Jerardy Castro, K-12 Teaching Apprentice, Attending Georgia Southwestern University, Employed by Crisp County Schools.
Funded by TCSG PSAP &GaDOE Rural Teaching Apprenticeship Grant (DOL-ABA2)
On returning to serve his community:
“I actually grew up here and went through the Crisp County school system, graduated from here, and I am happy and excited to be back here, giving back to my community.”
On the value of mentorship:
“The mentorship part of this program seems like it’s going to be just a perfect way to get what I’m learning from the college and really applying it to the school system here.”
On financial challenges and support:
“College is a big item in our budget. So sometimes it’s, ‘Okay, can we do this or can we do college?’ And sometimes life happens.”
On how financial support impacts his education:
“I like the financial support… it’s just less stress for us to worry about. We can worry about our lives, and then we can do the college work, come to work, and just really give it our 100%.”