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Teacher Cadets
Another Region 9 impact is the implementation of the 2nd CTE program for our Region 9 member schools. The Teacher Cadet program is making an impact in multiple ways. It influences students in our member districts towards a teaching career which ultimately affects the teacher shortage we are faced with in NM. It provides those students that are already working in the school as a teacher aide or office aide to collect college credit for the time they are filling that role. Under the coordination of April Blackwell-Frost, students are enrolled in dual credit classes through ENMU-Ruidoso and get college credit to follow a curriculum designed by the University of South Carolina. This is a grant through the College and Career Readiness Bureau that additionally funds professional development for the local school teacher to become proficient in the supervision of the curriculum with each student.