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Students describe hands-on pipeline in Indian Prairie CUSD 204’s Grow Your Own Teachers program
Summary
Student speakers told the district that the Grow Your Own Teachers program gives middle and high school students classroom observations, grading experience and a structured path toward teaching, including participation in Teachers of Tomorrow.
Student speakers at an Indian Prairie CUSD 204 meeting described the district—s Grow Your Own Teachers program as a hands-on pipeline for students interested in careers in education.
The program, students said, offers middle and high school participants structured opportunities to observe classrooms and take part in tasks such as grading papers. "The Grow Your Own Teachers program is an opportunity for the district to provide high school students and middle school students an authentic opportunity to explore the field of education," said Student 1, a student speaker. "We wanted to kind of put in place a…
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