The Department of Education Receives a $10,000 SEED Grant to Fund Growth and Improvements for Teacher Residencies
The Department of Education has received a $10,000 SEED grant from the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR). The SEED grant places Saint Augustine鈥檚 University鈥檚 Department of Education in partnership with the not-for-profit organization who identified the 10 North Carolina HBCUs (NC10) as collaborators in its efforts to 鈥渄esign, develop, launch, grow, and improve鈥� teacher residencies across the country.
Members of the Department of Education have attended and participated in five in-person and on-line institutes with other NC10 members aimed at defining the center鈥檚 standards and offering tools for each participating HBCU to engage in the work of developing a successful residency program, as defined by NCTR, for prospective teachers. This initiative responds to the dire need for teachers in the state and in the nation and offers a model of success through conducting a teacher residency that will occur throughout the final year of a pre-service teacher鈥檚 training.
The SEED grant funds will provide funding for conducting a landscape analysis to validate the need for teachers and identify potential public and private sector partners who will be needed to initiate and sustain the residency initiative.