Boise State University in Idaho Uses $8 Million Federal Grant for Paid Teacher Residencies: 75 Teachers Over Three Years With Nine Rural Districts
BOISE, Ada County, Idaho — Boise State University's College of Education is using an $8 million federal grant to offer paid, full-time teaching positions and help new teachers stay in Idaho schools, the university's student newspaper reported on November 11. The Teacher Quality Partnership grant from the U.S. Department of Education funds Project TRAIL, the Teacher Residency Academy for Induction and Leadership.
Dr. Hannah Carter, the project's principal investigator, said it will work with nine rural districts to place student teachers in those districts and hire them after graduation; Parma, Kuna and Caldwell are among the participating districts. To be considered, student teachers must first be accepted into the elementary, secondary or special education master's programs in the College of Education, and then submit written and video essays.
Student teachers typically complete an unpaid professional year in the final year of their master's program; Project TRAIL will turn that year into a paid, full-time residency in local schools, and then help teachers transition into formal teaching positions with induction support. Dr. Megan Lynch, the project's co-principal investigator, said the first one to five years are a teacher's induction period and that unsupported new teachers are more likely to burn out and leave. Over three years, Project TRAIL will run 75 teachers through the program across resident, early-career, mentor and teacher leader categories. According to a 2023 report from the Idaho State Board of Education, around 2,000 teaching vacancies must be filled in Idaho every year.
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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