Support for Rural Teachers & Teachers of Color
Bemidji State University’s School of Education received grant funding to recruit and support future teachers. This includes adding a high school concurrent enrollment course. We would like to express our gratitude to the Rural Schools Collaborative Grant and Margaret A. Cargil Philanthropy. These grants will be implemented under the new Amikwiish initiative to support rural teachers and teachers of color. Amikwiish is an Ojibwe word meaning a beaver lodge.
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Concurrent Enrollment for High School Juniors & Seniors
Bemidji State University was one of five universities across the nation to be awarded a $25,000 Catalyst Initiative Grant from Rural Schools Collaborative for the intentional recruitment, training, and sustaining of rural educators. Each fall and spring semester, an Introduction to Education course will be offered for high school juniors and seniors in rural Minnesota. The hybrid model of the course will bring students to campus for the first and last days of the semester and university faculty will teach the remaining sessions online (asynchronously). Grant funding will cover transportation costs to and from campus, meals on campus, and textbooks and learning materials. A unique feature of this course offering is the teacher candidate and classroom teacher mentorship provided for students throughout the semester.
For information about the concurrent enrollment process at Bemidji State University, please contact Lynn Johnson at Lynn.Johnson@bemidjistate.edu For questions about the grant-funded course and program, please contact Kathrina O’Connell at Kathrina.OConnell@bemidjistate.edu