How CFC’s TCP different from the traditional method of preparing teachers?
Offering teacher certification at community colleges is a new concept created in response to the critical shortage of teachers in Texas. “Current research aimed at improving the condition of teacher education has called for increasing the approaches to teacher preparation.” (National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, 1996) CFC’s TCP program is intensive, fast-tracked, and modular based. Classes are held on evenings, weekends and on a daytime fast-track basis to accommodate a variety of schedules. Students have the option to enter the program in the fall, spring or summer for added flexibility. The program seeks those candidates who can successfully transfer specific content area expertise, pedagogy, ingenuity, commitment, life and work experience, and interpersonal skills into the classroom environment.
