EMORY, Va. (WJHL) — High school students and school employees in Southwest Virginia will now have the ability to make their way to the Emory & Henry College education department thanks to two new grants from the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE).
Both grants are part of a new Grow Your Own program, a model that looks to place more teachers in the classrooms.
The first grant focuses on paraprofessionals and employees in school systems looking to earn their education degrees, financially sponsored by VDOE.
“The Virginia Department of Education put out a grant process for how we can better equip paraprofessionals in the classrooms,” said Dr. Matt Frederick, vice president of admissions at Emory & Henry. “Teacher’s aids, classroom assistants that may already have their associate degree on how we can help them complete their undergraduate degree in teacher education.”
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