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Kenneth C. Griffin Donates $2 Million to Nonprofit Achieve Miami’s Teacher Accelerator Program to Strengthen South Florida’s Teacher Pipeline

Miami – Achieve Miami, a nonprofit dedicated to equalizing educational opportunities for students throughout Miami-Dade County, has received $2.4 million from multiple philanthropic organizations and ...

Achieve Miami’s Teacher Accelerator Program Expands to Miami-Dade College and Florida International University

TAP, now in its second year, offers college students and career changers with a four-year degree a path to a profession in education. Read the ...

UM introduces TAP program to combat the national teacher shortage

More than 200 classrooms in Miami Dade County Public Schools began the 2022-23 academic school year without an assigned teacher. The University of Miami, in ...

University of Miami Tackles Florida Teacher Shortage with Fast-Tracked Credentials

At a time when K-12 teachers are needed desperately, it’s important to be a door opener rather than a gatekeeper. That’s the mindset that led ...

Nuevo programa permite a estudiantes prepararse como docentes en Miami-Dade

La directora de la organización “Achieve Miami” Claudia Bojórquez, dice que los estudiantes tendrán la opción de tomar un curso durante el verano para prepararse ...

Achieve Miami taking a lead to help solve public schools’ damaging teacher shortage

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Teacher Program at UM Helps Staff Miami-Dade Public Schools

A teacher shortage plaguing the nation and South Florida continues to spiral, as thousands of teacher vacancies are being reported across the state. The University ...

UM and Achieve Miami Launch Program to Address Teacher Shortage

The initiative guarantees a teaching position in Miami-Dade County Public Schools for graduates. The University of Miami partnered with Achieve Miami to launch the Teacher ...

Ken Griffin Backs Miami Effort to Ease Teacher Shortage

The Citadel founder is donating $3.5 million to the Teacher Accelerator Program, which offers college seniors a path to a classroom job in Miami-Dade County. Click Here ...

Become a teacher in a few months? Here’s a solution to the K-12 teaching crisis from UM

Although the COVID pandemic didn’t trigger the K-12 teacher shortage in the United States, it definitely exacerbated the issue. The University of Miami, working with ...

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