Based on the progress made by the pilot, the fund eventually expanded to operate at 42 colleges and universities in four program clusters—independent programs, South programs, Northeast and Midwest programs, and the Peace Corps Fellows program.19 Clewell and Villegas’s evaluation of the Pathways model focused on 27 program sites ded- icated to the recruitment and preparation of paraprofessionals a. [...] Preparation and retention struc- critical orientations to teaching tures that help to ensure the community teachers’ and learning prepare aspiring success include the redesign of the course sequence community teachers to read the to accommodate full-time work in schools; financial world in inquisitive ways, and support for tuition, insurance, and books; stipends reflect on the role of education fo. [...] At the federal level, the 2021 Build Back Better Act contained explicit provisions for the Department of Education to award grants for the development of GYO programs with commitments to “address shortages of teachers in high-need subjects, fields, schools and geographic areas, or shortages of school leaders in high-need schools, and to increase the diversity of qualified individuals entering the. [...] More research is needed to understand the long-term impact of the model, including the program’s processes for en- gaging community in the design, implementation, and refinement of the model; long-term outcomes related to the community teachers’ impact on student learning; and the extent of their tenure in schools beyond three years. [...] This is because part of the answer lies in the commitment and ability of these programs to be 17 of 25 guided by equity and justice values that not only shift their structures and practices related to selection, recruitment, and preparation, but also the power dynamics between institu- tions of higher education and communities.
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