INDIANAPOLIS — Thirteen grants totaling $9,609,702 were awarded to organizations and colleges to support programs that recruit, prepare, place and retain educators in schools with teacher shortages in science, technology, engineering and math subject areas, the Indiana Commission for Higher Education announced today. This is the second round of grants awarded through the S.T.E.M. Teacher Recruitment Fund, which was created by the Indiana General Assembly in 2013.
The projects funded through this round of the grant include teacher training in S.T.E.M. subjects, dual credit teacher credentialing, mentoring programs, and programs aiming to retain great teachers.
* Program received S.T.E.M. Teacher Recruitment Fund award in 2014.
Read more about each of the programs selected here.
Programs that received grant awards demonstrated strong potential to increase the numbers of teachers properly trained and credentialed to teach S.T.E.M. subjects in Indiana public K-12 schools. Teachers who receive support through these grants are required to work in eligible Indiana public schools.
Winning programs were selected by a committee of K-12, higher education and workforce stakeholders.
Learn more about the STEM Teacher Recruitment Fund awards here.