Richard Stockton College to teach military veterans to teach
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The bill's goal is to have the students graduate within
36 months or four academic years, certified and ready to teach.
Stockton currently offers a teacher education program but it is a
post-graduate program.
Kesselman said they are looking for qualified veterans who have
no or little college experience and want to teach either elementary
or middle school in high-demand areas such as math and science. He
said the veterans would get experience in urban schools with the
goal of having some graduates obtain jobs in urban schools where
they can also be role models for the students.
While the program will be open to all veterans, the program also
wants to recruit more men and minorities to work in elementary and
middle schools, where they are typically under-represented.
VETeach is being coordinated through the New Jersey Association
of State Colleges and Universities' Operation College Promise
program set up to assist veterans in attending college. The
veterans' education expenses would be covered by the Post 9/11 GI
Bill.
Source: Press of Atlantic City