Date: Tuesday, June 11
Time: 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. (Pacific) / 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m. (Eastern)
To address persistent and often hard to fill teacher shortages, practitioners and policymakers are looking for innovative strategies to recruit and retain a well-prepared and diverse teacher workforce.
Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Programs (R-TAPs) are endorsed by the United States Departments of Education and Labor as a viable solution for recruiting and retaining teachers. As more organizations look to R-TAPs to address teacher shortages and diversify the teacher workforce, understanding how to finance R-TAPs is becoming increasingly important, particularly in light of fiscal challenges in a post-ESSERs environment.
Join WestEd team members, along with our partners in the Educator Registered Apprenticeship (ERA) Intermediary led by educational and workforce experts at RTI International, Gateway Education Partners, New America, and TEACHMEducation for a virtual learning session on June 11, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. (Pacific).
In this webinar, you will learn about how four well-established programs have funded their R-TAP programs. Our presenters include program leaders from Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, and Tennessee. They will be available during the webinar to answer questions participants have about funding strategies and approaches.
Who Will Benefit
- College Administrators
- College Faculty
- District Administrators
- State and Local Education Agency Administrators
- Policymakers
- Teacher Educators
Presenters
Erica Mallett Moore is an accomplished researcher and evaluator at WestEd, with over a decade of expertise in educational policy and implementation. Her work is dedicated to designing and implementing research that informs high-impact policies and practices, with a particular focus on equitable resource allocation and school finance. Erica is a mixed methods researcher and is passionate about improving equitable access to school funding and district resources. For the Department of Labor’s Educator Registered Apprenticeship (ERA) Intermediary, she led efforts to research program financial models.
WestEd Senior Policy Advisor Dr. Melissa Rasberry is a seasoned technical assistance provider with 25+ years of experience supporting educators and schools. She manages webinar content development and facilitation for the ERA Intermediary, utilizing best practices in adult learning principles to ensure high-quality virtual learning experiences. Melissa’s areas of expertise extend across the educator career continuum, from preparation and mentoring to compensation and leadership cultivation.