About half have gone
through traditional certification programs (i.e., degree programs in education), with the other half completing alternative certification programs that typically involved a combination of courses and classroom work.
Although no state has abandoned
its traditional certification programs in response to calls for broader recruitment paths into education, all but three states have set up some kind of alternative certification pathway, and the number of alternatively certified teachers has steadily grown.
It's possible that
traditional certification programs and pedagogical training are less necessary for them than they are for the typical teacher.
I am a TFA alumni but I also work closely with young educators from both alternative and
traditional certification programs.
Federal data about the state's accredited teacher preparation programs analyzed by StateImpact show that most Indiana colleges offer
both traditional certification programs as well as «alternative» certification programs.