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College awarded grant for education department

MARIETTA – The Education Department at Marietta College has been awarded a $223,000 incentive grant from the Ohio Deans Compact on Exceptional Children.

The funding will support the redesign of the Early Childhood and Intervention Specialist programs through the adaptation of a merged and blended dual licensure teacher preparation model.

“In addition to supporting course and program development for the dual early childhood – intervention specialist teaching license, this grant will enable Marietta to strengthen and expand upon our current clinical practice partnerships with area schools,” said Dottie Erb, professor and chairman of the department.

“Funds will be used to provide opportunities for joint professional development for mentor teachers and education faculty and instructional resources and technology to enhance work with teacher education students.

Additionally, grant funds will assist us in developing recruitment materials designed to attract top teacher candidates. We are excited about this opportunity to further ensure that our teacher education graduates have the expertise to address the diverse needs of children in their classrooms.”

Eight Ohio institutions of higher education were awarded grants to support substantial restructuring and redesign of existing teacher or principal preparation programs. The compact prepares future educators to more effectively meet the instructional needs of all students, including those identified as students with a disability and other traditionally marginalized groups of learners.

Marietta College prepares teachers in early childhood education, mild to moderate intervention specialist, middle childhood education, and the adolescent young adult fields of English language arts, social studies, mathematics, biology, chemistry, and physics.

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