• The Broward County School District's Teaching and Leadership Center at FAU offers a variety of intensive alternative teacher preparation and certification programs. These programs are designed for:
  • prospective and current secondary non-education trained teachers in mathematics, science, Special Education, or English/language arts; and
  • current teachers presently teaching social studies or elementary education in a Broward County public school;
  • only if availability permits, consideration will also be given to prospective teachers eligible to teach social studies and elementary education
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• These programs provide initial professional development preparation activities to ensure program participants are well trained to enter the classroom.
• Successful candidates in the programs will be eligible to receive free college tuition for courses leading to their professional teaching certificate.
• Funded through the U.S. Department of Education's Transition to Teaching Grant initiative.
• Participants will be selected twice per year for a June cohort and for a January cohort.

For more information concerning the STAR Program visit programs-star.htm. For more information concerning Project PROMISE visit programs-promise.htm