(Pompano Beach, FL – August 17th 2010) Teaching truly is one of the noblest professions. Shaping young minds and providing guidance and education to future generations is more like a mission or calling than a “job.” Sometimes, however, people may only realize their calling to teach after starting another career and having a family, making it difficult to go back and get the necessary certification to become a teacher. Tune in to The Balancing Act August 20th at 7:00 am (ET/PT) on Lifetime Television to hear Emily Lyman from Western Governors University (WGU) talk about how an online degree can make it easier for busy, working moms to start a career as a teacher.
WGU is a non-profit, affordable, and fully accredited online school that provides a flexible way to earn a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in math or science education. “Qualified, dedicated teachers are desperately needed throughout the United States,” Lyman says, “particularly in subject areas like math and science. The Balancing Act is a great opportunity to show viewers how studying at home in their spare time could help them enter this exciting and rewarding profession.”
Students will need to be able to devote 15-20 hours per week to complete the necessary online coursework for a degree in education, and student teaching can be accomplished locally. WGU students also benefit from a concept called “competency-
“Having Emily Lyman from Western Governors University on ‘The Balancing Act’ has brought yet another great solution to women, one that will have a real impact, and help them balance their lives. This is the essence of solutions-based programming, and we are proud that we could bring this information to our viewers” says Doug Campbell, Founder and Executive VP of Programming for The Balancing Act.
On the show, Emily is joined by Orleatha Smith, a WGU grad who shares her story of earning a degree while working and caring for family. Find out more at www.wgu.edu.
About Western Governors University (WGU):
“[WGU is] the best relatively cheap university you’ve never heard of.”– TIME magazine
Featured on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, WGU is the only university in the U.S. offering competency-based degree programs and the only non-profit, fully online university in the country. WGU offers degree programs in Business, Education, Information Technology, and Healthcare Professions, including Nursing. Since its inception in 1997, WGU has grown into a national institution, serving more than 19,000 students in all 50 states. WGU is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities and nationally accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC). WGU’s Teachers College is the first and only exclusively online provider of teacher education to receive accreditation from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). WGU nursing programs have been accredited by the Commission for Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). The university has earned the support of more than 20 leading corporations and foundations. They include institutions such as AT&T, Dell, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Lumina Foundation, Hewlett-Packard, HCA, Microsoft, Oracle, Qwest, SunGard Higher Education, Sun Microsystems, American Express, and Zions Bank.
About The Balancing Act:
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