Community Teacher Equity Development (CTED) Program

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What is CTED?

The Community Teacher Equity Development (CTED) program partners with school districts and organizations to help paraprofessionals, substitute teachers, other school staff, parents and community members become certified teachers. This specialized program works to prepare culturally and equity-focused educators who:

  • effectively teach and reach K-12 students
  • engage and partner with parents
  • remain in local school communities and continue in the profession

How does CTED support Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers?

  • Creates safe spaces for Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers (TOCIT) to grow and foster competencies that address issues of inequity in their classrooms and schools
  • Offers psycho-socio-emotional supports tailored to the needs of TOCIT working in under-resourced schools
  • Cultivates coping and resilience strategies in the face of professional challenges and setbacks
  • Fosters communities of practice among novice TOCIT through responsive and tailored co-teaching and mentorship support

Who does CTED recruit?

The CTED Program recruits teachers of Color and Indigenous teachers who are committed to:

  • Equity practices and advancing educational justice for marginalized students
  • Work in under-resourced and under-staffed schools
  • Be alternatively certified through a Grow-Your- Own alternative route to teaching or a 15-month undergraduate residency program by the University of Houston College of Education

Greater Houston area teachers interested in applying to the CTED Program can contact: cted@cougarnet.uh.edu

Who does CTED recruit?

The CTED Program recruits teachers of Color and Indigenous teachers who are committed to:

  • Equity practices and advancing educational justice for marginalized students
  • Work in under-resourced and under-staffed schools
  • Be alternatively certified through a Grow-Your- Own alternative route to teaching or a 15-month undergraduate residency program by the University of Houston College of Education

Greater Houston area teachers interested in applying to the CTED Program can contact: cted@cougarnet.uh.edu

Who are CTED’s partners?