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Tennessee Grow Your Own Center Presents at the ERA Intermediary’s First 2025 Information Session

On Jan. 22, the Tennessee Grow Your Own Center shared insights on expanding teacher apprenticeships in rural communities during the Educator Registered Apprenticeship Intermediary’s first information session of 2025. The event highlighted how teacher apprenticeships serve as a critical strategy in addressing teacher pipeline challenges and ensuring every student has access to well-prepared educators. The center … Continued

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Tennessee Grow Your Own Center Hosts Advancing Apprenticeship Conferences

The Tennessee Grow Your Own Center hosted three Advancing Apprenticeship Conferences in fall 2024. These first-of-their-kind regional events provided an opportunity for collaboration among school districts, colleges, universities, workforce boards and state agencies to advance educator apprenticeship programs. The conferences were hosted in three locations to ensure broad participation. The middle Tennessee convening took place … Continued

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Kate Hall Promoted to Director of the Tennessee Grow Your Own Center

Kate Hall has been promoted to director of the Tennessee Grow Your Own Center. Since joining the center in 2022, Hall has played a vital role in advancing its mission to end teacher shortages in Tennessee. She began as a regional manager before serving as associate director, consistently demonstrating her leadership, expertise and commitment to … Continued

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Best of Both Worlds: Teacher Apprenticeship Degrees

In the United States, people often feel like they need to choose between pursuing a conventional four-year college degree or working, leaving millions of people with no opportunity to achieve the professional and economic advancement that comes with a bachelor’s degree.  What if this is a false choice? Apprenticeship Degrees offer a hybrid option where … Continued

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Tennessee Grow Your Own Center Unveils Strategic Plan to Strengthen K-12 Education

KNOXVILLE — The Tennessee Grow Your Own Center has officially launched its new strategic plan, “Tennessee Grown: Developing Educators for Tomorrow’s Classroom.” This comprehensive plan, developed over the course of a year with input from over 300 stakeholders, outlines key goals and strategies aimed at expanding educator pipelines, fostering partnerships and addressing the state’s workforce … Continued

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Tennessee Grow Your Own Center to Launch Centralized, Cloud-Based Platform for Teacher Apprenticeships 

The Tennessee Grow Your Own Center has announced the upcoming launch of BuildWithin, a centralized, cloud-based platform designed to enhance and track on-the-job learning and streamline workforce development for teacher apprenticeships.  BuildWithin offers a comprehensive suite of features tailored to teacher apprentices enrolled at four-year universities, as well as the educator preparation providers, school districts … Continued

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