Deadline Approaching to Participate in Adopt-A-Classroom

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The deadline for University of Arkansas faculty, staff and graduate students to apply for the Adopt-A-Classroom program is Friday, Sept. 20.

Employees in all academic programs will partner with local public schools through the program offered by the Education Renewal Zone in the College of Education and Health Professions. Participants will be matched with a K-12 teacher in one of 23 partner schools. These are schools in rural areas or schools that serve populations typically underrepresented in higher education. The purpose of the program is to allow K-12 teachers to see best practices and up-to-date content knowledge modeled in their classrooms by university faculty and staff.

Training sessions are set for the week of Sept. 23. For more information, complete the interest form available online or contact Elizabeth Smith, director of the Education Renewal Zone, at 575-3641 or ees05@uark.edu.

There are several options for participants that range from a commitment to teach in a local school three times during a semester to up to eight times during a school year.

The program offers service-minded faculty and staff members the chance to have a positive impact on students and teachers, Smith said, and the visits also could serve as recruitment or research opportunities.