(NMB) Governor Greg Gianforte and Department of labor and Industry Commissioner Sarah Swanson recently announced the State has received four million dollars in Federal grants to start the first Teacher apprentice program. Governor Gianforte explains.
“This four-million-dollar grant creates a teacher apprentice program to get more qualified people into the classroom. They’ll be paid for a full four-year duration of their classroom experience and upon completion, the apprentices, these teaching apprentices will become licensed k-12 educators.”
Apprentices will also complete higher education coursework during their time in the classroom. The State is working to complete the programs design. There are currently more that 800 open positions in school districts across the state.
