TDOE Releases New Resources on ‘Grow Your Own’ Educator Initiative

State Educator Initiative Generates Nationwide Recognition

Nashville, TN— All through the month of Might, the Tennessee Division of Training has celebrated the state’s Develop Your Personal (GYO) initiative by spotlighting the revolutionary educator preparation pathways out there to assist construct and strengthen the trainer expertise pipeline in Tennessee. New assets launched at the moment embody a brand new GYO webpage, one-pagers and explainer movies to help anybody curious about collaborating in a GYO initiative.

Tennessee was the primary state within the nation to sponsor Instructor Occupation Apprenticeship packages between college districts and Educator Preparation Suppliers (EPPs), and Tennessee’s Instructor Apprenticeship mannequin aligns main practices in trainer preparation and improvement with the trials of the nationally registered apprenticeship course of. 

As part of the division’s Finest for All strategic plan, the Develop Your Personal initiative goals to offer all Tennessee college students with entry to a high-quality schooling and an efficient trainer to help studying in each classroom.

“Tennessee’s Develop Your Personal work is a game-changer – and an enduring one, for educators, college students, and our nation,” mentioned Commissioner Penny Schwinn. “This funding in high quality of programming will pay-off for years and in the end guarantee a everlasting, sustainable supply of efficient lecturers that our college students want and deserve. We hope this webpage serves as a useful resource for different states to duplicate this work and construct up our nation’s trainer expertise pipeline to make sure each baby, in each classroom, has a superb educator they most want – and deserve.”

The GYO webpage is designed to help trainer candidates in search of extra data on pathways to enter the classroom. This preliminary model permits candidates to search out high-level data and key assets designed to help their program inquiries and choice. 

Moreover, the division launched extra assets particular to varied stakeholder teams. The newly out there one-pagers and movies are designed to help stronger understanding and engagement with GYO strategic work, together with the Tennessee Instructor Apprenticeship mannequin. 

Tennessee Develop Your Personal Initiative One-Pagers

Tennessee Develop Your Personal Initiative Movies

So far, Tennessee has collaborated with 20+ states on their conception of recent packages and pathways. Moreover, the state has obtained protection of 30+ articles spanning native, regional, and nationwide shops to focus on the mannequin, improvements in educator preparation improvement, and alternatives for future programmatic issues. Additional, Tennessee leaders have joined a number of nationwide discussions and panels to share the state’s studying, implementation, and strategic work.

To drive larger impression, the division and the College of Tennessee System just lately introduced the launch of the Tennessee Develop Your Personal Middle, a $20 million funding to help statewide scale for revolutionary educator pipeline work by means of Tennessee’s Instructor Apprenticeship mannequin.

“Turning into a registered apprenticeship with the labor division — which requires packages to fulfill particular high quality requirements — places Tennessee’s program in place to obtain funding that might cowl each pay and the price of schooling for contributors, eradicating a barrier that usually retains lower-income and non-white candidates from pursuing instructing.” – The 74

“This GYO mannequin brings coaching to the group, which implies people don’t have to depart their group to get a level or it makes it simpler for rural communities to truly have folks which might be already residing there to develop into the career,” shared Patricia Levesque, CEO, ExcelinEd, throughout a deep-dive dialogue on “Develop Your Personal: Tennessee’s Instructor Apprenticeship, a Nationwide Mannequin,” linked right here.

“Because the nation offers with extreme trainer shortages, Tennessee could have an answer to supply. The state has put in place a trainer residency program the place candidates are in a position to work full-time within the classroom whereas pursuing their diploma.” –CBS Information

“Shoutout to Tennessee for every little thing they’ve completed to get us to assume new with registered apprenticeship on this area, it took numerous innovation, even inside authorities to be able to keep true to our programs,” mentioned Andy Ridgeway, Division Director at U.S. Division of Labor, throughout nationwide webinar, “Scaling the Instructor Pipeline and Profession Pathways by means of Registered Apprenticeships,” out there right here.

“Tennessee’s revolutionary strategy permits future lecturers to work with college students in a classroom, obtain teaching from skilled mentor lecturers and be paid alongside the way in which. This system is designed to permit the longer term lecturers to acquire a bachelor’s diploma in three years, debt-free, whereas being paid, and enter the instructing career with a minimum of three years’ classroom expertise underneath their belt. All of which is paid for by leveraging federal funding for apprenticeships.” – Jeb Bush, Founder and President of ExcelinEd, Miami Herald

“Residency apprenticeships assist states meet their schooling targets. Residency ready lecturers keep employed of their faculties and districts at a lot larger charges than graduates from different medical follow fashions,” mentioned Dr. Karen DeMoss, Government Director of Ready to Educate, Training Fee of the States’ webinar, out there right here. 

“The Tennessee Develop Your Personal Middle hopes to recruit and prepare new lecturers, higher equip current lecturers and function a the “one-stop-shop” for all program and technical help for brand new and current Develop Your Personal apprenticeships.” –Knoxville Information Sentinel

Many beneficial assets for state and district leaders, schooling stakeholders and group members to create partnerships and get entangled can be found right here.

Study extra in regards to the state’s Develop Your Personal initiative right here. For programmatic inquiries, contact GrowYourOwn@tn.gov. For Tennessee Division of Training media inquiries, contact Edu.MediaInquiries@tn.gov.

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