Teachers

ASPIRA supports programs and efforts at all levels that:
• increase the number of highly qualified and experienced teachers in schools with large numbers of Latino students;
• target Latinos in college to encourage them to become teachers;
• provide on-going, quality professional development for teachers;
• provide teachers of Latino students with professional development so they can better address the needs of these students;
• provide incentives to highly qualified/experienced teachers to teach in low-income community schools;
• increase the number and quality of bilingual education teachers;
• increase teacher compensation to attract highly qualified people to the profession.