1.   Alternative certification allows a person with expertise needed by a district to begin teaching before obtaining full certification.

2.   Before that she taught school at North Hi Mount and Arlington Heights Elementary schools in her hometown of Fort Worth.

3.   Alex Rosenberg, president of the Appraisers Association of America, suggests asking for references and information on educational background or teaching experience before hiring an appraiser.

4.   But the difference grew when people were asked whether English should be taught before a second national language.

5.   He returned briefly to teaching before joining the staff at City Opera.

6.   His daddy taught school before going to Congress, Democrat Al Gore told the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles last week.

7.   Julie eventually warms to the little sensei and brushes up on the karate her father taught her before his death.

8.   Sachs, a Columbia University graduate who taught political economy before going into business with his father, was smitten with her.