The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded a $2,343,101 Teacher Quality Partnership (CFDA 84.336) grant to Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) on October 1, 2024. This grant will fund a teacher and school leader residency program (RTR-TR-SLR) to improve student achievement through comprehensive teacher preparation and professional development initiatives. The project will enhance the quality of prospective and new teachers by supporting...
This $709,311 federal Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education (CFDA 84.428 - Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development) supports a comprehensive initiative to recruit, prepare, support, place, and retain diverse, well-qualified teachers for high-need local education agencies serving underserved students. Key activities include curriculum development, academic instruction, teacher training programs, and...
The University of Colorado-Denver has been awarded a $706,666 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428). The grant, titled "BREAKING BARRIERS: ADVANCING DIVERSITY, ACCESS & EQUITY IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION," will support comprehensive efforts to recruit, prepare, support, place, and retain diverse, well-qualified teachers for...
The National University has been awarded a $706,688 Project Grant under the U.S. Department of Education's Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428). The grant, with a performance period from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, will support the university's "PROJECT DREAMS: DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT, EDUCATION, ADVANCEMENT, AND MENTORSHIP FOR SUCCESS" initiative. This program aims to strengthen the teacher preparation...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Texas A&M University-Kingsville a $603,124 project grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428). This one-year grant, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, will support the university's comprehensive efforts to recruit, prepare, support, place, and retain diverse, well-qualified teachers for high-need local education agencies...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded a $407,507 Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) to Miami Dade College. The grant, effective from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, will support the college's "TEACH MIAMI: MDC'S GROW YOUR OWN TEACHER APPRENTICESHIP BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM." This initiative aims to strengthen the teacher preparation pipeline for...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded Morehouse College a $621,492 Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428). The grant, with a performance period from Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025, will support comprehensive efforts to recruit, prepare, support, place, and retain diverse, well-qualified teachers for high-need local education agencies serving underserved students. Key...
The federal Project Grant award of $122,325.00 from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence—Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) supports North Carolina Central University's "RED-E 2 TEACH (READY TO TEACH): RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF DIVERSE EDUCATORS TO TEACH" initiative. The award, with a performance period from October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025, aims to strengthen the...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education awarded a $706,588 Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428) to College Unbound, a private non-profit university in Providence, Rhode Island. The grant will fund the establishment of the Transformative Educator Pathways' Center of Excellence (TEP-CE), which aims to create a center of excellence for delivering equitable teacher preparation...
The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Postsecondary Education has awarded Prairie View A&M University a $495,012 Project Grant under the Augustus F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence-Teacher Preparation and Development program (CFDA 84.428). This one-year grant, awarded on October 1, 2024, will support the "PANTHER TEACHER EDUCATION RESIDENCY MODEL (PANTHERTERM): A PARTNERSHIP AMONG HARD-TO-STAFF SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND PRAIRIE VIEW A & M UNIVERSITY" initiative. The project...