Do you want to become a teacher? Do you have a Bachelor's Degree? Then, YOU CAN!

THE AMERICAN BOARD IS HOSTING FREE INFORMATION SESSIONS IN FLORISSANT

Career-changers, paraprofessionals, long-term substitutes, parent volunteers, and school staff are encouraged to attend and learn how they can earn their teacher certification online for less than the cost of a college course.

The American Board is an education nonprofit that is dedicated to building communities by recruiting and certifying local professionals to become teachers. The American Board works with the community to provide the highest-quality educators and role models for every student with their innovative, online teacher certification program.

The American Board is authorized to certify Missouri educators in the following subject areas:

·       Biology (9-12)

·       Chemistry (9-12)

·       General Science (5-9, 9-12)

·       Physics (9-12)

·       Mathematics (5-9, 9-12)

·       English Language Arts (5-9, 9-12)

·       History (5-9, 9-12)

Local career-changers who aspire to run their own classrooms make excellent candidates for the American Board program, particularly if there is an identified need in their school for highly-qualified teachers.

Kimberly Polk, representative for The American Board, will be hosting information sessions at the Buder Branch Library, Florissant Valley Branch Library, and the Kirkwood Library to discuss the program and take your questions. If you hold a Bachelor’s degree, and wish to become a certified teacher, you should attend an information session to find out how you can be running your own classroom within a year through the American Board program – for less than the cost of a college course and without having to go back to school.  There will be a special program discount offered exclusively to event attendees. 

Visit the following link (click on date below or visit www.abcte.org) to register in advance, as space is limited.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Sessions begin at 4 or 5:30 PM

Buder Branch Library

Small Meeting Room

4401 Hampton Avenue

St. Louis, MO 63109

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Sessions begin at 4 or 5 PM

Florissant Valley Branch Library

195 S. New Florissant Road

Florissant, MO 63031

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Sessions begin at 4 or 5 PM

Kirkwood Public Library

Downstairs Meeting Room

140 E. Jefferson Ave.

Kirkwood, MO 63122

Questions about registration and enrollment: Kimberly Polk, kpolk@americanboard.org,  (816) 866-7452.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN BOARD

Founded in 2001 from a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, The American Board (www.abcte.org) is a 501(c)3 nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that addresses the need for knowledgeable and dedicated teachers in every classroom. Through an innovative and affordable certification program, The American Board provides a pathway to educator licensure in twelve states and a local solution for schools seeking to recruit highly-qualified teachers from within the community. Career-changers that hold a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution are pre-qualified to start the American Board program, which provides the essential classroom management and subject-area training for teachers to be successful.