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Campus: Office of the Chancellor -- March 23,
2001
13 Future Teachers Earn $20,000
Fellowships
Thirteen CSUS students are among the first 250 recipients
of the Governor's Teaching Fellowship, a new program to
recruit teachers for low-performing schools.
The merit-based program provides $20,000 to students who
agree to earn their teaching credential and teach in a
low-performing school for four years. It is part of an
overall effort by the state to recruit as many as 300,000
teachers over the next decade.
The program is administered by the CSU Chancellor's Office
and is intended to cover the students' education expenses
and cost of living while they complete a teaching credential
program. Gov. Gray Davis' budget earmarks $20 million to
fund a total of 1,000 fellowships by this fall.
"When I see these kids in low-performing schools, my heart
just goes out to them," says Aman Kang, one of the CSUS
recipients. "I want to help them see that success is
possible for them, too."
Kang, who lives in Davis, plans to teach social science in
high school. She is now a student-teacher at Florin High
School.
"This was something I wanted to do anyway," says Kristy
Smith, another CSUS recipient. "You go into teaching to make
an impact on students' lives, and these schools are where
you can do that the most."
Smith, a Sacramento resident, is student-teaching in a
sixth-grade classroom at Mariemont Elementary School.
In addition to Kang and Smith, CSUS students receiving
fellowship funding are: Chelsea Bowler, Christine Carter,
Kellie Fisher, Judi Romanini, Lai Lee, Jennifer Shargel,
Gregory Sloan, Jennifer Sparks, Yee Vang, Jed Larsen and
Maribell Arellano.
More information is
available by contacting the CSUS public affairs office at (916)
278-6156.
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