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 December 9, 2005

Lake-Sumter Community College Offers Teacher Training for Non-education Degree Grads

LEESBURG - Dec. 9, 2005 - If you have always wanted to be a teacher, yet have a bachelors degree in another field, Lake-Sumter Community Colleges new Alternative Certification Program can provide you with the opportunity to make such a career change. Debuting this spring term, which starts January 5, the seven-course series provides the supplemental education required to teach in a K-12 school.

Find out more about this program and submit your application for enrollment during two remaining information sessions. The first will be held on LSCCs South Lake Campus, in Clermont, on Thursday (December 15), from 5:30 until 6:30 p.m., in room #106 of the Higher Education Facility. A Leesburg Campus session will be held Friday (December 16), from 4 until 5 p.m., in room 116 of the Health Sciences Center. Bring a copy of your transcript from a regionally-accredited college or university and you can start the application process immediately. Be sure to ask about available scholarships. These sessions will be the last opportunities to apply for enrollment in the Alternative Certification Program for the coming spring term. For more information call: 435-5048 or e-mail: edwardsd@lscc.edu.

The Alternative Certification Program is part of the Florida Department of Educations recently-approved Educator Preparation Institute. This innovative new teacher-education program was developed to encourage people to become teachers. It is projected that up to 35,000 will be needed over the next three years.