The ICHE received $960,000 in federal competitive grant funding to bring together Indiana colleges with high-need school districts to support the professional development of teachers in core academic subjects, ?according to a press release from the Commission.
“The Improving Teacher Quality Partnership program provides an important opportunity for Indiana’s K-12 and higher education communities to work together,” Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education Teresa Lubbers said in the release.
“The awards this year will ensure that more than 1,000 teachers across Indiana will receive additional training to prepare Hoosier students for college and ?career success.”
The funding will affect each of the selected institutions differently.
ISU’s program will seek to support teachers of varying educational levels while incorporating technology and differing instructional strategies into content-area literacy.
IUPUI intends to use the funding for its reading, writing and math workshop designed to improve the teaching of those subjects in selected K-12 ?institutions.
PNC will allow qualifying high school students attending participating schools to earn college credit for selected upper-level classes.
The grant program is funded by and operates under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
The state and local education agencies and state agencies for higher education receive funds through the act on a formula basis, according to the release.
Brian Seymour
