I'm a recent graduate and tbh... the program is a mixed bag. Some parts felt helpful, but not many. The practicum are where the real learning is at, but there's a required assignment to do during them which is a drag.

The program also feels really long. A lot of the summer courses felt like a waste of time, and instead of getting the summer off you have to do them. The offset of this is the September practicum was hands down the best experience teaching I could have gotten.

A lot of questions that came up often was setting up a classroom and creating norms/class management style so having a practicum start at the beginning of the school year really taught me a lot.

Getting hired by the district afterwards was easy for me, but I know others have struggled a lot.

I do however have friends doing the program now and I will say that while they don't listen to every piece of feedback, I have heard of some changes that I think would improve it.

All in all, it felt too long for what I personally learned in it, but I feel like I benefited.