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Supporting Teachers in ESE Prep

  • Individuals with a bachelor's degree or higher outside of education can start teaching special education as soon as Fall 2023!

    STEP, an HCPS accelerated Special Education Teacher Preparation Program, begins soon!  

    • Affordable teaching credentials while you teach
    • A cohort experience
    • Support during the certification process
    • Great benefits

    Information Sessions

    10/3/23 – 4:00 PM
    10/9/23 – 6:00 PM
    10/10/23 – 1:00 PM

    Instructional Services Center
    2920 N. 40th Street Tampa
    Room 102

    Register here:  https://forms.office.com/r/dMVySZcmFL

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STEP in the News

  • Whitney Bradford, ESE Teacher

    Meet Whitney Bradford, ESE Teacher at Lanier Elementary School in South Tampa, and hear why she, with a background in Family and Consumer Sciences, became an ESE teacher in Hillsborough County Public Schools thanks to the STEP program. View the story>>

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