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Abstract
Teacher shortages are world-wide. UNESCO has published estimates showing that in the next 13 years countries need to recruit almost 69 million new teachers in order to provide every child with primary and secondary education. Programs that offer alternative paths to obtaining a teaching license in the USA are becoming more numerous. These programs are helping to increase the number of qualified teachers, and equally important their alumni are remaining in the profession. This case study describes an online program of teacher preparation, and reports that 82% of its alumni were retained in the profession after five years. The study also assesses that these teachers were impacting children’s learning successfully. Implications for teacher preparation programs are discussed