Associate Educator Program
As you may know, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) and the Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) recently announced that they will be implementing a new statewide program that allows employees with Associate's Degrees to be hired as Associate Degreed Educators within public school systems (ACT99).
Requirements:
- Must have an associate's degree from an accredited college or university
- Participants must be at least twenty-five years of age.
- Must be continuously enrolled in an undergraduate teacher education program at an accredited college or university for the purpose of obtaining a bachelor's degree.
- Each participant must participate in weekly teacher collaborations.
- Participants can only participate in the program for five years.
Salary: $36,675.00
A participant cannot teach in a class for students with identified exceptionalities, unless the students are identified as gifted or talented.