TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM INC

What they do

THE TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM (TAP) is OUR COMMUNITYS SOLUTION to THE TEACHER SHORTAGE. TAP PROVIDES COLLEGE SENIORS NOT MAJORING IN EDUCATION and CAREER-CHANGING PROFESSIONALS WITH DEGREES NOT IN THE FIELD of EDUCATION WITH TRAINING to BECOME FULL-TIME TEACHERS. TAP FACILITATES HIRE WITHIN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (M-DCPS), CHARTER SCHOOLS, and PRIVATE SCHOOLS, and GUARANTEES JOB PLACEMENT AS A FULL-TIME TEACHER. TAP CONSISTS of 4 COMPONENTS: (1) A COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY TEACHING COURSE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY of MIAMI (UM), MIAMI-DADE COLLEGE (MDC), FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY (FIU), BARRY UNIVERSITY, and BROWARD COLLEGE, (2) A PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH M-DCPS and ACHIEVE MIAMI WHERE TAP PARTICIPANTS TEACH STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THE SUMMER 305 PROGRAM, (3) CERTIFICATION SUPPORT, and (4) MENTORSHIP THROUGHOUT THE FIRST YEAR TEACHING. TAPS MISSION is to "ENSURE EVERY STUDENT HAS A QUALIFIED TEACHER IN THE CLASSROOM." TAP is DEDICATED to CREATING A