AT&T/ALLIANCE TRANSITION TO TEACHING PROGRAM is available to employees embarking on second careers entering the teaching profession at the primary or secondary level. The eligibility requirements are as follows:

ELIGIBILITY
Occupational employees must leave the payroll voluntarily via a force management plan, have at least five years of service and hold a baccalaureate degree (at the time of termination).

REIMBURSEMENT
Program participants will be reimbursed for valid expenses incurred in conjunction with the alternate-route or other post-baccalaureate certification process in the state designated by the participant on the registration form. The AT&T/ Alliance Transition to Teaching staff will determine whether expenses qualify for reimbursement. Each participant may be reimbursed up to a maximum of $2,500.

Program participants must submit the reimbursement form, as well as receipts for expense reimbursement to the AT&T/Alliance Transition to Teaching Program at the following address:

AT&T/ALLIANCE TRANSITION TO TEACHING PROGRAM
The Alliance
80 Cottontail Lane - Suite 320
Somerset, NJ 08873

TAX STATUS
All reimbursement payments under this plan are currently considered taxable to the participant. Individuals will receive “1099” forms from AT&T/Alliance reflecting amounts paid to them and are responsible for paying the taxes associated with these payments. AT&T/Alliance will not withhold any taxes from reimbursement payments.

TIME FRAMES
Program participants must submit the registration form to enroll in the Transition to Teaching Program within six months after leaving the payroll and may continue to be reimbursed for certification related expenses for a time period not to exceed three years after enrollment.

SPECIAL NOTES
AT&T/ Alliance does not guarantee Program participants that they will be accepted into a state-approved program, that they will be certified, or that they will be offered a teaching job when certification is complete.

This Program will not reimburse individuals for tuition associated with completing a baccalaureate degree, which is a prerequisite for alternate-route or other post-baccalaureate certification programs.

AT&T/Alliance will provide Program participants with introductory information, but follow-up with individual state program personnel will be the participant’s responsibility.

AT&T/Alliance reserves the right to amend or discontinue the AT&T/Alliance Transition to Teaching Program at any time without incurring any obligation to current or future participants. This means, among other things, that AT&T/Alliance reserves the right to, in its sole discretion, discontinue the reimbursement of expenses provided for under this Program.