Area schools secure CDHE grants to recruit, retain educators
DENVER — The Colorado Department of Higher Education has awarded almost $2 million to 17 collaborative projects designed to recruit and retain more educators as part of the Plan Into Action grant program. The program was established in partnership with the Colorado Center for Rural Education as part of House Bill 18-1332, which was signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in May.
Plan Into Action grants fund partnerships among Education Preparation Programs and the school or school districts or Boards of Cooperative Education Services they serve, focusing on one of the following strategies:
- Increase the number of teachers trained through traditional and alternative teacher preparation programs to include teacher residencies and Grow Your Own programs.
- Increase the number of dual licensure program offerings in teacher shortage areas.
- Increase the use of technology to support long-distance supervision and support for educator candidates and newly licensed educators.
- Align teacher preparation program content and endorsements with the needs and expectations of LEPs.
- Align teacher preparation programs with specific needs of local education providers and collaboratively implement innovations.
Grant recipients in the Boulder Valley and Northern Colorado include:
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University of Northern Colorado School of Teacher Education, Greeley, $120,324.
Proposal title: Aspiring Teachers @ UNC: Growing Educators through Concurrent Enrollment
School-district partners: Briggsdale School RE-10J, Brush RE-2J, Eaton RE-2, Estes Park R-3, Morgan County RE-3, Pawnee RE-12, Platte Valley RE-7, Prairie RE-11J, RE-1 Valley, St. Vrain Valley Schools RE-1J, Weld County RE-1, Weld RE-9, Weldon Valley RE-20J, Wiggins RE-50J
BOCES partner: Centennial BOCES
University of Colorado Boulder School of Education, Boulder, $124,661
Proposal title: Creating a Sustainable Teacher Force in Northeast Colorado
BOCES Partner: NE BOCES
St. Vrain Valley Schools, Longmont, $125,000
Proposal title: Pathways to Teaching (P-TEACH) Proposal
Education Preparation Partners: University of Colorado Denver
Additional Partner(s): Front Range Community College, Google
Colorado State University Center for Educator Preparation, Fort Collins, $124,865
Proposal title: Colorado State University and RE-1 Valley School District Mentoring Project: Supporting and Retaining Rural Teachers
School-district partners: RE-1 Valley School District
University of Northern Colorado Center for Urban Education, Greeley, $125,000
Proposal title: Growing Our Own for Urban Classrooms: The Paraprofessional-to-Teachers Pipeline
School-district partners: Denver Public Schools, Aurora Public Schools, Adams 50, and Adams 14 school districts
Additional partner(s): Arapahoe, Aurora, Denver, Front Range, and Red Rocks Community Colleges; and EdConnect
DENVER — The Colorado Department of Higher Education has awarded almost $2 million to 17 collaborative projects designed to recruit and retain more educators as part of the Plan Into Action grant program. The program was established in partnership with the Colorado Center for Rural Education as part of House Bill 18-1332, which was signed by Gov. John Hickenlooper in May.
Plan Into Action grants fund partnerships among Education Preparation Programs and the school or school districts or Boards of Cooperative Education Services they serve, focusing on one of the following strategies:
- Increase the number…
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