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Mercer County board approves "Option 9" partnerships to fast-track instructional aides to teacher certification
Summary
The Mercer County Board of Education approved memoranda of understanding with Eastern Kentucky University and the University of the Cumberlands to participate in an accelerated Option 9 pathway that lets district classified employees work toward teacher certification while employed by the district.
The Mercer County Board of Education voted unanimously to approve memoranda of understanding with Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) and the University of the Cumberlands to offer an Option 9 accelerated teacher-certification pathway for classified employees.
District staff presented the program as a three-year pathway that allows an instructional aide or another classified employee to remain employed while completing a bundled course of study that includes observation, mentorship and a capstone year that counts as student teaching. The presenter said the first two years include roughly 50 hours of observation and that the final,…
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