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Alternate Route Teaching Certification

*** NOTICE ***
NPTNJ is offering 45 hr Language Arts class at 2 locations:
Bergen Community College and Middlesex Community College
 
County College of Morris is collaborating with participating New Jersey Community Colleges and New Jersey City University to offer the New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey (Alternate Route Program).  The program provides an opportunity for people who have a Bachelor’s or higher degree and did not complete a traditional teacher prep program to become certified to be a teacher in the State of New Jersey. Requirements include a Certificate of Eligibility, passing score on the Praxis II exam and a 2.75 or higher overall G.P.A. in an undergraduate or graduate degree program. Required Courses: 24 Hour Pre-Service Component (Introduction to Teaching) - Stage I and Stage II. This sequence begins every January and ends May of the following year.
 

Requirements:

  1. 24 Hour Pre-Service Program (Introduction to Teaching) - This is a non-credit course offered in a hybrid format.
     
  2. While completing the pre-service program, participants must prepare and submit an application in order to complete the program.
      • TWO official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended (where a degree was conferred)
      • CCM application. To obtain a CCM application, click here.
        Certificate of Eligibility - To obtain Certificate of Eligibility Form, Praxis information, and State Hygiene and Physiology form, go to:          www.state.nj.us/education.  Click on Licensure and Credentials.
      • A copy of Praxis scores - All prospective NPTNJ students must take the Praxis II test.  Please access the Praxis website at www.praxis.org for more information as to specific subject areas.

All paperwork with the exception of official transcripts must be sent in a batch at the same time to:

County College of Morris
Division of Corporate and Community Programs
214 Center Grove Road
Randolph, NJ 07869-2086

Attn: Catherine Parrillo

Transcripts from colleges or universities attended should also be sent directly to this address.
 
It is the candidate's responsibility to keep copies of all paperwork sent.


Registration materials will be sent out once appropriate documentation is received. 
 
 

For inquiries or additional information, please contact: altroute@ccm.edu.