In Colorado, the high cost of a college degree and low teacher salaries are contributing to a teacher shortage, but Cherry Creek Schools thinks they have figured out a solution. A way to train the next generation of teachers.
They have created the Aspiring Educators Pathway Program, which is like a medical residency for teachers.
After aspiring teachers graduate from high school, they become apprentices, which means taking classes at the Community College of Aurora while working full time in a classroom. Eventually, they will become fully licensed teachers.
Sandra Brock, who goes by “Shay,” is one of the first apprentices in the year-old program. She said she started on the traditional university path but didn’t like it…