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A new teacher development grant program aimed at increasing the number of Black educators in the state of Colorado is offering Black students pursuing a career in education a $20,000 salary bonus and a full-funded master’s degree.
Just 2 percent of teachers in Colorado are Black, according to the state Department of Education, but a grant program from the Colorado-based Sachs Foundation aims to change that by recruiting and retaining Black educators from Colorado College.
Black woman in front of classroom with students. (Credit: Pexels.com)
The $575,000 grant will offer students at the college financial support as they enter the teaching profession.
$20,000 salary increases offered to Black educators through college program
According to the Colorado Department of Education, less than 2% of teachers across the state were Black or African American in the 2019-2020 school year. Author: Victoria De Leon Updated: 9:43 PM MST February 10, 2021
COLORADO, USA It wasn t until college that Isabella Hageman had a teacher she could relate to. When I first heard there was a Black teacher in our elementary school here, I was like wow, really that s so cool, said the 19-year-old Colorado College freshman.
Hageman grew up in South Dakota and said the first Black teacher she s ever had was during her freshman year in college.