QUESTION
How many high schools currently offer programs for students interested in becoming teachers, and what are the plans for expansion?
2:18:50
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The Department of Education is planning to expand the number of high schools offering programs for students interested in becoming teachers as part of the Future Ready NYC initiative.
- The exact number of high schools currently offering these programs will be provided later.
- Future Ready NYC includes education among its main pathways, alongside healthcare, technology, and finance and business.
- The aim is to prepare students with the coursework, early college coursework, and internships needed for teaching careers.
- Expanding opportunities for high school students to tutor and teach younger students is a key focus.
- The overarching goal is to utilize students' interest in teaching, ensuring they are well-prepared for such careers.
Rita C. Joseph
2:18:50
So how many high school currently offer programs for students who are interested in becoming teachers?
Dan Weisberg
2:18:57
I I will get you that number chair.
2:18:58
One one thing.
2:18:59
I'm I'm glad you raised that because as you know, we have instituted our pathways program.
2:19:04
We have I'm on brand here.
2:19:06
Future Ready, New York City is my what it says, I'm on water bottle.
2:19:10
1 of the pathways along with health care, along with technology, along with finance and business is education.
2:19:18
So whatever number there is now will get you that number.
2:19:21
We are ramping that up.
2:19:23
So our greatest resources, our own students.
2:19:26
So we gotta get them not just interested because a lot of them are interested in teaching.
2:19:30
You know that.
2:19:31
Even the little ones touch will tell you that they wanna become a teacher when they get older, but are they prepared?
2:19:37
Do they have the coursework?
2:19:38
Do they have the early college coursework?
2:19:40
Do they have the internships?
2:19:42
So how many of our high school kids should be tutoring and teaching the younger kids.
2:19:47
There are some happening now, but we wanna expand that.
2:19:49
That's one of our main pathways that we're focused
Rita C. Joseph
2:19:52
And we also have to let teachers teach.
2:19:54
We boggled them down with so many things, so let teachers teach.