Education  October 24, 2018

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…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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