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Teacher Residency Grant is Received to Support The Village Initiative in Partnership with Cal State Dominguez Hills and LAUSD

洛杉矶, CA(四月二十四日),2024) — The Watts of Power’s Teacher Residency Program (The Village Initiative), in partnership with California State University, Dominguez Hills and Los Angeles Unified 学校 District, is pleased to announce a grant obtained by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. This grant will support the Teacher Residency Initiative offering selected candidates a stipend of $35,000 while completing a teacher credential program and a one-year residency, with an assigned mentor teacher (Fall 2024-Spring 2025), have access to a therapist, a life coach and affordable housing for the duration of their residency. In exchange, candidates must commit to teaching in LAUSD for a minimum of four years.

The grant provides an opportunity for Los Angeles Unified 学校 District and Cal State University Dominguez Hills to deepen their partnership, focusing on the recruitment and retention of Black male teachers.

“We are proud to be part of this collaborative effort to increase teacher diversity in the school district giving real measurable results and tangible outcomes as a result of the Black Student Excellence through Educator Diversity, 准备, and Retention Resolution (“Black Educator Resolution”) that the board passed in February 2022,”医生说。. Peter Watts, CEO of Watts of Power Foundation.

“By increasing the number Black educators and in particular Black male educators, we get to multiply our efforts in adding more Black men to the profession. By supporting this initiative, it will help create a more reflective and responsive educational environment for our students,瓦特说。.

项目的亮点

  • 津贴35000美元
  • Progression through the residency year as a cohort
  • Year-long apprenticeship with selected mentor teachers
  • Personalized advisement and mentoring
  • Enrollment in courses guaranteed
  • Priority in hiring into LAUSD
  • 生活指导
  • 治疗师
  • 经济适用房

This grant represents a significant step forward in the effort to create a more diverse and representative teaching workforce in Los Angeles. By supporting initiatives like the Village Initiative, it will ensure that all students have access to educators who reflect the diversity of their communities.

Both LAUSD and 基督教社会联盟DH are committed to closing opportunity gaps through personalized learning and anti-discriminatory instructional practices. 基督教社会联盟DH’s 教育学院 is dedicated to challenging and dismantling power and privilege in education.

“We’re so excited to have this partnership supported by the Commission and to work in partnership with Teacher Village and LAUSD to recruit and educate Black male teachers,杰西卡·潘迪亚说, Dean for the 教育学院.

“The 教育学院’s faculty and staff are working to make clear pathways and support these candidates throughout their journeys to the classroom, where they are sorely needed.”

This summer the organization will kick off the residency with a week long mentor teacher training in June with selected mentor teachers who will be matched with our residents for Fall 2024-2025. These efforts are being led by both Didi Watts as well as Dr. Kirk Rogers, COE faculty member and Co-Chair for the Toros Teach LA teaching program.

The Village Initiative program provides Black male teaching fellows with a stipend, 专业支持, peer and community connections, and training in the Components of Care, as well as affordable housing within the communities they serve.

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