My paper with @matthewakraft.com describing the variety of Grow Your Own teacher programs nationally is out in print in @erjournal-aera.bsky.social!

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We propose a classification scheme that suggests that we should refer to GYO programs by their target population &/or programming. E.g. a GYO HS teaching scholarship, a GYO teacher residency, a GYO para cert program.

While GYO programs have the potential to increase tchr diversity, reduce shortages, & improve tchr quality & retention, few GYO initiatives have program features aligned w/ these goals

However, few high school GYO initiatives directly lead to or provide support towards certification. Over 90% of GYOs targets adults require participants to become certified w/ 70% offering financial assistance towards cert

The most common type of GYO program encourages high school students to become teachers through coursework, extracurricular activities or teaching scholarships

We confirm prior findings that charter sch enrollment increases within dist racial & economic segregation. We find no AVERAGE fx of interdistrict enrollment on within dist seg. 4/12

We study interdistrict choice b/c of its direct potential to reduce btwn district seg. It lets students attend schs in other districts. In Michigan, over 10% of students use interdistrict choice. 3/12

Our findings show that GYO is a used as an umbrella term to describe very different teacher pipeline programs. To help create a more precise & common language around GYO programs we created a typology focused on target participants & programming 9/11

5. Few GYO initiatives have features aligned with increasing teacher diversity, alleviating shortages, & improving teacher quality. 8/11

4. Adult GYO initiatives have program features that are more aligned with increasing teacher supply than HS GYO initiatives.

A higher pct of adult GYO initiatives provide certification and/or cert. support 7/11

3. GYO initiatives target a variety of populations for participation.

HS students are the most prevalent target of GYO programs 6/11

2. GYO initiatives aim to expand the tchr pipeline but vary widely in their other stated purposes.

Outside of increasing teacher supply GYO share no common purpose.

What else do they have in common?

They recruit individuals who live work in or attend local sch district 5/11

1. GYO initiatives are prevalent throughout the U.S

Our systematic web-search uncovered 94 GYO initiatives across 40 states that together serve over 900 school districts in Spring 2022. It has grown since! 4/11

GYO programs recruit local community members to become teachers. They have emerged as a popular possible solution to declining interest in teaching, localized shortages, and the lack of teacher diversity. 2/11