POTSDAM — As part of its Black Educators Initiative, the National Center for Teacher Residencies has awarded a $152,973 grant to Clarkson University as a Network Residency partner for the
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May 17, 2021
The Connecticut Teacher Residency Program (CT TRP), in partnership with the RESC Alliance, has received a $340,000 grant from the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR) to expand and improve its efforts to recruit and develop Black teachers to support participating districts. The award comes through NCTR s Black Educators Initiative, a five-year, $20-million effort to recruit and train 750 new Black teachers through NCTR s nationwide network of teacher residency programs.
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This grant will allow CT TRP to provide funding relief to partner districts and support up to 40 Black educators as it expands to four cohort locations with up to 60 Residents across Connecticut. Grants will be used for tuition, materials, and assessment support to ensure candidates meet the state certification requirements, including Praxis, Foundations of Reading, and the edTPA Portfolio assessment. Additionally, part of the costs for mentor teachers will be covered as Res