Kansas’ State Department of Education kicked off a pilot program Tuesday morning meant to provide aspiring teachers with an alternative path to their career. The Kansas Registered Teacher Apprenticeship program allows students to get four years of full-time paid employment as educators while pursuing their degree in education. “If you can learn on the job, you have an opportunity to see the entire breadth of the education world, and you also have an opportunity to figure out if you really love this profession, because if you don’t, then there are other places you can get a job,” said Kara Belew, a U.S. history and government teacher at Andover Central High School and Kansas Teacher of the Year finalist. “This is for people who already know they love education, and they just need an extra help and an extra hand to get going.”
Source: Local News | Wichita Eagle
