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Denise Runge

39:26 - 40:13

"UAA has an apprenticeship program in early childhood education, and the way that that works is throughout Alaska primarily in rural and small areas, anyone who is employed in any capacity within the school can apply for the apprenticeship, and then they start taking online classes through UAA. Their on-the-job training happens inside the school that they're already employed in, and eventually they become a licensed teacher."

“UAA has an apprenticeship program in early childhood education, and the way that that works is throughout Alaska primarily in rural and small areas, anyone who is employed in any capacity within the school can apply for the apprenticeship, and then they start taking online classes through UAA. Their on-the-job training happens inside the school that they're already employed in, and eventually they become a licensed teacher.”
Speaker
Denise Runge
Community
Alaska News
Location
Anchorage

From the transcript

Certainly I could start, and I would also encourage Vice Chancellor Dodson to help me out here because I think we both have a part in this. But I can give one example that's really, really salient right now. It may not sound like workforce, but bear with me. UAA has an apprenticeship program in early childhood education, and the way that that works is throughout Alaska primarily in rural and small areas, anyone who is employed in any capacity within the school can apply for the apprenticeship, and then they start taking online classes through UAA. Their on-the-job training happens inside the school that they're already employed in, and eventually they become a licensed teacher.

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