{"id":5251,"date":"2019-01-16T10:51:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T15:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/?p=5251"},"modified":"2024-02-12T08:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T13:34:28","slug":"passion-to-teach-alternative-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/passion-to-teach-alternative-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Passion to Teach, Alternative Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Are you eligible to take an alternate route and become a teacher in a 3 semester program?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you have a passion to teach?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/Poulin2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/Poulin2.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Michael Poulin, College of Education Dept. Chair and Educator Prep Institute Cooridnator\" class=\"wp-image-4137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/Poulin2.jpg 226w, https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/01\/Poulin2-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dr. Michael Poulin, COE Dept. Chair &amp; EPI Coordinator<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Meet Dr. Poulin on Wednesday, February 6th at 5:30, and see if this is your future.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Educator Prep Institutes&nbsp;are designed for baccalaureate degree holders to become certified teachers.<\/em><\/strong><em>&nbsp; If you have a non-education Bachelor\u2019s degree or are a career changer considering an alternative route \u2014&nbsp; become a quality educator!&nbsp; The College of Education at SPC has the perfect state-approved program for you.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Three semesters, starting Summer\/ May 2019.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">St. Petersburg College\u2019s (SPC)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/go.spcollege.edu\/EPI\/#tab=1\">Educator Preparation Institute (EPI)<\/a>&nbsp;is a three-semester&nbsp;program which leads to Florida\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/teaching\/certification\/pathways-routes\/teaching-for-the-career-changer-or-col.stml\"><strong>Professional Educator\u2019s Certificate<\/strong><\/a>. Anyone with a&nbsp;<strong>Bachelor\u2019s Degree<\/strong>&nbsp;or higher is eligible for entry to the EPI Program. The EPI Program leads to certification in many educational areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/go.spcollege.edu\/Elementary_Education\/\">Elementary Education<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/go.spcollege.edu\/ese\/\">Exceptional Student Education<\/a><\/li><li>Art and Music<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/go.spcollege.edu\/MiddleGradesMath\/\">Math&nbsp;<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/go.spcollege.edu\/MiddleGradesScience\/\">Science<\/a><\/li><li>English, Physical Education and more (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/teaching\/certification\/certificate-subjects\/\">http:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/teaching\/certification\/certificate-subjects\/<\/a>) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>If you would like more detailed information, please join us at our upcoming EPI Info Session:<\/em><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Educator Preparation Institute<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Information Session<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wednesday, February 6<sup>th<\/sup>, 2019<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5:30 \u2013 7:00 p.m.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spcollege.edu\/friends-partners\/about\/locations\/clearwater-campus\">Clearwater Campus<\/a>\u2013&nbsp;<strong>ES \u2013 Room 125<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2465 Drew St., Clearwater<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Register at:&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/survey\/22898\">https:\/\/web.spcollege.edu\/survey\/22898<\/a> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>The EPI is an evening program&nbsp;<\/strong>with daytime teaching requirements during the second and third terms. All EPI courses are \u201cblended\u201d.&nbsp; Blended course content will be delivered both on campus and online. EPI is not an online program, although coursework involves online components. On-campus class times may require one or two nights a week (Mon.-Thur.) beginning at 6:00 p.m. and ending between 8 and 9:00 p.m.<\/li><li>Most importantly, EPI students are placed in elementary, middle or secondary schools (based on certification area) for real practical teaching experience. Our students complete a 60-hour practicum experience in the fall semester and a 10-week full internship in the Spring.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:0\" class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>If you have any questions, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr. Michael Poulin<\/strong>, EPI Coordinator at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/alternative-route-teaching-educator-prep-institute\/Poulin.michael@spcollege.edu\">Poulin.michael@spcollege.edu<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0or Marilynn Cirri at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cirri.marilynn@spcollege.edu\">cirri.marilynn@spcollege.edu<\/a>\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you eligible to take an alternate route and become a teacher in a 3 semester program? Do you have a passion to teach? Meet Dr. Poulin on Wednesday, February 6th at 5:30, and see if this is your future. Educator Prep Institutes&nbsp;are designed for baccalaureate degree holders to become certified teachers.&nbsp; If you have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/passion-to-teach-alternative-plan\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Passion to Teach, Alternative Plan<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-college-of-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5251"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5256,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5251\/revisions\/5256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/education-information\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}