive weekend program, the TIP Academy will develop the
candidate's knowledge and skill relative to classroom management,
best instructional practices, literacy strategies for content
areas, and more. Academy participants will earn eighteen (18)
credits toward professional certification and education competence
through a University Certificate Program.
The
TIP Academy is designed to prepare teachers in grades kindergarten
through 12. Participating candidates will have opportunities to
develop their own best practices and classroom management strategies,
study reading and writing theory and research, prepare themselves
to make reading and writing connections and to use writing effectively
in the classroom.
The
Academy will begin on Friday, Feb. 25, at 6 p.m. at FGCU in Fort
Myers. The first course in the academy will be "Curriculum
and Instruction."
Students
are responsible for tuition, fees and textbooks for 18 graduate
hours of course work plus various supplies. Students may be eligible
for low-cost student loans in the summer term as well as a matriculation
scholarship for the final three hours of study.
Participants
in the program will be enrolled in 18 hours of graduate credit
in education. Courses taken through the program will apply to
certification requirements for a professional certificate and
also may be transferred into FGCU graduate programs toward a master's
degree, if application for graduate school is made prior to completing
12 hours of course work.
Applications
must be received no later than Feb. 4. For more information, call
Dr. Marci Greene at (239) 590-7781.
Betty
Williams is Economic Development Manager for the Charlotte County
Economic Development Office (www.PureEconomics.org). You can call
her at (941) 627-3023 or e-mail her at PureEconomics@charlottecountyfl.com.
