STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is offering people interested in going into teaching an alternate route to licensure.
The Enterprise-Journal of McComb reports MSU is offering scholarships to help students with up to $5,000 in tuition. In return, graduates who receive the Teacher Education for Rural Middle Schools scholarship must agree to teach middle school in one of the 72 designated school districts partnering with the program — including McComb and South Pike.
Outreach coordinator for the alternative programs at MSU Dekota Cheatham says the university also offers three different programs with a choice of emphasis. Programs include certification in upper elementary and middle school, high school and special education.
Cheatham says the program will also donate around $5,000 in technology to the school that hires a newly certified teacher.
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