P-TEACH – St. Vrain Valley Schools

SVVSD hosts first unified robotics event

St. Vrain Valley’s special education department collaborated with the Innovation Center to host the district’s first unified robotics event Tuesday. The school district already offers unified music programs, unified physical education classes and unified sports. Tuesday’s event was an opportunity to make the district’s large robotics program more accessible, organizers said.
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SVVSD P-TEACH authorized as Teacher Apprenticeship Program

St. Vrain Valley Schools’ P-TEACH Program has received federal authorization as a PK-12 Teacher Apprenticeship Program, the district announced Thursday. The authorization will give students the opportunity to receive paid employment while they earn college credits, said Diane Lauer, the school district’s assistant superintendent of priority programs and academic support.
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Early education hopefuls have new opportunity through SVVSD grant

St. Vrain Valley School District’s Pathway to Teaching, or P-TEACH, program received a $100,000 grant from Early Milestones Colorado as part of the Early Childhood Workforce Innovation Grant. The grants were issued to support innovative changes in the early childcare industry after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a press release. SVVSD is one of six grantees
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SVVSD wins $100K grant to help more paraeducators get teaching degrees

Blanca Perez started working as a preschool paraeducator at Longmont’s Indian Peaks Elementary when her oldest son was in kindergarten and discovered a love for working with children. “I feel like they’re my own kids,” she said. She had an associate degree from Front Range Community College and always wanted to continue her education but
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P-TEACH Grads Return to Classroom as Apprentice Teachers

Just three months after finishing high school, some recent graduates are back in St. Vrain classrooms. Eight members of the inaugural class of the Pathways to Teaching (P-TEACH) program are working as apprentice teachers at Mountain View Elementary and Timberline PK-8. Apprentices are paraprofessional educators, who, under the direction of a classroom teacher, work to support student learning through a wide range of planning, instruction, and clerical duties.
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