The Minority Teacher Recruitment Center is a program of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and is created for the purpose of "recruiting, retaining and placing minority teachers in the public schools of the State of Oklahoma."
Program and Initiatives
Leadership, Education and Achievement
Program (LEAP)
Academic Commitment to Education Program (ACE)
Collegiate Partnership Programs
Future Educators Association (FEA)
The Minority Teacher Recruitment Advisory Committee, a 19-member panel, provides advice and assistance to the center on unmet needs in teacher recruitment. The Advisory Committee is composed of legislators, deans of state colleges of education, public school administrators and teachers, and representatives of communities with high minority populations. The Chancellor for Higher Education, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the Executive Director of the Commission for Teacher Preparation are ex-officio members of the Advisory Committee.
For more information on programs and services comprising the Minority Teacher Recruitment Center, call 800.858.1840 or 405.225.9197, or e-mail kdahlem@osrhe.edu.