How 'Grow Your Own' programs hope to address teacher shortage
As she worked on her class assignment, Jo Arroyo reviewed the material, took notes, laid out her plans and reviewed with her teacher.
Education leaders across the suburbs hope programs will light a spark of interest in high school students to become teachers. "The knowledge of the educator shortage is encouraging people who were on the fence. ... They understand that there will be job opportunities," she said, noting many of NIU's teacher candidates are offered a job while they are still student-teaching.
In District 204, first-year program students go to an elementary, middle and high school to observe a teacher. They also get a fourth observation of their choice. The observations include everything from shadowing a teacher to small teaching opportunities, said Louis Lee, District 204's assistant superintendent for human relations.
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