Grow Your Own Educator Program
To address educator recruitment and retention issues in rural Montana and Indian Country, the Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education seeks applications to the Montana Grow Your Own Educator Program. This program will fund innovative post-secondary and K-12 partnerships to implement strategies that develop the pipeline of K-12 students entering the teaching profession with the intent to serve communities with acute educator shortages.
There will be an information session regarding the grant on Tuesday, July 1 at 11:00 am. Please contact Dr. Angela McLean at amclean@montana.edu for the link.
Applications will be due by Noon on Friday, July 18 to Angela McLean at amclean@montana.edu
We are grateful to Representative Thedis Crowe for sponsoring HB 499 and to Governor Gianforte who signed the bill on Friday, June 20, 2025, for making Grow Your Own Educator funding possible.
