{"id":207131,"date":"2024-12-02T16:36:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T02:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=207131"},"modified":"2024-12-02T16:36:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T02:36:12","slug":"uh-expands-free-teacher-apprenticeship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/02\/uh-expands-free-teacher-apprenticeship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> expands free ‘earn and learn’ teacher apprenticeship program"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> will expand its teacher apprenticeship program as part of its dynamic, responsive solutions to help address the ongoing statewide teacher shortage.<\/p>\n

This “earn and learn” model supports greater accessibility to teaching pathways, connecting future educators with the opportunities and mentorship they need to build thriving, lifelong careers within the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s public school system. UH<\/abbr> will be expanding the apprenticeship opportunities to include the Early Childhood Education program at Honolulu Community College.<\/p>\n

In July, the U.S. Department awarded a $4.9-million State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula grant to establish a K<\/abbr>–12 teacher apprenticeship program<\/a>. This program partners closely with the College of Education at UH<\/abbr> at M\u0101noa to enable aspiring teachers to earn their bachelor\u2019s degree and obtain licensure at no cost, while gaining real-world experience in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Supporting future, current educational professionals<\/h2>\n

“In conjunction with statewide efforts to bolster the teaching workforce, program faculty and staff from across the UH<\/abbr> system have joined in collaborative strategy sessions to align education program curricula and streamline degree pathways,” said Christine Beaule, UH<\/abbr> director of workforce development. “These efforts ultimately work to remove obstacles to program completion for students wishing to pursue teaching careers. Through collaborative, proactive problem solving, UH<\/abbr> is energized to support future and current educational professionals throughout their careers, and to closing the gaps in teaching workforce needs across our state.”<\/p>\n

In particular demand are teachers trained in special education, Hawaiian immersion, and placements within hard-to-staff locations, including rural areas. To address the targeted needs of school systems across the state and encourage retention, the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Board of Education has implemented salary differentials that incentivize teachers to fill positions with the most critical need.<\/p>\n

Teacher apprenticeships are part of a larger partnership between UH<\/abbr>, the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Education and the State Legislature to collaborate on innovative statewide programs and strategies to grow and support Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s teachers. Workforce development is also one of the UH<\/abbr> System Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a>\u2019s four imperatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> will be expanding a teacher apprenticeship program to Honolulu CC<\/abbr>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[204,62,947,603],"class_list":["post-207131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-education","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-uh-system","tag-workforce-development","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207131"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207142,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207131\/revisions\/207142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}