Kansas State University’s College of Education has received a grant from the Kansas Board of Regents to support scholarships for online undergraduate students in urban and rural communities planning to become teachers. And today, TRUST Scholars have been selected for spring 2022 student teaching placements in rural and urban schools.
Project TRUST — Training Rural and Urban School Teachers — is a $160,000 grant designed to help place-bound students in targeted communities earn a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. It will provide 30 students with 12 credit hours of tuition support for their final semester. It supports a grow-your-own program model by allowing students to complete their degree requirements in their home communities while addressing specific teacher needs in hard-to-fill disciplines and underserved areas.
The college first offered this online bachelor’s degree in 2017 with eight students enrolled. Today, the number is 110, representing a greater than tenfold – or 1,275% – increase in enrollment.
In addition to working with teacher pathway programs at local school districts, Project TRUST coordinators will work closely with administrators at Kansas City Kansas Community College in Kansas City and Seward County Community College in Liberal.
We’ll soon share updates on placements and which school districts will host TRUST Scholars.
More details about the TRUST Scholars and the program are available at:
https://www.k-state.edu/media/newsreleases/2021-04/kbor-grant-teaching-scholarships.html