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Brevard highlights Grow Your Own teacher pathway, recognizes promoted staff
Summary
District leaders and staff presented the Grow Your Own program, recognized promoted administrators and an exemplary candidate who completed accelerated course work to enter the exceptional student education pipeline.
District administrators used the Aug. 27 meeting to highlight the Grow Your Own teacher pathway and to recognize several promoted administrators.
Dr. Rendell introduced the recognitions and promotions, including Adria McDonough's promotion to director of early childhood education and the promotions of Jay Sopke and Frances O'Connor to assistant principal roles. Those individuals thanked the board and pledged to continue supporting students and staff.
Ryan Dufresne introduced Susan Kirk, district recruiter, who described the Grow Your Own program as a support-to-teacher pathway with two tracks: (1) a pathway into elementary teaching and (2) an instructional-assistant apprentice track for ESE classrooms that uses temporary teaching certificates and Daytona State College coursework. Kirk said the initiative began in March-April and that eight candidates are in the pipeline; several participants are in-classroom apprentices paired with mentors.
Kirk spotlighted Bridal (Britney) Vasek of Madison Middle School, who completed accelerated coursework (reported as 26 credits in one semester with special permission from the state university system) and is on track to complete a bachelor's degree and ESE certification within two years. Vasek spoke briefly about her path from other careers to ESE teaching and thanked staff for the opportunity.
The board recessed briefly for group photos following the recognitions.
Implementation: Human Resources will continue to support pathways and process paperwork for candidates as they transition to classroom roles.
