LASO/PREP Program Allotment

The PREP Mentorship Program provides funding for school systems to implement high-quality beginning teacher mentorship programs. School systems receive $3,000 per beginning teacher mentored, for up to 40 beginning teachers per year. From that funding, the school system provides a minimum $1,000 annual stipend to each mentor teacher, trains required mentorship staff through the Texas Mentorship Training (TMT), and provides release time for mentoring activities.

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The PREP Grow Your Own (GYO) program supports school systems in developing future educators through two pathways:

1. An employee pathway for current staff members working towards a bachelor's degree and teacher certification
2. High school pathway that supports students in Education and Training CTE programs

Eligible employee participants must not already hold a bachelor's degree or teaching certificate and have up to three years to complete their degree and enroll in an accredited educator preparation program (EPP) while continuing to work in the school system.

Participating school systems are required to partner with at least one Texas-based bachelor's degree-conferring institution of higher education (IHE) approved by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) before PREP GYO implementation and confirmed as part of the annual Verification of Participation (VoP) process.

ESC Region 12 offers support to school districts and their EPP partners interested in developing a staffing model to support, sustain, and recruit aspiring teachers engaged in a year-long preservice residency certification pathway.

The PREP Preservice Residency Program funds school systems and their approved educator preparation program (EPP) partners to implement year-long, paid teacher residencies. Residents engage in deep clinical practice under the supervision of a trained host teacher and earn an enhanced standard teaching certificate. Each resident may generate between $24,000 and $39,500, depending on the high-needs and rural factor and the resident's certification area. $12,000 in funding is provided initially to cover resident and host teacher stipend costs and the remaining success-based upon the candidate attaining the enhanced standard certificate. 

Current Session:
For the PREP Preservice Residency program recipients, we are offering a two-day Design Session June 15 and July 2 for districts looking to create a plan for their teacher residents. 

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Expand your district's teacher pipeline through a paid teacher residency program! Partnered with an Educator Preparation Program and ESC Region 12, you'll create a customized pathway for residents who take on instructional duties while completing a year-long residency. This sustainable program allocates district resources to compensate residents while recruiting them to fill teacher vacancies with year-one-ready educators. 

Strategic Staffing Design and Implementation supports: 

• Districts receiving the LASO 4 Texas Strategic Staffing for paid teacher residency
• District looking to design a program to support teacher residents in the year long Preservice Residency Pathway via PREP allotment funding