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Garden City USD 457 approves teacher apprentice program to grow local pipeline
Summary
The Board of Education approved a five-position teacher apprentice program that embeds apprentices with experienced mentor teachers, uses state apprenticeship funding for tuition and stipends, and requires apprentices to enroll in an approved teacher-preparation program.
The Garden City Public Schools Board of Education on Monday approved a teacher apprentice program that will place five apprentices in district classrooms and use Kansas state apprenticeship funding to subsidize tuition and mentor stipends.
Board members voted to approve the program after a presentation from Chief Human Resources Officer Drew Tull and HR coordinator Leigh Anne Tone. The presentation said the program is modeled on a Kansas State Department of Education/KSDE apprenticeship framework…
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