The Stokes News | Stokes recipient of $3.6 Million Education Grant More importantly, our students will benefit by getting highly trained teachers in our most critical needs areas,” said Melisa Jessup, Executive Director of Human Resources for Stokes County Schools.

The United States Department of Education Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) has awarded a $3.6 million grant to the College of Education to increase the number of highly qualified teachers produced for high-need K-12 public schools in Randolph County Schools and Stokes County Schools.

“Faculty in the College of Education are extremely excited about this grant award as it provides funding that will completely reform the model we use to prepare classroom teachers,” said Dr. Anthony Graham, dean of the College of Education.

The goal of the project entitled “The North Carolina A&T Rural Teacher Residency Program” is to increase the number of fully credentialed teachers who effectively address the needs of children in high-need rural public school districts in North Carolina.

Designed to address the teacher shortages in North Carolina, the project strengthens the college’s Master of Arts in Teaching in Special Education, Elementary Education, Biology Education, Chemistry Education, and Mathematics Education degree programs by establishing a teacher residency model. Bookmark the permalink.