Fund Grow Your Own programs to recruit more candidates of color than traditional educator preparation programs attract¶

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Evidence · no claims cited

Description¶

Grow Your Own programs (GYOs) are "community-focused recruitment programs that tend to attract more candidates of color than traditional educator preparation programs." The brief reports that Maryland, Texas, Missouri, Nevada, Georgia, and Tennessee used ESSER funds to support GYOs, and that Title IIA funds may also support them.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Funding from ESSER or Title IIA formula or competitive streams

Constraints¶

• The brief states GYOs tend to attract more candidates of color; it presents this as an association, not a tested causal result

Target Learners¶

• Community members and paraprofessionals considering teaching
• high school students considering teaching careers

Target Learning Goals¶

• Recruiting more educators of color into the teaching profession

Related Strategies¶

• Fund and guide Grow Your Own programs to attract candidates of color into teaching
• Develop high-retention pathways — Grow Your Own programs and teacher residencies — to build and diversify local teacher supply
• Grow-your-own teacher training programs targeting community members facing certification and career-change barriers
• Recruit and prepare teachers of color through scholarships, Grow Your Own grants, bias-free licensure, partnerships, and leadership pipelines
• Build a diverse teacher pipeline through Grow Your Own grants, teacher academies, scholarships, MSI investment, and residency pathways

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• The Education Trust. (2022). How States Can Use American Rescue Plan Funding and Federal Grants to Support Teacher Diversity. EdTrust.org. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED626513