Houston Endowment: Texas schools are hiring more teachers without traditional training. They hope the state will pay to prepare them.
Schools are hiring instructors with different types of backgrounds to deal with critical staff shortages.
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Houston Endowment: We Need More Highly Qualified Teachers. Our Grantee has a Solution.
An initiative called Educator Preparation Partnership Pathways from grantee U.S. Prep relies on collaboration to offer teacher candidates a stronger support system for their career path.
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Houston Endowment: UH Addresses TeacherShortage Through Innovative Certification Program
A $3.5 million grant from Houston Endowment supports intense training and increased mentoring for new teachers.
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Houston Endowment: Brazosport ISD Is Training Its Own Teachers. The Program Might Become a Model For Other Texas Schools.
The Texas Tribune reports on Brazosport ISD’s teacher apprenticeship program â a bright spot in teacher preparation that Houston Endowment is proud to support.
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Houston Endowment: New Bachelorâs Degree Aimed at Helping to Fill Teacher Shortage
To help launch San Jacinto College’s second bachelor’s degree – a Bachelor of Applied Science in Education with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education (BAS-ECE) – and meet a critical need throughout the region, Houston Endowment awarded San Jacinto …
Read MoreHouston Endowment: How Houston Innovatively Addresses the Teacher Workforce Challenge
We believe teachers are critically important and aim to strengthen the pipeline of well-prepared and supported teachers. By working collaboratively, Brazosport ISD, Brazosport College, and Region 4 exhibit the innovation needed to prepare outstanding t…
Read MoreHouston Endowment: The Texas Story: Why Strong School Governance and Effective Education Ecosystems Are Key in Helping Students Thrive
Good Reason Houstonâs Blueprint for Change codifies the vision and aspirations for a high-quality education that every child in every neighborhood growing up in Houston deserves.
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