HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 28, 2022) – The state will soon be accepting applications for scholarships for future teachers and stipends for full-time student teachers.
Applications will open on Monday for the MI Future Educator Fellowships and MI Future Educator Stipend. The programs were created and funded in the education budget signed by Governor Whitmer earlier this year. It is part of the state’s effort to hire and train more qualified teachers. As part of the MI Future Educator Fellowships, up to 2,500 aspiring teachers will be awarded $10,000 in scholarships to help lower the cost of higher education.
Former Holland School Superintendent Dr. Brian Davis, now the Associate Executive Director of Professional Learning with the Michigan Association of Superintendents and Administrators, was part of a panel discussion held at Hope College on Thursday night titled “Responding to the Teacher Shortage.”
Davis says that teacher retirements have increased statewide by 44 percent over the past two years.
-Dan Evans contributed to this report
