ASPIRE to Teach® - Alternative Teacher Licensure
The smartest path to a teaching career. Now.
Our alternative licensure program hires real teachers with real experience to guide and train our candidates to success - every step of the way.
The schools in your community need your skills and experience to increase the number of effective teachers in your area. We prepare our candidates to collaborate effectively at all levels - with other teachers and learning specialists, parents, students, administrators, counselors, and community members - in order to facilitate the success of all students
The schools in your community need your skills and experience to increase the number of effective teachers in your area. We prepare our candidates to collaborate effectively at all levels - with other teachers and learning specialists, parents, students, administrators, counselors, and community members - in order to facilitate the success of all students
EARN A PAYCHECK AND GET YOUR TEACHING LICENSE.
Unlike traditional teacher licensure programs, ASPIRE puts teaching careers within reach through high quality, low-cost, programs that offer on-the-job training while earning a paycheck as a full-time teacher.
ONE-ON-ONE COACHING FROM PROFESSIONALS.
Your alternative licensure instructor is highly-trained with real classroom and field experience. One-on-one coaching provides timely, consistent support and fresh perspectives throughout your coursework.
OUR ONLINE PROGRAM IS HIGHLY PERSONALIZED.
Our high-tech, personalized, online program guides you to success by building on your strengths. We give our students a high-quality path to the teaching profession, something we believe every child deserves.
WE ARE A TOP EDUCATION SCHOOL IN THE COUNTRY.
We are proud to be a top school of education and the first university in Colorado designated as an Alternative Teacher Licensure agency. We put more qualified teachers in classrooms.
ASPIRE to Teach is the largest Designated Agency in Colorado preparing alternative licensed teachers statewide in all qualifying endorsements areas and types of PreK-12 educational settings. Over six years the program has licensed more than 1000 teachers across 49 counties in Colorado through responsive partnerships with our candidates, schools, districts, charter networks, and educational organizations. - Suzanne Arnold, Director of ASPIRE to Teach.