ISU receives state grant to support teacher education

Posted on April 13, 2023
The funds are part of the $3.37 million awarded in IBHE Early Childhood Faculty Preparation Grants. (Facebook/College of Education at Illinois State)

By WJBC Staff

NORMAL – Illinois State University was awarded a grant of more than $800,000 by the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) to support the ongoing education of early childhood teachers.

The funds are part of the $3.37 million awarded in IBHE Early Childhood Faculty Preparation Grants. At ISU, the funds will aid current early childhood teachers and professionals in obtaining a master’s degree in teaching and learning through a streamlined program that concentrates on preparing others to become teachers.

“The goal is to support talented early education teachers, so they can become higher education faculty,” said Professor Miranda Lin, who was the principal investigator on the ISU portion of the grant.

Lin noted that the more people who can become early childhood instructors in higher education, the more teachers the state will train.

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