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Troops to Teachers and
Spouses to Teachers
The College of Education is proud to offer specific programs to support Troops to Teachers and Spouses to Teachers.
Troops to Teachers
Troops to Teachers (TTT) was established in 1994 as a Department of Defense program. The purpose of TTT is to assist eligible military personnel to transition to a new career as public school teachers in targeted schools. A network of State TTT Offices has been established to provide participants with counseling and assistance regarding certification requirements, routes to state certification, and employment leads. The TTT homepage provides information and resource links, including a job referral system to allow participants to search for job vacancies as well as links to state Departments of Education, state certification offices, model resumes, and other job listing sites in public education.
Spouses to Teachers
Spouses to Teachers (STT) is a Department of Defense project designed to assist spouses of active duty and reserve military members to become public school teachers. The STT Program is an initiative of the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy. It is managed and operated by the Defense Activity for Non Traditional Education Support (DANTES). Spouses to Teachers provides support to spouses interested in teaching K-12 students in public, private, charter, Department of Defense Dependent School (DoDDS), or high school at a community college.
Goals and Objectives
Reflecting the focus of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, the primary objective of TTT is to help recruit quality teachers for schools that serve students from low-income families throughout America. TTT helps relieve teacher shortages, especially in math, science, special education and other critical subject areas, and assists military personnel in making successful transitions to second careers in teaching.
