A heart for teaching

National | But not a certificate: Alternate certification is catching on | Roy Maynard

New Jersey native Jay Wilson, 23, was pursuing a traditional college career track to become a teacher when he bailed out and moved to the Youth With A Mission teacher training school in Tyler, Texas. "I just wasn't learning anything useful [for teaching]," he told WORLD. "I wasn't being prepared."

Melani Hartwig, 19, never even considered attending a traditional teacher's college back in her native South Africa. She eventually worked in England, saving her money to get to YWAM's training program. "I heard about this program and it seemed to be everything I wanted," she said in crisp, British-tinged diction. "God brought me here." Now, instead of being halfway through her sophomore year of college, she's a few months away from becoming a teacher.

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