 (CHARLOTTE,
NC)--The
Tom Joyner Foundation has selected Johnson C. Smith University
as one of seven schools to receive a $100,000 grant to encourage
current minority teachers to complete their certification and
then teach minority children in urban and rural public schools.
“Johnson C. Smith University has had a long history of
producing quality teachers who leave here and make a tremendous
impact in the lives of children,” said Johnson C. Smith
President, Dr. Dorothy Cowser Yancy. “This new money will
definitely enable us to build on that by encouraging minority
teachers to complete their certification.”
The National Education Association is partnering with the Tom
Joyner Foundation to distribute the funds. NEA recommended that
Johnson C. Smith University be chosen as one of the seven
schools to receive the funding. JCSU is the Carolina’s only
university chosen to participate in the new minority teachers’
program. Other schools are located in Bowie, Md., Cheyney, Pa.,
Atlanta, Ga., St. Louis, Mo., Jackson, Miss., and Nashville,
Tenn.
“This partnership allows teachers residing in your area to
better prepare students enrolled in public schools and hopefully
encourage those students to attend JCSU upon graduation,” Tom
Joyner Foundation Director Barbara Dunn-Harrington said.
For more information about qualifications for the program,
contact Dr. Phyllis Dawkins, Dean of the College of Professional
Studies, at 704-378-1287 or
pdawkins@jcsu.edu
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