Alternative Routes to Certification
About ARTC
Alternative Routes to Certification (ARTC) offers an alternative to the traditional route to teacher certification in Delaware, allowing qualified individuals to complete certification requirements while they are employed as full-time teachers. This state-approved program of professional education coursework is accompanied by intensive, school-based supervision and mentoring.
Certification Routes
Schools are currently challenged to find enough certified teachers in various “critical need” subjects, including teachers of English language learners, math, science, technology education, business, family and consumer sciences, world language, and special education.
As schools strive to provide a relevant and challenging education for all their students, they rely more heavily on the specific skills of teachers who have gained expertise educating children with special needs.
Within two years, you can develop the skills to organize library collections, design instructional strategies that promote student achievement and foster a love of reading and independent learning.
Through this program, qualified undergraduate English and English Education majors can earn a B.A in English/English Education and an MA in Teaching English Language Learner in 5 years.
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ARTC Fall Semester Office Hours
Our hours are 8 am – 4:30 pm Monday – Friday. We will be in the office every Thursday and every other Tuesday. We will be working remotely the other days. Please contact us by email for quicker responses.
You can find our email addresses under the tab About then Contact Us.
Enjoy your Fall Semester!
ARTC’s Academic Advisor
Lorraine Carcoura, will be working on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. She can be reached at lcarc@udel.edu. Lorraine can help you with your ARTC course schedule and help you answer any other academic questions. If you are new she can help you get an application filled out and processed.
Introducing ARTC Academic Coach: Sharon Weaver
Sharon has been an educator in Social Studies for the past 24 years at the high school and college level. She has also substituted in elementary and middle school classrooms. Teaching allows Sharon to continue learning – often from her students. She has had many mentors along the way who shaped her teaching style and kept her focused on why she enjoys teaching.
Sharon is happily married with two daughters—one in college and one in high school. When not teaching, you can find her creating in the kitchen, taking long walks, or playing games with her family. Monopoly is one of their favorites!
Introducing ARTC Academic Coach: Denise Rosaio
Born, raised, and educated in Delaware, Denise is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a Liberal Arts Degree in History and Political Science. After working eight years for the Federal Government, she returned to U of D, earning a Master’s in History and a teaching certificate. Denise spent 26 years teaching in Delaware Public Schools, ranging from Alternative School settings to traditional High Schools. She has taught 2nd to 12th grade and coached Field Hockey and Softball. She has been a team leader, club mentor, and Union Rep.
Introducing ARTC Academic Coach: Tonyea Mead
Tonyea is a 40-year veteran of education. She served as the Delaware Department of Education as the Education Associate for science from 2010 until 2024. During her career, she has been an elementary, middle, and high school teacher, a building administrator, district science specialist, and an environmental science/science methods adjunct professor. She has won several state and national awards including a Fulbright Teaching award, Teacher of the Year in her building, Environmental Teacher of the Year, Presidental Award for Excellence in Science Finalist, U.S. Department of Education Star Teacher recipient, and the Ross Armbrecht Outstanding STEM Advocacy Award. She still serves as the co-chair for the Access and Equity Committee for the Council of State Science Supervisors.
Introducing ARTC Academic Coach: Susan Bunting
Dr. Susan Bunting served as Delaware’s Secretary of Education from January 2017 through the end of 2021. Prior to leading the Department of Education’s work, she served as Indian River School District’s superintendent from July 2006 through January 2017. She earned her B.S. in psychology and elementary education from The American University (1971), a Master’s in Education from Salisbury University (1981), and a Doctorate in Education Leadership from the University of Delaware (1997). Prior to her selection as IRSD’s chief, she had been a middle school language arts teacher, an elementary gifted/talented teacher, IRSD’s Supervisor of Elementary Instruction, and the district’s K-12 Director of Instruction. Peers selected her as Indian River’s Teacher of the Year in 1984. An experienced national conference presenter, she co-created IRSD’s Leadership Institute and Administrative Development Program, both of which led to her renown in leadership development. Widely recognized for her instructional and curricular expertise, Dr. Bunting served as the 2009-2010 president of the Delaware Chief School Officers Association, was named Delaware Superintendent of the Year in 2011-2012, and was subsequently selected as one of four finalists for 2012’s National Superintendent of the Year. She is currently teaching for Wilmington University, coaching principals, and working with Delaware Technical Community College’s Center for Teaching Excellence.
Introducing ARTC Academic Coach: Lindsay Bouvy
Over the last fifteen years, Lindsay has been a Math, Physics, and Engineering teacher, as well as an Instructional Coach. She holds a Master’s in Teaching in Secondary Science from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Millersville University. Lindsay has taught in three different states and spent four years teaching at Appoquinimink High School here in Delaware. For the last five years, she has been tutoring students from her home while raising her son. Now that he is off to kindergarten, Lindsay is excited for the opportunity to once again contribute to the world of education and share her love of teaching and learning with a new group of educators!
Introducing ARTC Academic Coach: Frank Livoy
Frank taught high school English, drama, and special education for twenty-nine years in DE and PA. For ten years, he provided coaching and training to educators throughout the mid-Atlantic region in whole school reform and specific instructional strategies, including Project-Based Learning, Critical Friends Groups, Literacy Across the Curriculum, and AVID Strategies. He has also served as a laboratory extension specialist with the Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, facilitating research studies and disseminating current findings about best practices in schools.
From 2010-2021, he served at UD as the Coordinator for UD ARTC.