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District details Grow-Your-Own teacher pipeline and staff professional development

5853972 · September 18, 2025
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District staff reviewed the opening-day professional development with keynote Chris Singleton and provided an update on a multi-path grow-your-own program that offers endorsements, paraprofessional support and stipends for preservice teachers.

District leaders reported on opening-day professional development and a district Grow-Your-Own teacher pipeline during Tuesday's Board of Education meeting. The district held a three-day opening institute that included building-level planning, curriculum work and a keynote by Chris Singleton, whose presentation on community, trauma and resilience drew strong staff response. "He took this horrible tragedy, and he did what he felt his mom would wanted him to do, and that is to teach love," the…

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