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The Maryland Grow Your Own (GYO) Educators Grant Program supports partnerships called collaboratives between local school systems, employee organizations, and Maryland institutions of higher education or approved alternative partnership models to develop sustainable, on-the-job teacher licensure pathways.
The program provides grants to local school systems to support school-based employees, including noncertified education support professionals and provisional teachers, who seek full teacher licensure while continuing to work in their schools. Teacher candidates receive financial support during preparation and commit to a three-year service pledge as full-time teachers in a high-needs school, grade level, or content area within the same local school system in which they are currently employed.
The Frederick GYO Collaborative Program members include Frederick County Public Schools (FCPS), the Frederick County Education Association (FCEA), the Frederick Association of School Support Employees (FASSE), and the following higher education partners:
Hood College
McDaniel College
Mount St. Mary's University
Program Options
The Frederick GYO Collaborative program has several pathways for current FCPS staff:
Hood College: Designed for FCPS support staff who already have a bachelor's degree, successful participants will earn their teacher licensure in one of three critical shortage areas: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, or Special Education. In addition, the Hood College program can also support conditionally licensed FCPS teachers earn their initial teacher licensure in one of the three critical shortage areas.
McDaniel College: Designed for FCPS support staff and current conditionally-licensed special education teachers who already have a bachelor's degree, successful participants will earn their teacher licensure in Special Education.
Mount St. Mary’s University: Designed for FCPS support staff who do not hold a bachelor's degree, successful participants will earn their bachelor’s degree and teacher licensure in one of three critical shortage areas: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, and/or Special Education.
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