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Grow-Your-Own credential pathway for classified staff

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Description

One LEA implemented a Grow-Your-Own program "structured to set up pathways for classified staff to earn credentials—in part because classified staff in the LEA are, on the whole, more diverse than classroom teachers." It focuses on teacher assistants who already hold college degrees, partnering with four higher education institutions and the state teacher's union to offer varied transition-to-teaching licensure programs. The administrator estimated the LEA currently has 15 to 20 classified staff members working toward earning their teaching license, who will "serve as a pool of individuals to feed into our teacher pipeline down the road."

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Partnerships with higher education institutions offering transition-to-teaching licensure programs that fit participants' learning and work-life balance

Constraints

Target Learners

  • Classified staff and teacher assistants with college degrees seeking teaching licensure

Learning Goals

  • Earning teaching credentials and entering the local teacher pipeline

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Bland, J. & Smith, K. (2023, February). Recruitment and retention: Pilot solutions designed by teachers of color (Phase I). Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/168
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title Grow-Your-Own credential pathway for classified staff
description One LEA implemented a Grow-Your-Own program "structured to set up pathways for classified staff to earn credentials—in part because classified staff in the LEA are, on the whole, more diverse than classroom teachers."...
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