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Beach Park CCSD 3 funds paraprofessional certification through state grant and BloomBoard apprenticeship
Summary
Beach Park CCSD 3 used a state teacher vacancy grant to support six paraprofessionals entering a BloomBoard apprenticeship pathway (in partnership with Lake Erie College); 22 expressed interest, and district staff commit ongoing mentoring and biweekly progress checks.
Beach Park CCSD 3 is investing a portion of a State of Illinois teacher vacancy grant to help paraprofessionals train for teacher certification through a BloomBoard apprenticeship pathway, a district presenter told the board.
Dave Caposo, invited to the podium to describe the effort, said the program responds to district recruitment and retention needs. "A few years ago the state of Illinois provided our district with an opportunity to have a teacher vacancy grant," Caposo said, and the district used that funding to…
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