Some Resources for Advocates

The following documents are here in PDF format:

• An Overview of the Grow Your Own Program
• A Profile of the first new class of candidates under the program
• A Case Statement for the program showing how it is grounded in recent research.
• A list of the Current Funded Consortia
• A projection of the need for program growth to reach the legislated target of 1000 new teachers
• The most recent version of the enabling legislation
• Testimony to the ISBE budget hearings by Anne Hallet, November 2006