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Monday, October 18, 2004
MSU gets $2 million grant to help soldiers become teachers - Gail Schontzler, Bozeman Daily Chronicle
Montana State University received a $2.1 million federal grant Wednesday to expand training programs for soldiers who want new careers as school teachers. The money from the U.S. Department of Education will help 10 or more Western states create a network to make existing Troops-to-Teachers programs more successful. Last year, Troops-to-Teachers placed 945 former members of the armed forces in teaching jobs in the Western states. But within a few years, organizers said, they hope to expand that to as many as 3,000 soldiers a year.... Northern Plains participants take a year of condensed teacher-training classes over the Internet. The program then places them in classroom teaching jobs for a year, with provisional teaching certificates, but they continue to take Internet classes during that year. They also work with a mentor, to help get through the difficulties of the first year.
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