The University of Nebraska–Lincoln's College of Education and Human Sciences is expanding its teacher apprenticeship program with Lincoln Public Schools and creating new partnerships to benefit 15 schools in Educational Service Units 5 and 6 through new funding from the Nebraska Department of Education's Grow Your Own Teacher Apprenticeship Program.
by Sydney Jensen
As a teacher, instructional leader, and a parent: I’m scared.
Anecdotally, each time over the past year a colleague shared they were Googling “jobs for former teachers,” weighing the financial implications of taking a leave of absence, or considering early retirement, the fear that we are heading toward a reckoning brewed with a bit more tenacity in the pit of my stomach.
Then, right here in Nebraska, NSEA released the results of their fall 2021 member survey. The results should have all of our stomachs doing backflips.
The following News Release is from the U.S. Department of Labor. Nebraska received $4.5 Million through the competitive State Apprenticeship Expansion Formula grants to expand the Nebraska Teacher Apprenticeship Program.
WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration is today making the largest combined federal investment in Registered Apprenticeships as the Department of Labor awards more than $244 million through two grant programs to help modernize, diversify and expand the Registered Apprenticeship system in growing U.S. industries.
EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING ACT FORGIVABLE LOANS – For Nebraska residents currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate teacher education program at an eligible Nebraska institution.
You may qualify for a grant while you are in school, or you may qualify for loan forgiveness while teaching depending upon the type of student loan you have. Because each federal student loan has very specific requirements and specifications, it is helpful to know the type of loan you received before visiting websites or talking to customer service representatives.