Mission Statement
The mission of the Transition to Teaching project is to recruit and prepare eligible and qualified individuals as Intervention Specialists for teaching students with Mild/Moderate Special Education needs in grades K-12 at high-need, high-poverty school districts in Ohio.

PROGRAM UPDATE #1
The University of Dayton's Transition to Teaching project is now taking applications for cohort #9. This cohort is tentatively scheduled to begin classes April 2009 and will continue for approximately 12-16 months. All application requirements are due February 16, 2009. In order to meet this deadline, it is strongly suggested that the Praxis I exam be taken no later than January 12, 2009, as it takes approximately four weeks to receive your official score report.

To request an information packet and/or an application, please email your name, mailing address, and phone number to Thad Haddad at thaddad@ssco.org. Your personal information will not be used for any other purpose other than providing information about the Transition to Teaching program. This information packet is very comprehensive and will answer most of your questions.

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For more information about the program please contact Thad Haddad, Project Coordinator, via email at thaddad@ssco.org. or by telephone at (614) 785-1163.

PROGRAM UPDATE #2
The Transition to Teaching program is a grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Participants will be provided assistance with the costs of tuition and textbooks for the 30 credit hours of coursework required to obtain Ohio's Alternative Educator License in Special Education. Approximately 3/4 of the costs of tuition and textbooks will be provided by the Transition to Teaching project. Participants will assume the remaining cost to a maximum of $3,000. This amount is paid on a per credit hour basis. The full amount is not required in advance.

The 30 credit hours of coursework outlined for the program will be taught over 12-16 months. The program uses a cohort design in which a selected group of participants progress through the program together by taking courses online and attending some face-to-face instruction sessions at the same time and location.

Upon successful completion of the program, participants will be eligible to obtain Ohio's Alternative Educator License as a Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist for grades K - 12 and will be assigned to and employed by the represented school districts during the 20010/2011 school year. The U.S. Department of Education requires that those who have accepted financial incentives as part of the program are required to teach for three years in the district in which they were selected and initially hired. Therefore, selected participants are required to sign a three-year service agreement with the employing school district when the program begins.