Fund and guide Grow Your Own programs to attract candidates of color into teaching¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

The brief lists Grow Your Own (GYO) programs among the research-based strategies states should use to target resources toward districts and schools struggling to recruit a diverse workforce. States should develop and expand GYO programming through legislation or state education agency priority, fund it at the state level, and provide state-led guidance, for example via scholarships or stipends to paraprofessionals completing licensure requirements.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Districts need strategic approaches to building and supporting GYO programs, per the brief's recommendation to Ohio

Constraints¶

• Ohio only partially meets this criterion: it authorized a grant program that may include GYO support but has not invested in or guided the programs

Target Learners¶

• prospective teachers of color including paraprofessionals and high school students
• districts and schools with hiring challenges

Target Learning Goals¶

• increasing the racial diversity of the educator workforce

Related Strategies¶

• Fund Grow Your Own programs to recruit more candidates of color than traditional educator preparation programs attract
• Use strategic hiring aligned to the instructional model, including observing candidates teach and recruiting for mission-specific qualifications

Examples¶

• Grow Your Own Illinois program: Illinois's state-funded GYO programme

Key Sources¶

• Educator Diversity State Profile: Ohio. (2020). EdTrust. http://education.ohio.gov/getattachment/Topics/Teaching/Diversifying-Education-Profession-Taskforce-Recommendations.pdf.aspx?lang=en-US