SIU Carbondale and a state-sponsored Grow Your Own Teachers grant (GYO) are seeking non-traditional students who desire to work in high-need teaching positions in Early Childhood or Special Education, serving rural and minority communities throughout Illinois. The program strives to promote diversity, the wisdom of community, and the best education possible. Select GYO candidates will receive financial, academic, and emotional support to assist them in earning their Professional Educator's Licen...
What Financial Assistance will I receive? · What are the eligibility requirements? · What will I be teaching? · What support can I expect throughout the program? · What is the application process? · What happens if I do not complete my degree or I am no longer interested in teaching? · I did not graduate from Harmony Public Schools. Am I eligible? · What happens at the conclusion of my teaching commitment? · What is the profile of a typical candidate?
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Sincerely, Grow ’Em Up · Dear Grow ’Em, This is such a great question, so thanks for raising it. I’ll admit to having mixed feelings about all this. My bottom line? Not much in the way of practical suggestions, sympathy for the impulse, but also a tendency to think that these efforts aren’t a good idea. For starters, I’ll note that I’ve been familiar with “grow your own” ever since Harvard’s Kennedy School asked me to evaluate Broward County’s Urban Teacher Academy Program for its Innovation in Government competition 15 or ...
Grow-your-own programs strive to increase the teacher supply, but many serve different populations and have different goals.
The University of Memphis College of Education is proud to participate in Tennessee’s Grow Your Own (GYO) initiative, a statewide program designed to strengthen Tennessee’s teacher workforce by nurturing future educators right from our local communities. This initiative addresses critical needs in our schools by offering a streamlined pathway for aspiring teachers. Through GYO, the University of Memphis joins 12 other approved Educator Preparation Programs across the state in partnership wit...
A collection of resources on how Grow Your Own programs recruit, prepare, and strengthen the teacher workforce.
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We recognize the need for more student-centered educators who value and honor student identity. ; We work to prepare the next generation of educators through an equity lens to disrupt inequitable outcomes. ; We prioritize the diversification of our teacher workforce by intentionally working to increase the racial and linguistic diversity of our teacher population.
recruitment: "grow your own" programs. Through partnerships between school districts... substitute teachers, most are geared toward introducing high school students to the field. These...