The University of South Florida Foundation has received more than $250,000 from the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation to provide full scholarships to 14 K-12 teachers from the Sarasota and Manatee school districts who are beginning graduate work in educational leadership at the College of Education at USF Sarasota-Manatee.
The pilot project, known as Project T2L3: Transforming Teaching and Learning Locally through Leadership, is designed to equip promising teachers in the two districts to serve as teacher-leaders and administrators capable of supporting the needs of their students, especially those with special learning needs.
Teachers who complete the five-semester, 36-credit-hour program will earn a master’s degree in educational leadership and a graduate certificate in exceptional student education, said Brianne Reck, an associate professor in the College of Education. The cohort includes eight teachers from Sarasota County and seven from Manatee County who were selected by their districts and the College of Education.