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Become a Certified Teacher in Two Years or Less at PAC

For Immediate Release
July 20, 2007
Contact: Ginger Hall Carnes, Palo Alto College Public Relations
gcarnes@accd.edu
(210) 921-5266

The Accelerated Teacher Certification Program at Palo Alto College is
currently accepting applications for its Fall 2007 cohort which begins on
Aug. 20,. A Bachelor¹s degree is required to be considered. The teacher
certification program offers teaching certificates in the following content
areas: English Language Arts and Reading, grades 4-8 and grades 8-12; Science, grades 8-12 (applicants must have a minimum of 18 hours in the science discipline); EC-4th grade Generalist and CATE (Career and Technology Education), grades 6-12.

Cost of the program is $4,500, and a payment plan is available as well as the CAL Loan and the Sallie Mae Continuing Education Loan.

Please call Lisa Sanchez, coordinator of the Accelerated Teacher
Certification Program, at 921-5590 for more information. For a description of the program, click on www.accd.edu/pac/ce.