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	Steps to Take to Enter the TIRP	Assistance from www.tirp.org
1	Make the decision to become a teacher. Submit fingerprints to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (Fingerprint card is required please contact the TIRP office for a card and directions. *Do not delay in this process* as a background check takes a considerable amount of time to clear and a delay could hold you up from being interviewed for a position at a school/district and hired.	Should I Teach? Program Description FAQs Staff
2	Each content area requires 24 semester hours OR the passing of the PLACE OR PRAXIS II test in your content area. Click on the links to view. Please contact mcreynolds@ppboces.org if you have questions regarding testing requirements in your content area.	Admission #3 (Content Areas) Application #2 (TIRP Application and Job Information) Fees What's Next?
3	Click on to the link on the right for information on how to schedule the PLACE or PRAXIS II test in your content area.	PLACE and PRAXIS II Tests
4	APPLICATION PACKET MUST BE COMPLETE TO APPLY TO TIRP AND WILL INCLUDE: Your application (under Steps to Admission) $20.00 application fee, please make check or money order payable to: PPBOCES/TIRP Original set of transcripts (sealed or unsealed) from all colleges you have attended Any CLEP or DANTES testing results Three letters of recommendation no more than 6 months old, signed and dated Resume All answers to questions on page two of our application A copy of your PLACE or PRAXIS II test score if you have taken the test YOUR APPLICATION PACKET MUST BE COMPLETE EXCEPT FOR A MISSING TEST SCORE.
5	Once your application is received and transcripts evaluated you will be contacted by email within 2-4 business days.
6	If you are eligible to enter TIRP (with 24 sh OR your PLACE or PRAXIS II test passed), you will be given instructions on how to receive your Statement of Eligibility from the Colorado Department of Education. An SOE is now required to be eligible to enter TIRP and to be hired as a teacher.	Admission (# 2)
7	TIRP staff publishes and sends periodic candidate availability listing to local districts, charter schools, and private schools with your name, content area and phone # to assist you if you are an eligible candidate.	Admission (# 2)
Once you receive your Statement of Eligibility from the Colorado Department of Education and you have been hired for a FULL TIME position and signed a contract as a teacher you will be in TIRP. Programs begin in January and August of each year		Resident Teachers
		Teacher Education Classes "Click onto Resident Teacher" "TIRP I"
Please contact our office via email to inform us of your status when hired. Please request an appointment to finalize your in-processing paperwork. TIRP Office 719.622.2081.