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https://www.facebook.com/fsueducationFlorida State University’s College of Education seeks to dramatically improve the K-12 education environment in Florida. The state faces a serious teacher shortage, driven by lack of interest from future professionals and low teacher pay. Additionally, the College of Education faced recruitment challenges in 2019 and had seen decreased enrollment over the prior decade.
To combat these issues, the College of Education launched Project ElevatED, which sought to recruit, train, and retain the next generation of education professionals. Enhanced education policy advocacy, theme-based development approaches, and attentiveness to future education professional needs led to significant increases in teacher salaries across Florida, enhanced endowed student scholarships, and academic program expansion (6 new graduate programs, 3 graduate certificates, 6 combined bachelor’s/master’s programs, and new professional development programs). This momentum generated additional investments that resulted in enhanced recognition of education professionals state-wide, 25 new faculty and graduate assistant lines, and new/renovated facilities. A new laboratory school will open in August of 2023 to join two existing laboratory schools.
Since Florida residents comprise 82% of FSU’s undergraduate population, Project ElevatED’s goal to ensure the favorite teacher/coach/principal/counselor of every K-12 student in Florida is an FSU graduate expands the pipeline of K-12 students who desire to attend FSU in the future, thereby supporting the missions of other academic colleges at the university (prompting the slogan, “When we ElevatED, we elevate FSU!”). To date, 7 other universities have joined Project ElevatED as affiliates, setting the stage for a national scaling of the initiative.
