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- EIN 20-4009920
- (502) 458-0830
- 907 Barret Ave Louisville KY 40204-2048 USA
- www.teachkentucky.com
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Causes: Education
Mission: For 16 years, teach kentucky has recruited college graduates possessing strong academic credentials and subject content knowledge to launch their education careers in the louisville, ky region. New recruits begin a masters of arts in teaching at a local university while earning a full-time salary in the classroom as a teacher of record. Many of our teachers work in high poverty schools, where the need for talented educations is the greatest. Teach kentucky is not only committed to recruiting bright young minds to the education profession, but to retaining them in it. Its program provides additional professional development of first and second year teachers, and a mentoring program run by retired educators and administrators.
Programs: Teach kentucky recruits individuals to launch their education careers in louisville, ky. It leverages financial incentives acquired through its strategic fundraising efforts to attract college graduates from across the nation. Since its inception, teach kentucky has recruited 234 individuals representing over 100 colleges and universities. Eighty-one percent of these individuals are from outside the state of kentucky. 188 of these individuals remain in the education profession either in kentucky or elsewhere. Of the 153 educators currently residing and working in kentucky, 71 percent of them work in high-poverty schools.
teach kentucky provides a seven-week teacher preparation program that complements graduate school courses in order to better equip its new recruits for the classroom and increase retention of its recruits in the profession long-term. This program is run by veteran educators who are alumni of the teach kentucky program. This structure aids in the formation of cross-generational relationships between program participants new and old, promoting knowledge-sharing, ongoing collaboration, and a strong foundation of support. Additionally, teach kentucky partners with local middle and high schools to provide realistic instructional classroom experiences with students prior to the first day of school. Veteran teachers observe new recruits and provide them with constructive feedback and modeling.
teach kentucky creates a tight-knit community of ongoing support to its recruits as they adjust to their new careers and new lives in louisville. In surveys administered to our educators, this aspect of the program positively differentiates teach kentucky the most from other teacher recruitment options. Teach kentucky considers these networks and support to be a crucial contributing factor to its 80 percent retention rate of individuals recruited through its program who remain in the education profession today.