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Dysart approves MOU with Grand Canyon University to expand teacher pipeline
Summary
The board approved a memorandum of understanding with Grand Canyon University for a RISE 360 "learn, earn, and return" pathway offering dual‑enrollment opportunities and tuition incentives to encourage students into teaching careers; administrators said students pay dual‑enrollment tuition and are not contractually bound to return as district teachers.
The Dysart Unified School District governing board voted to approve a memorandum of understanding with Grand Canyon University and Grand Canyon Education to expand the district's RISE 360 teacher‑pipeline program.
Administrators described RISE 360 as a structured dual‑enrollment pathway that aims to let students "learn, earn and return" in roughly 2 to 2.5 years and provides mentorship, dual‑enrollment opportunities and some financial incentives. "It is a learn, earn, and return pathway for our current high school students," an administrator said.
Board members asked whether students pay dual‑enrollment tuition and whether the program guarantees participants will return to teach in Dysart; administrators confirmed students pay tuition and that RISE 360 does not require participants to sign an agreement to return as Dysart teachers. The MOU passed on a board motion.
Administrators said the program is intended to increase local teacher recruitment by offering early exposure, admission support, scholarships and possible paid student‑teaching opportunities when participants return to the district.
