FES Overview

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  welcome to an overview of the Future Educators Support Program

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  under Butte County Office of Education.

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  This presentation will go over the services FPs has to

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  offer individuals interested in becoming teachers.

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  Some of you might have been referred to us from

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  one of our partnered institutions county offices of education, school

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  district or by a colleague.

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  We are glad you are here and are ready to

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  dive into all the opportunities you are about to have

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  access to.

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  During this presentation, we will provide you an overview of

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  the FCS program, described the services we offer aspiring teachers,

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  review our educational courses and show you how to apply

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  to FPs.

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  There is no elevator to success.

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  You have to take the stairs.

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  We understand some of you might feel intimidated about starting

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  or continuing your educational pathway.

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  But we wanted to remind you that anything is possible

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  and we are here to help you.

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  So what is future educators support?

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  F. E s is a program under Butte County Office

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  of Education that supports aspiring teacher candidates.

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  Whether you have no college, some college or an awarded

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  degree, we front load credential requirements and focus on preparing

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  you for a credential program with current pedagogical methods.

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  At the same time, we try to build community within

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  our participants statewide, the online or face to face when

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  possible. Our goal is to provide access and opportunities to

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  students at no cost F.

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  E s services.

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  We understand many of the gatekeepers that hold back students

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  from successfully entering or completing a credential program and want

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  to help you overcome those barriers.

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  Our program assigns you an educational advisor provides financial assistance,

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  exam support and professional development.

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  You are assigned an educational advisor After you complete the

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  F. E s application process, your head advisor guides and

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  supports you through your teacher pathway and is accessible via

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  online communication.

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  Access to exam support is given every semester via our

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  educational course.

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  Financial assistance such as grants are offered to you as

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  well. The different grants can be found on our website

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  and are also explained to you by your advisor.

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  Lastly, all of our FCS participants enrolled to our educational

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  courses once per semester to be able to receive all

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  of our services and, most importantly, to be exposed to

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  current pedagogical practices that will make you a better candidate

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  for any credential program.

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  So what are our educational courses?

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  We offer online educational courses through our partner community colleges

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  at no cost.

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  If you qualify for FAFSA, faster will weigh the community

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  college tuition fee.

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  If you do not qualify for Fassa, the FCS program

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  will cover your tuition fee.

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  All FPs participants enrolled to our EU courses in order

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  to receive access to our online study material, live study

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  sessions and professional development modules.

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  Enrollment occurs on a semester basis.

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  It is your choice to decide how many semesters you

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  would like to enroll and participate in our program.

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  There is no time to waste.

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  Start your teacher pathway.

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  Today. Here is a general overview of what a typical

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  teacher pathway looks like.

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  Please note that your teacher pathway will look different depending

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  on where you stand with your educational level, your advisor

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  will go into detail via an individualized pathway plan about

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  the teacher pathway and discuss the steps you need to

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  take to achieve your goal here at F.

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  E s.

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  We are committed to developing teachers by providing access and

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  opportunity. If you truly have a passion for teaching, let

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  us help you reach your goal our application process is

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  simple. First, you must complete the FPs candidate survey to

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  express your interest and provided some general information about yourself.

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  You might have already completed the survey, but if you

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  have not, please head over to our website after this

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  video and complete the survey.

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  After completing the survey, you will receive an email from

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  F. E s outlining registration steps to our partner community

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  colleges. Once you have completed the registration process, you will

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  receive an email from an educational advisor to set up

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  an online appointment for discussion about your pathway and to

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  discuss the different grant options available.

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  You can then decide if there are any grants you

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  would like to apply to for financial assistance.

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  As previously mentioned, all FPs participants must enroll to our

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  EU courses.

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  Only after completing this step will you be able to

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  access our services.

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  There is no registration fee for completing the applications.

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  Registration to the college is completed by you and F.

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  E s then manually enrolls you to a designated course.

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  Depending on the support services you need, you will be

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  asked to complete your facts.

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  The application if you have not already done So by

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  completing your Fassa and adding our partner colleges, your tuition

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  fees are waived.

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  If you do not qualify for Fassa, FPs pays for

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  the tuition fee.

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  Enrollment occurs on a semester bases.

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  After every semester, you decide whether you want to continue

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  receiving our support for another semester.

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  FPs does not charge you for any of our services.

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  Thank you for watching this overview video.

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  I hope the information helped you understand the services our

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  program offers and what steps you need to take to

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  be an FPs participant.

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  We strongly encourage you to visit our website for more

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  information. If you have specific questions about your teacher pathway,

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  you will need to wait to address those individualized questions

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  to your assigned at advisor.

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  Feel free to send general emails about the application process

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  to F.

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  E. S at b c oe dot org.

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  Thank you