Take the JET path to your teacher licenses

Complete your associate’s degree in Elementary Education atBristol Community College.

Transfer to the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Earn your bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and complete requirements for your Elementary Education Initial Teacher License and Moderate Disabilities Preliminary License.

www.umassd.edu/cusp/jet

Journey into Education and Teaching (JET) is a

teacher preparation program specifically designed for

Massachusetts paraprofessionals.

JET will help you to earn your:

• Associate’s degree

• Bachelor’s degree

• Massachusetts Teacher Licenses

Elementary Education K-6

Moderate Disabilities K-8

COHORT LEARNING MODEL: You will enroll in courses

with other paraprofessionals and work together to

earn your academic degrees and teacher licenses.

Your cohort will provide you with critical academic

and emotional support and help you to build a

collaborative community of educators.

After JET, start your teaching career by working in a high-need elementary school in Fall River or New Bedford (3 year requirement).

Eligibility

To enroll in JET, you must be a highly-qualified

paraprofessional employed in a Massachusetts public

school, and not yet hold a bachelor’s degree.

How to Apply

Download a JET application from:

www.umassd.edu/cusp/jet

*To receive TUITION ASSISTANCE, you must also

apply for the Massachusetts Paraprofessional

Teacher Preparation Grant. Details are

available online at: www.ofsa.mass.edu/default.

asp?gae=paraprofessional

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Contact

Pamela Herrup, JET Program Director

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Email: pherrup@umassd.edu

Ph: 774-929-3032

Joanne Gracia, JET Coordinator

Bristol Community College

Email: joanne.gracia@bristolcc.edu

Ph: 508-678-2811, ext. 4018

Online

Visit: www.umassd.edu/cusp/jet

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JET is funded by a Transition to Teaching Grant from the United

States Department of Education

Teacher Licensure for

Paraprofessionals

An accelerated program for paraprofessionals to

earn a bachelor’s degree and become licensed in

Elementary Education and Moderate Disabilities.

Tuition assistance*

Cohort learning

Online and weekend courses

Free MTEL preparation