HARRISBURG A Pennsylvania state agency received thousands of applications Thursday for the state’s first-ever student-teacher stipends, many times more than the available stipends approved by lawmakers last year as a way to help fill a teacher shortage. The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency reported receiving 3,000 applications by 11 a.m., just two hours after […]
The teaching profession isn’t glamorous. The oft-ballyhooed summer breaks can be filled with lesson plan creation and continuing education. Students and their smartphones can be difficult. Pay doesn’t.
Anyone planning to do their student teaching in 2024-25 better set their alarms on Thursday to be ready around 9 a.m. when applications for stipends through Pennsylvania’s new $10 million Student Teacher Support Program become available. The stipends will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. The process begins with