Chico State Wins $8M Federal Grant for Rural Teacher Residency Program Paying $42,000 Stipends
CHICO, Calif., Oct. 13 — An $8 million federal Teacher Quality Partnership Grant will allow California State University, Chico, to pay 60 teaching residents a $42,000 stipend each under its Rural Opportunities for Outstanding Teaching and Schools (ROOTS) program, EdSource reported on Tuesday.
ROOTS will prepare four cohorts of 15 residents who pursue a multiple-subject credential and a master's degree in a yearlong program, teaching alongside experienced mentor teachers. Participants will continue to receive coaching and professional learning support after entering the profession. The university estimates that California's northernmost rural region needs about 170 new elementary teachers in 2026-27, and that rural communities have a smaller pool of prospective teachers and less access to preparation programs, making vacancies hard to fill.
Mimi Miller, a Chico State professor and the project's co-principal investigator, said ROOTS prepares teachers in rural communities in the hope that they will stay and teach at local schools. Project lead Jennifer Oloff-Lewis said the stipend is meant to cover living expenses during the residency, when residents teach by day and attend classes at night. Applications for the first cohort, which starts classes next summer, are due in the spring.
(Source: EdSource)
Source: EdSource
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