Sentences with phrase «minorities in teaching careers»

He later served as a tenured professor of educational administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles, and was Director of the Future Teacher Institute and National Director of the Consortium for Minorities in Teaching Careers.

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In 2003, she was hired by Rhodes College in Memphis as a William Randolph Hearst teaching fellow, a 1 - year program that supports minority candidates interested in teaching careerIn 2003, she was hired by Rhodes College in Memphis as a William Randolph Hearst teaching fellow, a 1 - year program that supports minority candidates interested in teaching careerin Memphis as a William Randolph Hearst teaching fellow, a 1 - year program that supports minority candidates interested in teaching careerin teaching careers.

More than two - thirds of IRACDA graduates end up in academic careers, most of them at teaching - focused and minority - serving institutions.

The PennPORT program is intended to enhance research - oriented teaching at partner institutions, foster collaboration in research and teaching between the faculty at the University of Pennsylvania and that of partner minority - serving institutions, and encourage undergraduates to enter a career in biomedical research.

Additionally, given the severe and longstanding underrepresentation of minorities in the American professoriate, I want to mentor and prepare students from underrepresented backgrounds for careers in university - level teaching and research.

At many universities, the Pathways to Teaching Careers program, an initiative funded by the DeWitt Wallace - Reader's Digest Fund, recruits, selects, and trains uncertified school district personnel — primarily minorities already in the public schools.

In promoting the national TEACH campaign to encourage more minorities, especially males, to pursue careers in the classroom, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan noted that fewer than 2 percent of public school teachers are black or Hispanic men and that the need is greatest in elementary and middle schoolIn promoting the national TEACH campaign to encourage more minorities, especially males, to pursue careers in the classroom, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan noted that fewer than 2 percent of public school teachers are black or Hispanic men and that the need is greatest in elementary and middle schoolin the classroom, U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan noted that fewer than 2 percent of public school teachers are black or Hispanic men and that the need is greatest in elementary and middle schoolin elementary and middle schools.

An article on the National Education Association's website admitted this when describing reasons for the national shortage of teachers of color: «Salaries are low for teachers compared to salaries for other professionals, which lowers the prestige and social value of a career in teaching for many potential minority teachers.

In an effort to address the male minority teacher shortage, a new program offers teacher training to recent black and Latino male graduates with hopes that they will launch a teaching career in urban schoolIn an effort to address the male minority teacher shortage, a new program offers teacher training to recent black and Latino male graduates with hopes that they will launch a teaching career in urban schoolin urban schools.