A Sioux Falls School District educator teaches students reading at Lowell Elementary during the 2024-2025 school year. (Courtesy of the Sioux Falls School District)
Fifteen more teachers graduated from South Dakota’s teacher apprenticeship program this month, the state Department of Education announced Monday.
The program, started in 2023, allows full-time paraprofessionals — sometimes called teacher’s aides — to pursue a teaching degree online through Dakota State University in elementary or special education, or through Northern State University in secondary education, at a steep discount while retaining their position…