Tuesday, March 26th at 3pm EST

Join a conversation with Sharif El-Mekki (Founder, Center for Black Educator Development), Amanda Fernández (Founder, Latinos for Education), Dr. James Lane (CEO, PDK International and Educators Rising), and more panelists to be announced, on ways to recruit and retain teachers of color to ensure that more students see themselves represented by the teachers and leaders in their schools and classrooms. Panelists will discuss how recruitment mechanisms like Grow Your Own and apprenticeship programs can be leveraged to diversify the educator pipeline and help address the persistent racial mismatches between educators of color and students of color across the country. Panelists will also discuss how different workplace dynamics -- such as working conditions, pay, mentorship support, and more -- may impact the retention of educators of color, and how educators of color may be best supported to thrive in the classroom.

The conversation will be moderated by David Donaldson (Founder, National Center for Grow Your Own). This webinar is co-hosted by the National Center for Grow Your Own and Educators Rising. tion goes here

The National Center for Grow Your Own’s mission is to create a world where you can become a teacher for free and get paid to do so. In our work with state education agencies and school districts across the country, one of the biggest obstacles our partners face is having enough educator preparation providers who are high-quality and low cost. In an effort to help this work scale, we wanted to highlight educator preparation providers that are doing incredibly innovative work at an affordable cost to show what's possible. We will then have a second panel that will provide a national perspective of what their stakeholders are looking for from their EPP partners.

Panelists include: Prentice Chandler of Austin Peay State University; Sara DeLano of Dallas College; Jerri Haynes of Jackson State University; Kimberly Eckert of Reach University; Kathlene Campbell of the National Center for Teacher Residencies (NCTR); Tina Smith Bonahue of University of Florida; Valerie Sakimura of Deans for Impact; Allen Pratt of National Rural Education Association (NREA); Todd Berch of the Connecticut Department of Labor; Rosalyn Rice-Harris of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

Please attend this session if you are interested in learning the origin as well as nuts and bolts of a registered apprenticeship program for K-12 teachers. Registered apprenticeships are less than two years old for the teaching occupation and yet are already in 23 states as of September 2023. Come and learn from the lead author of the US Department of Labor application that established teacher apprenticeships (as well as principal apprenticeships) and founder of the National Center for Grow Your Own (NCGYO), David Donaldson. Attendees will also receive an update on the National Convening of Registered Apprenticeships in Teaching taking place January 25th & 26th, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas from Jimmy Adams of NASDTEC.

WomenLeadingEd in partnership with the National Center for Grow Your Own are co-hosting this webinar to discuss the benefits and needs of our nation to increase the amount of women serving as superintendents and potential pathways to consider that leverage "Grow Your Own" and registered apprenticeship models. We will be joined by Superintendent Lisa Coons of the Virginia Department of Education, Superintendent Kyla Johnson-Trammell of Oakland Unified School District in California, Dr. Julia Rafal Baer CEO and Founder of ILO Group and WomenLeadingEd as panelists and moderated by David Donaldson of the National Center for Grow Your Own. Panelists will discuss the state of the superintendency, their leadership journeys and a path forward to increase the percentage of women serving as superintendents at both the district and state level in our country.

The U.S. Department of Labor's July 10, 2023 approval of the principal occupation as eligible for registered apprenticeship came at the request of education leaders in North Dakota, National Center for Grow Your Own, Council of Chief State School Officers, NAESP, NASSP and multiple North Dakota stakeholders. This new designation, similar to the registered apprenticeships for teachers, allows for labor funding to be used to cover costs for your principal pipeline (i.e. tuition, books, fees, etc of earning a master's degree in school leadership). This webinar will feature state leadership from the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction as the first state in the nation to create a registered apprenticeship for K-12 principals. During this session, attendees will learn the who, what, when, where and why of registered apprenticeships for principals.

For states, districts, and educator preparation providers looking to launch registered apprenticeship programs for aspiring K-12 teachers, come and learn from state apprenticeship agency directors. These leaders will share how they have led registered apprenticeships in their states, how they are approaching the teacher registered apprenticeships, and the benefits of this work for employers and future apprentices. As the National Center for Grow Your Own works with almost 30 states, it is important to understand how to approach and engage your state's labor representatives to ensure a successful program registration, launch and implementation. Come and learn from state apprenticeship leaders from across the country, including Josh Laney of Alabama, David Polk of Wisconsin, and Kathleen Taylor of Florida.

The National Registered Apprenticeship in Teaching District Network launched in early 2023 as a direct result of the growth of the state network created by the National Center for Grow Your Own to expand the use of registered apprenticeships to address teacher shortages and grow the educator workforce. The network's strength is in its diversity of participants from suburban, urban and rural districts ranging in size from under 5,000 students to the largest district in the nation with NYC Public Schools. Come and learn from district network participants (Saginaw ISD in Michigan, Ector County ISD in Texas and Appoquinimink School District in Delaware) about how they are approaching registered apprenticeships in teaching in their districts, their engagement with the network, and what their future plans are for this work. Thanks to AASA and AESA for co-hosting this event.

Join National Center for Grow Your Own (NCGYO), Columbia University's Center for Public Research and Leadership (CPRL), and Connecticut State Departments of Education (CSDE) and Labor (CTDOL) to discuss innovations in educator certification policy and Grow Your Own and registered apprenticeship and preparation programming. NCGYO and CPRL will present an overview of the landscape of policy and programmatic innovations, followed by CSDE and CTDOL describing the changes they've already put in place, those they have planned, and the demonstrated and planned impact of the work to date and to come.

Join the conversation with CSDE Chief Talent Officer Dr. Shuana Tucker, CTDOL Apprenticeship Manager Todd Berch, NYGYO Founder and Managing Partner David Donaldson, and CPRL Executive Director Dr. Elizabeth Chu.

The United States Department of Labor recently announced the "National Apprenticeship System Enhancements," a series of proposed changes to the regulations governing registered apprenticeship. These proposed changes are currently in the status of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), with public comments accepted until March 18, 2024.

These guidelines will impact all registered apprenticeships programs, including K-12 Teacher and K-12 Principal Programs. Please join David Donaldson (Founder of the National Center for Grow Your Own), Todd Berch (State Apprenticeship Director of Connecticut), and Josh Laney (State Apprenticeship Director of Alabama), on March 6, 2024, at 12pm EST, to learn what these proposals would mean for educator registered apprenticeships and how to provide your feedback to the USDOL.

This webinar will be co-hosted by the National Center for Grow Your Own (NCGYO) and the National Association of State and Territorial Apprenticeship Directors (NASTAD).

Allyship is the active support of a person with social power for others without that power.

Despite comprising nearly 80% of the teaching force, women hold just 30% of top leadership jobs in the 500 largest districts. Men can and should play a big role as allies for women in K-12 education leadership. The allyship of men is critical to effectively address the gender gap in education leadership.

Women Leading Ed and the National Center for Grow Your Own will host a live digital dialogue with experienced male and female education leaders on the allyship of men in advancing solutions to the gender gap in education leadership. The dialogue will be moderated by Dr. Julia Rafal-Baer, CEO of Women Leading Ed. Panelists include David Donaldson (Founder of National Center for Grow Your Own), Dr. Christina Grant (State Superintendent, Office of the State Superintendent, D.C.), Dr. Thomas Taylor (Superintendent, Stafford County Public Schools), and Dr. Arsenio Romero (Secretary of the Public Education Department of New Mexico).