Do you believe every young person deserves an education led by committed, highly-qualified teachers? If so, ask yourself this: Would I consider becoming one of those teachers? Could I demonstrate my own commitment by relocating to a high-need South Dakota school district?
The purpose of Dakota ASSETS is to recruit, prepare, certify, support, and retain candidates to fill teaching positions in high need schools in South Dakota. Scholarships are available to qualified candidates to help pay for tuition, transportation, childcare, and living needs.
Dakota ASSETS is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered by Technology and Innovation in Education (TIE), a division of Black Hills Special Services Cooperative. TIE works in partnership with the South Dakota Department of Education, Black Hills State University, South Dakota Teach for America, Sinte Gleska University, Oglala Lakota College, and area school districts to help fill a critical need for great teachers in high need schools in South Dakota . Dakota ASSETS supports these four partnerships:
To learn more about…
…a secondary fast-track teaching
certification program, click on Project
Select
…elementary teaching certification
programs, click on Elementary PDS,
Sinte Gleska, or Oglala Lakota
…an online SPED endorsement, click on SPED Endorsement
…SD Teach for America, click on Teach for America
To learn more, contact Dakota ASSETS leaders Doug Rowe or Maggie Austin at TIE (394-187) or drowe@tie.net or maggie@tie.net) or click on the links to learn about each of the four programs.