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PROGRAM
TEACHER OPPORTUNITY CORPS (TOC)
PROGRAM INFORMATION
POPULATION SERVED: Adults
SERVICES PROVIDED: On-the-job training or internships, counseling, mentoring, and tutoring
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY: State Education Department
ELIGIBLE SERVICE PROVIDERS: Private colleges and universities, SUNY, and CUNY
SOURCE OF FUNDING: State
AUTHORIZATION: State Budget
DESCRIPTION: Provides funding for post-secondary teaching programs to enhance the preparation of prospective teachers to address the needs of at-risk pupils and to increase the participation of minorities in the teaching profession.
PROGRAM DATA
FISCAL YEAR: 1996
(1996-97)
1997
(1997-98)
1998
(1998-99)
1999
(1999-00)
2000
(2000-01)
APPROPRIATIONS($): 750,000 750,000 750,000 1,250,0000 1,050,000
NUMBER ENROLLED: 604 total; 496 minority 523 total*; 447 minority 410 total; 342 minority 579 total; 439 minority
OUTCOME DATA: 219 graduated; 158 received Bachelor's; 47 received Master's; 40 graduates employed in SURR** schools; 115 graduates were mentored their first year of teaching 127 graduated; 68 received Bachelor's; 26 received Master's; 13 graduates employed in SURR** schools; 139 graduates were mentored their first year of teaching 121 graduated; 56 received Bachelor's; 52 received Master's; 11 graduates employed in SURR** schools; 164 graduates were mentored in their first year of teaching 94 graduated; 40 received Bachelor's; 54 received Master's; 9 graduates employed in SURR** schools; 102 graduates were mentored in their first year of teaching
CONTACT
NAME/AGENCY: STANLEY S. HANSEN, JR., State Education Department
PHONE NUMBER: 518-486-6042

* Data for three projects are not reported as of March 2001.
** School Under Regulatory Review.