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SCSDB receives $5,000 grant from Educator for a Day program | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg, S.C.
The South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind have received one of three $5,000 Educator for a Day grants from Walden University.
Educator for a Day is part of the National Education Association’s (NEA) American Education Week, which takes place Nov. 11-17. On Thursday, as part of Educator for a Day, the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind will host at least one aspiring educator who will shadow a teacher during the school day.
“The South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is the only specialized school in the state serving a full population of sensory disabled students. A stigma still exists that focuses on what our students can not do. We focus on what our students can do. Our students are wonderfully talented, funny, hard-working and also challenging,” said Linda T. Coon, a career specialist at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, who nominated the school.
“This grant will be used to continue building our Career PREP Center for students. Statistics tell us that disabled students face increased challenges as they leave school and enter the workforce in their communities. Career planning becomes part of their education as we connect what they are doing in the classroom today with plans they make for their own future,” Coon said.
Walden received more than 150 nominations from across the country between Sept. 15 to Oct. 22. Participants were required to submit short essay responses to questions about their profession, including the importance of involving the community in the education process, why their school should receive a Walden University Educator for a Day Grant and what their school would do with their grant if selected. Recipient schools were selected by a panel of judges familiar with the issues facing K–12 educators, including academics and administrators at Walden University.
The South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind have received one of three $5,000 Educator for a Day grants from Walden University.
Educator for a Day is part of the National Education Association’s (NEA) American Education Week, which takes place Nov. 11-17. On Thursday, as part of Educator for a Day, the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind will host at least one aspiring educator who will shadow a teacher during the school day.
“The South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind is the only specialized school in the state serving a full population of sensory disabled students. A stigma still exists that focuses on what our students can not do. We focus on what our students can do. Our students are wonderfully talented, funny, hard-working and also challenging,” said Linda T. Coon, a career specialist at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, who nominated the school.
“This grant will be used to continue building our Career PREP Center for students. Statistics tell us that disabled students face increased challenges as they leave school and enter the workforce in their communities. Career planning becomes part of their education as we connect what they are doing in the classroom today with plans they make for their own future,” Coon said.
Walden received more than 150 nominations from across the country between Sept. 15 to Oct. 22. Participants were required to submit short essay responses to questions about their profession, including the importance of involving the community in the education process, why their school should receive a Walden University Educator for a Day Grant and what their school would do with their grant if selected. Recipient schools were selected by a panel of judges familiar with the issues facing K–12 educators, including academics and administrators at Walden University.