REMINDERS EXPECTATIONS FOR RECEIVING CREDIT  Take Honors Child and Adolescent Development as a prerequisite. Schedule in sophomore year to have time for the following courses. To receive college credit must finish the program of study with a B in all four TAM courses. Students must also pass  Schedule Honors Teaching as a all of the high assessments (HSAs), Teacher and Foundations of remain active members of the Educators and Instruction courses Rising Club, complete an Interstate new at the same time. of Maryland Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) portfolio, and  For the Internship, Teacher required to take the Praxis Core or Para Pro. Academy Completers must apply through Coordinator, by making an appointment to complete a Career Connections application. Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 and a 94% attendance rate.

 Students will be placed in a to complete the Academy Internship in their senior year. Parents are responsible for

providing transportation. The For more information about TAM visit: internship may not be completed http://wwwnew.towson.edu/coe/tam/index.asp concurrently with other Teacher Academy courses.

Teacher Academy of Maryland is a partnership between Towson and Carroll County Program for Public For questions see your , Carroll County Public Schools students interested Career Connections Coordinator, or Office of Career and Education Mrs. Mohr at Westminster High School 125 North Court Street in middle or high ([email protected] or Westminster, MD 21157 410-751-3104 school teaching. #410-751-3630).

Revised 9.2016 DID YOU KNOW …. Creating a Pipeline of Future WHY JOIN A TEACHER Teacher Candidates ACADEMY?  Nationally over 2 million teachers will be needed in the next decade? Students who successfully complete the Teacher Academy program have the potential  Approximately 17% of the to earn three college credits and be well professional staff of Carroll prepared for a teacher preparation program. The available options are: County Public Schools is eligible to retire right now? 1) Apply the college credits toward an AAT (Associate of Arts in Teaching) degree at a  Employment of middle school Maryland community college (such as Community College of Baltimore and teachers is expected to grow by Carroll Community College) and after two 17% between 2010 and 2020? years, transfer to Towson University to COMPONENTS OF THE complete teacher preparation. WHAT IS A TEACHER TEACHER ACADEMY ACADEMY? 2) Attend a four-year teacher preparation Four high school courses, beginning in program at Towson University, earn 3 the sophomore year: general education credits for completing A Teacher Academy is a state-approved TAM, and be eligible for a $500 semester career completer program, designed to 1. Honors Child and Adolescent (up to $1000 per year) scholarship. prepare high school students for future Development (1 credit) in the education profession. 2. Honors Teaching as a Profession 3) Other MD offer incentives for (1 credit) completing these courses. Be sure to ask. Students who wish to explore possible 3. Foundations of Curriculum and careers as teachers, paraprofessionals, Instruction, Transcripted (1 credit) guidance counselors, child psychologists, 4. Honors Education Academy youth workers, and camp directors will Internship (1 or 2 credits) develop fundamental knowledge, skills, and dispositions to prepare them for an Students take Praxis Core or Para Pro and Coppin State University education degree. develop an InTASC portfolio.

Educators Rising Club

This school club provides 9th-12th graders with leadership and skills, opportunities to teach elementary and middle school children, service learning hours, field trips to college campuses, and participation in local, regional, and

national conferences.