The Need for Private Support
As the School strives to meet the significant challenges of the future while maintaining the best educational opportunities possible, we need the support of private gifts from alumni, friends, citizens and corporate partners. The School is seeking to improve and develop several
community outreach programs including the Faculty in Residence Program, Cougar Literacy Clinic, and scholarship support. As the School assumes a leadership role in the preparation of teachers and other professionals, it seeks support for initiatives that will augment academic and service programs to prepare and support students during their college education.
The objective of the Faculty in Residence program at the East St. Louis Charter School is to increase Charter School student achievement by strengthening the partnership between the SIUE School of Education and the Charter School. Through this program, a faculty member from the School of Education will be reassigned one course load per semester to support the administration, faculty and underserved students in the Charter School through professional development, curriculum work, classroom demonstrations and other means to be agreed upon between the awardee and Charter School personnel.
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Cougar Literacy Clinic seeks to improve the literacy development of children in grades one through 12 who have reading and writing difficulties. Individualized assessment and instruction is provided by qualified graduate students in the literacy/reading master’s program under the direction of literacy professors in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. The Clinic also serves as a library to provide text and media resources for students, children and families.
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scholarships are also being sought for the School of Education as there are currently only five endowed scholarships available to students. Many students who want to attend SIUE must enroll instead at other institutions that offer them scholarships or forego a four-year college education altogether. Many of those students who do enroll must either postpone graduation while they earn enough money to pay their next tuition bill or take on increasing larger amounts of debt, which currently averages over $20,000. Academic scholarships will provide more students with the opportunity to attain a quality post-secondary education, and become professionals who will make a positive impact within their communities.
