UA News: Teachers Will Expand With New Federal, State Funding

Sept. 22, 2021

A basket of corn with the Education building in the background

Sara Mae Williams almost didn't pursue a teaching degree.

The Indigenous Teacher Education Program, or ITEP, will now be able to provide an academic home to many more Indigenous teacher candidates thanks to $2.4 million in new funding to recruit and prepare Indigenous future teachers around Arizona. The program has received $1 million from the Arizona Department of Education and $1.4 million from the U.S. Department of Education's Indian Education Professional Development program.

UArizona Program for Indigenous Teachers Will Expand With New Federal, State Funding