Noe Ortega, the state’s Deputy Secretary for Postsecondary and Higher Education will pay a visit to Indiana today, stopping at both IUP and the East Pike Elementary School.
Ortega will speak to IUP School of Education students and staff before heading to East Pike, where some IUP education graduates are serving as mentors in a clinical residency program funded b the education Department.
Earlier this year, the Wolf Administration committed $2 million in grants to thirteen universities to develop and implement year-long residency programs for teachers and principals. IUP received $578,038 to increase the number of qualified instructors and school leaders in the state.
Ortega’s visit will start at the university and should be at East Pike at about 9:30 this morning.
