'Troops to Teachers' at SRU receives grant
A Slippery Rock University program that helps veterans pursuing a career in teaching has received a $1.6 million federal grant and a five-year extension thanks to the state Department of Education.
The program, Troops to Teachers, is managed by the Department of Defense's Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support. SRU initially received a grant of more than $272,000 to establish and fund the first year of the program, which will offer accelerated training toward teacher certification for veterans with a bachelor's degree in secondary STEM and world languages.
SRU will partner with Pittsburgh Public Schools on the student-teacher residencies, said Keith Dills, dean of the university's College of Education, in a news release.
The school said there are currently 30 veterans who have either shown interest or are enrolled for the program's first year, which is the 2018-19 school year.
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