The 2-year funding will increase the nonprofit’s efforts to deal with South Florida’s instructor scarcity and strengthen the native training workforce.
Obtain Miami, a nonprofit devoted to equalizing instructional alternatives for college students all through Miami-Dade County, proudly publicizes a two-year, $500,000 grant from the Helios Schooling Basis to help its Trainer Accelerator Program (TAP), a groundbreaking initiative addressing the area’s crucial instructor scarcity.
Launched in 2023, TAP recruits, prepares, and mentors aspiring educators – together with faculty college students and profession changers – equipping them with the abilities, coaching and mentorship wanted to succeed as a instructor in Miami-Dade. This system presents a one-semester course adopted by a six-week paid internship, creating a transparent and accessible path to certification and turning into a full-time instructor in a public, non-public or constitution college.
Since its launch, TAP has recruited and skilled over 200 educators. At the moment, with help from Helios Schooling Basis, TAP has an extra cohort of 200 enthusiastic individuals who’re able to enter TAP’s summer time coaching. TAP is at present provided on the College of Miami, Florida Worldwide College, and Miami Dade School with plans to increase to further universities later this yr.
“We’re thrilled to collaborate with Helios Schooling Basis, as they’ve been integral to the planning, implementation, and the success of our Trainer Accelerator Program,” mentioned Leslie Miller Saiontz, founding father of Obtain Miami. “This extra funding will permit us to increase our attain, strengthen our mannequin, and develop our pipeline of instructing expertise in South Florida.”
The Helios grant will assist increase TAP’s capability and deepen its group partnerships whereas supporting a extra data-informed, scalable workforce growth mannequin – making certain much more certified educators enter native lecture rooms. This contribution builds on Helios’ longstanding dedication to strengthening the training pipeline in Florida. Via this funding, Helios is deepening its five-year partnership with Obtain Miami to help college students and deal with the area’s crucial instructor scarcity.
“Each scholar deserves a terrific instructor, and the Trainer Accelerator Program is offering a strong answer to the instructor scarcity in South Florida,” added Paul J. Luna, President and CEO of Helios Schooling Basis. “We’re proud to associate with Obtain Miami to help this initiative and guarantee extra college students have entry to high-quality educators that may encourage their future development and success.”
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ABOUT ACHIEVE MIAMI
Obtain Miami is a nonprofit group that’s devoted to fostering a transformational training ecosystem in Miami. Since its founding in 2015, the group has supported over 10,000 Okay-12 college students, bolstered programming for 60+ native faculties, and engaged 1000’s of volunteers. Along with companions from the private and non-private sector, Obtain Miami designs and manages applications that carry collectively members from varied components of the group to increase studying alternatives for college students, academics, and group leaders. Be taught extra at www.achievemiami.org.
ABOUT THE TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM
Trainer Accelerator Program (TAP) is a non-profit group making a pipeline of expertise for the instructing occupation by way of recruiting, getting ready, and mentoring aspiring educators. TAP’s complete and streamlined program equips faculty college students and profession changers with the abilities, information, and certification essential to excel within the classroom. TAP addresses the nationwide instructor scarcity disaster by offering a built-in path to instructing, inspiring a brand new technology of educators.
TAP individuals take a one-semester course, adopted by a six-week paid summer time internship, earn a certificates to show, and start instructing in a Miami-Dade County public, non-public, or constitution college classroom. TAP is an initiative of Obtain Miami, supported by Educate for America Miami-Dade, and is obtainable by the College of Miami, Florida Worldwide College and Miami-Dade School. Be taught extra at www.teacheraccelerator.org.
ABOUT HELIOS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Helios Schooling Basis exists to help postsecondary attainment for all college students, with a deal with low-income and traditionally underrepresented communities, in Arizona and Florida. For greater than 20 years, and pushed by our elementary beliefs of group, fairness, funding, and partnership, Helios has invested greater than $350 million in partnerships and initiatives targeted on bettering third-grade studying, college-going, and postsecondary attainment within the two states we serve. Be taught extra at helios.org.
