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Hello, thank you for visiting our website. We are excited to announce that we are becoming the newly formed Southwest Comprehensive Center (Region 9). In addition to serving Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, we will also be serving Oklahoma and New Mexico. The current content of this website reflects resources from the 2019-2024 Region 14 Comprehensive Center, managed by Westat under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The new 2024-2029 Region 14 Comprehensive Center serves the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).

Stay tuned for a Southwestern makeover as we transition to the Southwest Comprehensive Center (Region 9).

Teacher Apprenticeship Programs: Video Series with Arkansas

In this conversation, Karli Saracini, Assistant Commissioner in the Office of Educator Effectiveness/Licensure at the Arkansas Department of Education, answers questions about the implementation of the teacher apprenticeship pathway to certification in Arkansas.

To see additional information regarding teacher apprenticeships in Arkansas, view the Spotlight.

Spotlight: Arkansas Teacher Apprenticeship

 

Session Descriptions and Recordings

An Overview of Registered Teacher Apprenticeships in Arkansas 

This is the first of a six-part interview series on teacher apprenticeships in Arkansas. We hear from Karli Saracini, Assistant Commissioner in the Office of Educator Effectiveness/Licensure at the Arkansas Department of Education as she introduces this pathway to becoming a teacher in Arkansas.  


 

Program Features

In the second of a six-part interview series, Karli Saracini details features of the Arkansas teacher apprenticeship program that supports candidates to become fully certified teachers.


 

Strengthening and Diversifying the Workforce 

In the third of a six-part interview series, Karli shares how the teacher apprenticeship program in Arkansas works to support a diverse and effective teaching workforce.


 

Across-the-Board Training

In the fourth of a six-part interview series, Karli discusses the importance of district buy-in and comprehensive training for everyone involved in operating the teacher apprenticeship program successfully.


 

Coaching Training

In the fifth of a six-part interview series, Karli emphasizes the difference supportive mentoring can make for new teachers and why the people mentoring teacher apprentices should receive training to provide apprentices quality support.


 

Apprentice Compensation

In the sixth and final part of this interview series, Karli explains approaches districts have taken to ensure funding for apprentice progressive wages is sustainable.