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PENDLETON, Ore.-Blue Mountain Community College has received $50,000 from the Oregon Community Foundation to expand its Early Childhood Education (ECE) Kickstart Program. ....
PENDLETON â Blue Mountain Community College has been awarded a Grow Your Own (GYO) grant to develop a Teacher Pathway Partnership for future LatinX teachers. The objective of the GYO project is to work toward closing the demographic divide between students and teachers. The GYO Teacher Pathway focuses on retaining community members from diverse populations who are interested in becoming teachers and to work in their local community. Communities partnering with the grant include Stanfield, Boardman and Milton-Freewater. BMCC will utilize the grant money to conduct a three-day virtual workshop on May 14-16, called the 2-Teach Institute. BMCC has partnered with local high schools to recruit students for this pathway. Participants will be introduced to the field of education, as well as foster teaching practices in alignment with the Oregon Department of Educationâs Equity Initiatives. ....
Venice paramedics administer COVID-19 vaccines to homebound residents VENICE – Quietly over the past two weeks, paramedics with Venice Fire Rescue have been participating in a state pilot program to administer COVID-19 vaccines to homebound residents. On Tuesday, Venice Fire Rescue Chief Shawn Carvey told the Venice City Council that paramedics have been administering between 10 and 20 doses per day. “We’re the only department in this area that works under that program; we’re very fortunate to be part of that program,” Carvey said. “The feedback from the community is, we’ve received happiness and tears,” he added. As part of the process, Carvey said Venice Fire Rescue reached out to different community leaders, including the Central Venice Coalition and other homeowners associations the department regularly visits as part of its community outreach to establish a list of qualified homebound recipients. ....