ABERDEEN, S.D., Oct. 2 -- Bemidji State University issued the following news release:
Left to Right: Cohort 1 students Angie Villela, Felipe Sanchez and Balmore Vivas discuss family and community involvement in K-6 classrooms. Submitted photo.
A rapidly growing professional education program at Bemidji State University is creating new opportunities for elementary-school paraprofessionals to quickly complete a bachelor's degree and become licensed classroom teachers.
Using an apprenticeship model that gives paraprofessionals credit for work they are already doing in Minnesota classrooms, BSU's field-based professional education program is addressing Minnesota's growing need for new teachers.
Dr. Lisa Krall, associate professor of profess...