Denver-based Janus Capital Group will pump $3 million into Denver’s public-school system to create a program that is intended to improve teacher recruitment, development and retention.
The Janus program will be funded over three years. It is the largest corporate gift Denver Public Schools has ever received.
Janus’ plan will create a residency program for new teachers who will receive intense training in DPS methods and work for a full year with a master teacher before teaching independently. DPS will work with universities to provide master’s-level accreditation for resident teachers.
“This is incredibly exciting,” DPS Superintendent Michael Bennet said Tuesday. “This will give us a much more robust teaching program.”
Almost half of DPS’s teachers leave the profession within their first five years on the job.
DPS plans hold a nationwide search for an executive to run the program, called the Janus Education Alliance.
Tom McGhee, The Denver Post
