BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Ferris State University (FSU) is teaming up with Rockford High School in Kent County to address Michigan’s K-12 educator shortage.
Grants from the Michigan Department of Education’s “Grow Your Own” program will allow paraprofessionals at Rockford High School to earn their teaching degree at FSU at no cost.
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More than 50 paraprofessionals from Rockford are now on their way to a teaching degree.
But the help doesn’t stop once the students receive their degrees. FSU will also help the newly certified teachers secure jobs after graduating from the program.
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