The University of Rochester's Warner School of Education won a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide scholarships for aspiring and current teachers to serve students with significant disabilities.
The five-year federal grant will fund a new Warner School initiative, known as Preparing and Retaining Highly Qualified Educators of Students with Significant Disabilities -- Project PRESS. It will try to increase the number of teachers in the Rochester region qualified to work with students with significant disabilities, and give opportunities for meaningful work and college.
"Students with significant disabilities deserve highly qualified teachers and a quality education," said Julia M. White, principal investigator for Project PRESS, and director of the inclusive-special education program at Warner, in a school release. "With this grant, we will be able to prepare and retain more teachers who are committed to providing students with significant disabilities the quality education that they deserve, one that is deeply rooted in inclusive practice and social justice."
In the next five years, the project is expected to produce 32 special education teachers who will obtain the New York State Annotation for Teaching Students with Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities.
These 32 pre-service and in-service teachers will be able to enroll tuition free into these programs. In exchange, they each will commit to teaching students with disabilities for at least two years for every year the scholarship is received.
Even after they graduate, all participants will continue to receive ongoing professional development support for at least two years through monthly professional development seminars led by inclusion experts.
For more information, visit www.warner.rochester.edu/inclusion, or contact admissions at 585-275-3950 or by e-mail at admissions@warner.rochester.edu.
The five-year federal grant will fund a new Warner School initiative, known as Preparing and Retaining Highly Qualified Educators of Students with Significant Disabilities -- Project PRESS. It will try to increase the number of teachers in the Rochester region qualified to work with students with significant disabilities, and give opportunities for meaningful work and college.
"Students with significant disabilities deserve highly qualified teachers and a quality education," said Julia M. White, principal investigator for Project PRESS, and director of the inclusive-special education program at Warner, in a school release. "With this grant, we will be able to prepare and retain more teachers who are committed to providing students with significant disabilities the quality education that they deserve, one that is deeply rooted in inclusive practice and social justice."
In the next five years, the project is expected to produce 32 special education teachers who will obtain the New York State Annotation for Teaching Students with Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities.
These 32 pre-service and in-service teachers will be able to enroll tuition free into these programs. In exchange, they each will commit to teaching students with disabilities for at least two years for every year the scholarship is received.
Even after they graduate, all participants will continue to receive ongoing professional development support for at least two years through monthly professional development seminars led by inclusion experts.
For more information, visit www.warner.rochester.edu/inclusion, or contact admissions at 585-275-3950 or by e-mail at admissions@warner.rochester.edu.
The University of Rochester's Warner School of Education won a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to provide scholarships for aspiring and current teachers to serve students with significant disabilities.
The five-year federal grant will fund a new Warner School initiative, known as Preparing and Retaining Highly Qualified Educators of Students with Significant Disabilities -- Project PRESS. It will try to increase the number of teachers in the Rochester region qualified to work with students with significant disabilities, and give opportunities for meaningful work and college.
"Students with significant disabilities deserve highly qualified teachers and a quality education," said Julia M. White, principal investigator for Project PRESS, and director of the inclusive-special education program at Warner, in a school release. "With this grant, we will be able to prepare and retain more teachers who are committed to providing students with significant disabilities the quality education that they deserve, one that is deeply rooted in inclusive practice and social justice."
In the next five years, the project is expected to produce 32 special education teachers who will obtain the New York State Annotation for Teaching Students with Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities.
These 32 pre-service and in-service teachers will be able to enroll tuition free into these programs. In exchange, they each will commit to teaching students with disabilities for at least two years for every year the scholarship is received.
Even after they graduate, all participants will continue to receive ongoing professional development support for at least two years through monthly professional development seminars led by inclusion experts.
For more information, visit www.warner.rochester.edu/inclusion, or contact admissions at 585-275-3950 or by e-mail at admissions@warner.rochester.edu.
The five-year federal grant will fund a new Warner School initiative, known as Preparing and Retaining Highly Qualified Educators of Students with Significant Disabilities -- Project PRESS. It will try to increase the number of teachers in the Rochester region qualified to work with students with significant disabilities, and give opportunities for meaningful work and college.
"Students with significant disabilities deserve highly qualified teachers and a quality education," said Julia M. White, principal investigator for Project PRESS, and director of the inclusive-special education program at Warner, in a school release. "With this grant, we will be able to prepare and retain more teachers who are committed to providing students with significant disabilities the quality education that they deserve, one that is deeply rooted in inclusive practice and social justice."
In the next five years, the project is expected to produce 32 special education teachers who will obtain the New York State Annotation for Teaching Students with Severe and/or Multiple Disabilities.
These 32 pre-service and in-service teachers will be able to enroll tuition free into these programs. In exchange, they each will commit to teaching students with disabilities for at least two years for every year the scholarship is received.
Even after they graduate, all participants will continue to receive ongoing professional development support for at least two years through monthly professional development seminars led by inclusion experts.
For more information, visit www.warner.rochester.edu/inclusion, or contact admissions at 585-275-3950 or by e-mail at admissions@warner.rochester.edu.
