Indiana Schools Receive Teacher Residency Grants
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowSixteen Indiana schools have been selected to receive $400,000 in grants through the Teacher Residency Grant Pilot Program for the 2020-2021 academic year. The Indiana Commission for Higher Education says the program is modeled after medical residency and apprenticeship programs.
The teacher residency programs are full-year, paid teaching experiences for student educators.
“These resident teachers are going to have an immersive experience and learn the true day-to-day workings of a classroom and a school under the guide of a mentor teacher,” said Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers. “It is encouraging to see a mix of school types and district sizes throughout Indiana with the partnership and participation of a number of public and private higher education partners represented in this program.”
Ten schools were awarded the residency grants, which will support 26 teachers at $15,000 per teacher residency.
Grant recipients include:
- Community Montessori, New Albany – $30,000
- Community Schools of Frankfort, Frankfort – $60,000
- Frontier School Corporation, Chalmers – $15,000
- KIPP Indy, Indianapolis – $45,000
- Lafayette Community Schools, Lafayette – $60,00
- Maconaquah School Corporation, Bunker Hill – $15,000
- Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township, Indianapolis – $45,000
- New Albany Floyd County Schools, New Albany – $30,000
- Perry Township Schools, Indianapolis – $60,000
- The Project School, Bloomington – $30,000
Six public schools were also chosen to receive $1,000 Residency Program Planning Grants to help devise residency programs. Those schools include:
- Elkhart Community Schools
- Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District
- Griffith Public Schools
- Indianapolis Public Schools
- Tippecanoe Valley School Corporation
- Warsaw Community School