As Minnesota gains its first Somali public school principals, an 海角社区 program is actively helping to increase East African educators here.
Located in聽Minneapolis鈥� largely Somali Cedar鈥揜iverside neighborhood, Augsburg’s East African Student to Teacher (EAST) program is committed to recruiting, retaining, and licensing highly qualified East African students who wish to become K-12 teachers. EAST covers聽tuition聽costs towards initial licensure.
鈥淚n a relatively short time, we鈥檝e been able to multiply the number of educators of East African descent in the state of Minnesota from a handful to a bit of a larger handful,鈥� EAST Program Director Audrey Lensmire told the Sahan Journal. Lensmire is an associate professor in the education department.
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