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Important Update

Hello, thank you for visiting our website. We are excited to announce that we are becoming the newly formed Southwest Comprehensive Center (Region 9). In addition to serving Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, we will also be serving Oklahoma and New Mexico. The current content of this website reflects resources from the 2019-2024 Region 14 Comprehensive Center, managed by Westat under a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The new 2024-2029 Region 14 Comprehensive Center serves the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).

Stay tuned for a Southwestern makeover as we transition to the Southwest Comprehensive Center (Region 9).

Topical brief: Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Programs

States supported by the Region 5 Comprehensive Center and Region 14 Comprehensive Center are taking steps to address the teacher shortage by developing initiatives to increase interest in teaching and the number of qualified teachers, creating task forces to strategize about how to increase preparation program enrollment, and enhancing partnerships between school districts and institutions of higher education.