A local teacher starts her new role as a special education teacher after taking part in a new state program called ASSET. The program was launched to meet a growing need for teachers in special ed.
GREENWOOD — A Center Grove teacher and mom of three spends a late summer day packing up her classroom.
Painter is now married to her high school sweetheart who also happens to be a teacher in this building. Education inside walls of CGMSC is a family affair. "He has Autism and a specific learning disability," Painter said."And we have learned so much from him and through him." "It is inspiring for me and others when we see teachers that want to take a leap of faith and show some vulnerability and grow in a new way," Wiesmann said.
The first cohort was deemed successful with more than 100 participants statewide. The second cohort just started up, and has more than doubled in size with more than 200 educators taking part right now. "So we monitor very closely in Indiana what our need is, exactly where we need to triage. So we know that our most needed educator positions are in special education, for our English learner students, and in areas of STEM so science, technology, engineering and mathematics," Jenner said."Specifically the most recent data shows that we have about 1,400 positions open, teaching positions open throughout our state. And about 300 of those are specifically in special education.
Jenner says her office has been tapped by other state leaders to share more about this program and how it is working to meeting this need in Indiana.
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