Sharon Walker School of Education awarded $2.3 million grant from Dept. of Education

The Sharon Walker School of Education at Morningside University has been selected to receive a $2.3 million grant from the United States Department of Education English Language Acquisition National Professional Development Program. The grant will allow the School of Education to build a program to offer flexible baccalaureate and master’s degree teacher preparation programs with English as a second language (ESL) endorsements and professional development and training opportunities to improve instruction of English learners (ELs) in targeted high EL student population communities across Iowa.

“This grant is meant to better serve English learners in Iowa by providing educators who are located in more rural areas with greater access to flexible professional development and degree and endorsement programs,” said Dr. Kelly Chaney, Dean of the Sharon Walker School of Education. “Morningside has been a leader in the state of Iowa in offering online education options for educators for many years and this is the next phase of that work.”