{"id":1969,"date":"2020-11-20T11:48:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T16:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehhs-wds-dev.utk.edu\/gse\/?p=1969"},"modified":"2024-09-02T13:07:26","modified_gmt":"2024-09-02T17:07:26","slug":"grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"

In March, 2020, the Tennessee Department of Education announced a new \u201cGrow Your Own\u201d<\/a> partnership between Knox County Schools and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, to encourage more aspiring educators to pursue the profession and develop a local pipeline of well-qualified teachers who are ready for the classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis program supports the teacher pipeline problem we see in parts of the state,\u201d said Ellen McIntyre, dean of UT\u2019s College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS). \u201cBut more than that, we are assured that the new teachers will be well prepared. Knox County Schools and UT have designed an outstanding program to meet this need.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled Knox County Schools and UT are launching the Grow Your Own partnership to encourage aspiring teachers to pursue the profession,\u201d said Tennessee Commissioner of Education Penny Schwinn. \u201cAll students deserve a highly effective teacher in their classrooms, and this new partnership will help ensure Knoxville has a strong local pipeline of future educators.\u201d<\/p>\n

To continue the development of the \u201cGrow Your Own\u201d teacher pipeline, UT received a $100,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Education in October, 2020<\/a>. This grant, combined with matching scholarship funds through CEHHS, will fully fund 6-8 teaching assistants to become licensed teachers.<\/p>\n

Once accepted into the program, these teaching assistants will continue to work in their schools and earn their salaries, while concurrently completing graduate-level coursework from UT delivered through a distance education model. At the completion of the program, these teaching assistants will receive their teacher licensure in two high-needs, hard to staff areas: Special Education and STEM Education. The combination of grant and scholarship funding ensure that the candidates accepted into this program will be able to become licensed teachers at no cost to themselves: Tuition, fees, books, and required exams are covered by this innovative program.<\/p>\n

UT is currently seeking teaching assistants who are interested in becoming a licensed teacher through this \u201cGrow Your Own\u201d pipeline program. To qualify, candidates must:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Be employed as a teaching assistant (or teacher\u2019s aid, or paraprofessional) in one of the following school districts: Alcoa, Lenoir, Maryville, and Oak Ridge City Schools and Anderson, Blount, Knox, and Shelby County Schools.<\/li>\n
  2. Have a satisfactory employment record with their employer (preference may be given to candidates based on employment history).<\/li>\n
  3. Have a bachelor’s degree (preference may be given to candidates with significant coursework in a STEM field and satisfactory GPA requirements)<\/li>\n
  4. Demonstrate the desire to become a teacher licensed in both Special Education and STEM.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The initiative seeks to increase access to and success in the teaching profession as part of the Best for All strategic plan, which sets a vision for Tennessee to be the top state in which to become and remain a teacher and leader.<\/p>\n

    Candidates who are accepted into this program will begin graduate-level coursework at UT in Spring, 2021, while continuing to work in their schools as teacher\u2019s aids. Coursework will continue through the 2021-2022 academic year, and candidates will complete the program as licensed teachers Summer, 2022.<\/p>\n

    \u201cAt the heart of student learning is our teachers, and we must ensure that there is a qualified workforce to educate the children of Knox County,\u201d said Knox County Schools Superintendent Bob Thomas. \u201cWe appreciate our partnership with the state of Tennessee and the University of Tennessee and applaud them for recognizing this need. We\u2019re excited to be part of an initiative that we believe will help remove barriers and motivate more young people to pursue teaching as a profession.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \u201cInnovative programs like this have the potential to transform the important profession of teaching, and I am excited for our university to support and grow this program,\u201d said UT Chancellor Donde Plowman.<\/p>\n

    For the third year in a row, UT was rated top among Tennessee institutions<\/a> for preparing teachers to work in the state, according to the 2019 Teacher Preparation Report Card released last month.<\/p>\n

    UT is one of only nine teacher preparation programs to land in the state\u2019s top overall performance category. Since 2015, the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences has prepared over 700 teachers who collectively teach an estimated 50,000 Tennessee PreK\u201312 students annually.<\/p>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In March, 2020, the Tennessee Department of Education announced a new \u201cGrow Your Own\u201d partnership between Knox County Schools and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,8,9,34,70,13,71,19,20],"class_list":["post-1969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cehhs","tag-college-of-education","tag-college-of-education-health-and-human-sciences-graduate-school-of-education","tag-david-t-bailey-graduate-school-of-education","tag-grow-your-own","tag-gse","tag-tennessee-department-of-education","tag-utk-cehhs","tag-utk-gse"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nGrow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher - David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher - David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In March, 2020, the Tennessee Department of Education announced a new \u201cGrow Your Own\u201d partnership between Knox County Schools and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-20T16:48:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-02T17:07:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kristina Ferrell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kristina Ferrell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/20\\\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/20\\\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kristina Ferrell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/594fa5b40796d62877f528ce037304a1\"},\"headline\":\"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-20T16:48:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-02T17:07:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/20\\\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":698,\"keywords\":[\"CEHHS\",\"College of Education\",\"College of Education Health and Human Sciences Graduate School of Education\",\"David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education\",\"Grow Your Own\",\"GSE\",\"Tennessee Department of Education\",\"UTK CEHHS\",\"UTK GSE\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/20\\\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/20\\\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\\\/\",\"name\":\"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher - David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-20T16:48:42+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-02T17:07:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/594fa5b40796d62877f528ce037304a1\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/20\\\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/20\\\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/2020\\\/11\\\/20\\\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/\",\"name\":\"David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education\",\"description\":\"University of Tennessee, Knoxville\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/594fa5b40796d62877f528ce037304a1\",\"name\":\"Kristina Ferrell\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cehhs.utk.edu\\\/gse\\\/author\\\/kferrel9\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher - David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher - David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education","og_description":"In March, 2020, the Tennessee Department of Education announced a new \u201cGrow Your Own\u201d partnership between Knox County Schools and […]","og_url":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/","og_site_name":"David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education","article_published_time":"2020-11-20T16:48:42+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-09-02T17:07:26+00:00","author":"Kristina Ferrell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kristina Ferrell","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/"},"author":{"name":"Kristina Ferrell","@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/#\/schema\/person\/594fa5b40796d62877f528ce037304a1"},"headline":"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher","datePublished":"2020-11-20T16:48:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-02T17:07:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/"},"wordCount":698,"keywords":["CEHHS","College of Education","College of Education Health and Human Sciences Graduate School of Education","David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education","Grow Your Own","GSE","Tennessee Department of Education","UTK CEHHS","UTK GSE"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/","url":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/","name":"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher - David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/#website"},"datePublished":"2020-11-20T16:48:42+00:00","dateModified":"2024-09-02T17:07:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/#\/schema\/person\/594fa5b40796d62877f528ce037304a1"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/2020\/11\/20\/grow-your-own-partnership-removes-barriers-to-becoming-licensed-teacher\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Grow Your Own Partnership Removes Barriers to Becoming Licensed Teacher"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/#website","url":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/","name":"David T. Bailey Graduate School of Education","description":"University of Tennessee, Knoxville","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/#\/schema\/person\/594fa5b40796d62877f528ce037304a1","name":"Kristina Ferrell","url":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/author\/kferrel9\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/gse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}