Last spring, Pennsylvania launched a program to pay student teachers, and the new budget from Governor Josh Shapiro proposes major increases in funding for that program.
As a supervisor of student teachers, I wish they could be given some financial support so they wouldn't have to try to juggle a part-time job on top of their coursework and their student teaching obligations. The students would have better student teachers if the student teachers were healthy and rested. And we'd attract more candidates to the profession. Not many can pay for post-graduate coursework easily!
As a supervisor of student teachers, I wish they could be given some financial support so they wouldn't have to try to juggle a part-time job on top of their coursework and their student teaching obligations. The students would have better student teachers if the student teachers were healthy and rested. And we'd attract more candidates to the profession. Not many can pay for post-graduate coursework easily!
Student teachers in MI get $9600 per semester-- and they also describe it as life-changing.