UAA Awarded $2.5 Million for Project SOLSTICE Tribal Educator Apprenticeship Program

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We're proud to partner with the UAA School of Educationol of Education on Project SOLSTICE. 🎉 UAA was awarded $2.5 million from the U.S. Department of Education's FIPSE Rural Postsecondary and Economic Development program. ASCF is a partner on this work. Right now, the Aullaaġvik Tribal Educator Apprenticeship Program has 23 apprentices. They live and work in their home communities. They come from: • North Slope Borough School District • Northwest Arctic Borough School District • Lower Yukon School District • Kuspuk School District • Yupiit School District • Hooper Bay Charter School • Knik Charter and Benteh STEAM Learning Academy • Tulen Charter School / Kenaitze Tribe • Alutiingcut Child Care Center These new funds will give our apprentices academic tutoring for their university classes. They will also help apprentices prepare for the PRAXIS exams. Our apprentices are already teaching in their communities. This support helps them finish and stay. Thank you, UAA School of EducationWe look forward to working with you. Quyanaq! 🙏 Congratulations to our apprentices, too. #ProjectSOLSTICE #TribalEducatorApprenticeship #AlaskaNativeEducation #GrowYourOwn #RuralAlaska