CSUN Receives Federal Grant Money to Train New Teachers
Cal State Northridge has been awarded a government grant for a new program to prepare teachers for the urban classroom.
The $1,198,921 grant for the Integrated Teacher Education Program was one of eight given by the U.S. Department of Education to help train teachers for the modern classroom.
For the program, CSUN hopes to attract high school graduates and community college transfer students from underrepresented communities who want to get their bachelor’s degree and teaching credentials.
“We’re especially excited about the scholarship component within the grant that allows us to provide students with financial support so they can in fact participate in a program that requires them to be full-time students,” said Arlinda Eaton, associate dean of CSUN’s College of Education and one of the program’s coordinators, in a statement.
CSUN will work with the Los Angeles Unified School District in developing the program that will include team-teaching and field experiences, with emphasis on diversity and the literacy needs of urban children.
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