MIAMI, FL – Obtain Miami’s Instructor Accelerator Program (TAP) is tackling South Florida’s instructor scarcity head-on by creating a transparent path to educating for school seniors and profession changers. Following its first yr on the College of Miami in 2023, the training nonprofit expanded to Florida Worldwide College and Miami-Dade School, making TAP accessible to varsity seniors and graduates with a four-year diploma. Now in its second yr, TAP has greater than tripled its affect: 151 individuals have efficiently graduated from this yr’s program and are making ready to show in public, non-public, and constitution faculty lecture rooms throughout Miami-Dade County as full-time academics for the 2024-25 faculty yr – up from 43 individuals throughout its first yr.
“Whereas Miami college students are performing higher than their friends in different main cities, studying gaps exist and the instructor scarcity is exacerbating the issue. A robust training system is important to making sure the viability of South Florida’s economic system over the long-term, and that begins with constructing a sturdy pipeline of academics. TAP would be the single largest supply of recent academics in Miami-Dade County this faculty yr, and we’re wanting to scale up our program in Florida and past,” stated Leslie Miller Saiontz, Founding father of Obtain Miami.
TAP is addressing a instructor scarcity that’s impacting communities in Florida and past. On the primary day of faculty for the 2023-24 faculty yr, there have been greater than 5,000 vacant educating positions in Florida, and lots of of 1000’s throughout the U.S. in accordance with Florida Training Affiliation’s (FEA) depend of vacancies.
Turning into a instructor by way of TAP is achievable in 4 attainable steps: individuals take TAP’s one-semester course, adopted by a six-week paid summer time internship, earn their educating certification, and are then employed by a Miami-Dade County public, non-public or constitution faculty and positioned in a classroom. This method ensures that new academics are well-prepared to make a right away affect within the classroom. The streamlined course of gives a transparent path to changing into a instructor, opening the eyes of many to the advantages of a profession in training.
“South Florida is filled with expertise, each at our native faculties and throughout the workforce, and we discover that many certified people are excited a couple of versatile and fulfilling profession in training,” stated Jasmine Calin-Micek, Senior Director of the Instructor Accelerator Program. “TAP’s success in Miami is proving that once you provide an onramp to educating, there’s no scarcity of demand.”
TAP is the primary initiative of its form in Florida, and Obtain Miami is at the moment in discussions with different universities considering increasing this system nationally. The launch of TAP is solely privately funded by way of funds raised by Obtain Miami, together with a portion of the greater than $2.6 million contributed by almost 500 donors through the Miami Basis’s 2023 Give Miami Day.
To be taught extra in regards to the Instructor Accelerator Program, or to take step one in direction of a satisfying profession in training, go to www.teacheraccelerator.org.
ABOUT THE TEACHER ACCELERATOR PROGRAM
Instructor Accelerator Program (TAP) is a non-profit group making a pipeline of expertise for the educating occupation by way of recruiting, making ready, and mentoring aspiring educators. TAP’s complete and streamlined program equips school college students and profession changers with the talents, information, and certification essential to excel within the classroom. TAP addresses the nationwide instructor scarcity disaster by offering a built-in path to educating, inspiring a brand new technology of educators.
TAP individuals take a one-semester course, adopted by a six-week paid summer time internship, earn a certificates to show, and start instructing in a Miami-Dade County public, non-public, or constitution faculty classroom. TAP is an initiative of Obtain Miami, supported by Educate for America Miami-Dade, and is obtainable by the College of Miami, Florida Worldwide College and Miami-Dade School. Study extra at www.teacheraccelerator.org.
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