Article: Grant to train new teachers for high-need urban schools
Posted by The California State University on January 2, 2024
The College of Education at Cal State LA has been awarded a $7 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to continue the success of the university’s Los Angeles Urban Teacher Residency (LAUTR) program.
The residency program, which trains new teachers to help close the achievement gap of students in high-need urban schools, has prepared 12 cohorts of graduates currently teaching in high-need California schools since 2009.
The five-year grant will propose to develop 276 community-centered teachers to deliver culturally sustaining instruction for students in critical areas of special education, secondary STEM education and bilingual education. This is the third time the college has received this grant through the ED Teacher Quality Partnership Program.
“This grant provides Cal State LA the opportunity to ground the education of the teachers in the communities in which they will teach,” said A.Dee Williams, interim associate dean and professor of curriculum and instruction in the university’s College of Education, who is the lead principal investigator.
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