High Point University receives over $20M to train teachers and principals
Taylor Keys, left, is pictured with a student from Montlieu Academy of Technology in High Point University’s Stout School of Education during one of many events when HPU education majors partner with local elementary schools to support their students. Photo courtesy HPU.
High Point University has received grants totaling over $20 million to help train the next generation of teachers and principals.
HPU’s Stout School of Education has been awarded a Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant, which will provide over $10 million to develop skills for current principals and office leaders.
According to a news release, High Point University is one of only six schools in the country, and the only one in North Carolina, to receive a SEED grant.
Stout School of Education Dean Amy Holcombe says the money will help fund an executive education program for senior-level officials in 18 partner school districts, opening a path to a doctoral degree in educational leadership.
Participating school districts include Guilford, Stokes, Surry, Rockingham, and Winston-Salem/Forsyth.
In September, the U.S. Department of Education awarded the university a five-year, $10 million grant to fund several graduate programs for teachers and principals. It’s the second Teacher Quality Partnership grant HPU has received.
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