The Office of Innovation and Improvement, Transition To Teaching program has awarded funding for Project KNOTtT (Kansas, Nevada, Ohio, and Texas) to develop a system to address the common teacher preparation program needs of an across state consortium of alternative certification programs.
The KNOTtT partners are university Colleges of Education (Institutes of Higher Education), high need school districts, non-profit organizations, and foundations that will work independently and interdependently to recruit, prepare, support, and retain 545 teachers of record in four states in the core academic secondary subjects of mathematics, science, English/language arts, foreign languages, English as second language, and special education (K-12).
ABOUT PROJECT KNOTtT
Project KNOTtT is a federally funded Transition to Teaching (TtT) partnership designed to support recruitment, selection, training, coaching, and mentoring to retain teachers in high need, hard to staff school districts. As a national initiative, Project KNOTtT addresses the teacher shortages in the subject areas of math, science, English/language arts, foreign languages, English as a second language, and special education (K-12). This five year project serves 545 new teachers pursuing nontraditional routes to certification in four states: Kansas, Nevada, Ohio, and Texas. Led by The Ohio State University, these four states will collaborate with national partners to knot together three strategic strands of support for alternative certification programs:
Strand 1: Online Learning Community
Strand 2: Mentoring
Strand 3: Quality Indicators
National partners include the National Association of Alternative Certification, Association of Teacher Educators, Youth Policy Institute, and The Thomas B. Fordham Institute.
OUR GOAL = QUALITY!
Through the synergy of connecting programs, participants, and partners to three strategic strands, Project KNOTtT’s goal is to produce quality in nontraditional education programs. The first strategic strand is building an online learning community to host a variety of online resources and e-tutorials to help teachers pass their state mandated subject matter tests. The second strategic strand focuses on e-content coaching and program mentoring. The third strategic strand connects national resources to identify effective characteristics of nontraditional teacher preparation programs through quality indicators.
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Hello,
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Hi Brad,
Your site is cool ! So far I have not used the so many great resources that I know I can find here (perhaps because I’ve been too busy with my “first year teaching” … lol), but certainly I will soon start logging in more often to take advantage of it.
As I had already passed my Math 8-12 Content Test I have not had much motivation to look for information related to it, however now as I will start preparing for my Pedagogy & Professional Responsibilities test I feel like I will become a frequent user of your site.
Take care ! Best regards. /// Jorge Loureiro (North Dallas High School)
Hi Brad,
How do I get involved with KnoTtT? I have a bachelor’s in business administration but would like to teach middle school aged children Math and/or Science. I would also like to start this process as soon as possible.
Thanks
Sharee
Sharee,
Please complete the Request for a Guest Account and leave a comment that you are interested in the program. Please leave details in regards to your location. A KNOTtT representative will follow up with you.
Regards,
Project KNOTtT
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Interested in more information about your program.
Please complete the “User Request Form” Someone from the KNOTtT staff will respond to your interest.
Regards,
Project KNOTtT
Hi, I am new to your site, but through much research stumbled upon it, to my delight. I live in California, and I am a second career student, completing my Masters in Education Administration. I have no previous experience as a teacher, but have been a Special Education Assist/ Moderate to Severe for two years, and the Mother of a moderately disable child who is 19 years old. The issue is that I have no interest in teaching in California, and plan to return to my home state of Ohio (preferably Gallia County) to begin and continue my career. I have 2 quarters left in my F2F program, then my thesis. I am planning to take additional classes, online, through Harvard extension program, adding a ultimate certificate in differentiated learning, and am VERY interested in online instruction and curriculum. Is there any advice you can give me? I would like to relocate to Ohio after completeing my Masters Thesis, could take the basic CBEST while waiting, but have no idea if it is really necessary. Truthfully, if I could find a program that would prepare me to return to my home, and teach in the area I love the most, I would do whatever I could to accomodate the process. Being an “mature” student, I don’t have the luxury of spending extended periods acquiring credentials that are unnecessary and ultimately of no value. In addition, I am getting much too old for special education classrooms, the level of student activity, and the necessity to physically participate in their energy level, is well getting more difficult. Could you give me some guidance, advice, insight, or even a push??? I am excited to find that there even possibilities…..Thank you for any consideration you might give to my quest……K Jerwa
K Jerwa,
I am glad to hear you are completing your Masters program. To take the next step for this program please complete the Request User Account and someone from Project KNOTtT will follow up with you.
Regards,
Project KNOTtT
Hi, Brad-
I moved to Dallas this year wanting to make a difference as a bilingual teacher. Your site has the training I’ve been looking forward to getting.
Elementary School Bilingual Teacher
Northwest Teaching Community
Hi,
I am very interested in the program. I have a bachelors degree in marketing/business administration and started working on the alternative license requirements last year taking the Praxis II test, Adolescent Psychology and a Teaching Methods course, but now need to gain field experience. I have been told that my experience as a substitute teacher will not be enough. I really want to become a fully licensed teacher. Please contact me on how to get started.
Hi KNOTT,
I am a vocational rehabilitation counselor and realized that teaching special education students is what I want to do. I would LOVE to be a part of the KNOTT program. I hope to hear form you soon.
Bethany
I am interested in this program and would like to understand more about it please.
I want to become licensed in the state of Ohio.
Please contact me at your earliest convenience.
Thank you.