Illinois State University is hoping to attract community college students interested in being teachers. Through a program called CommuniTeach, five community colleges will enable their students to take ISU classes without so much of the commute to Bloomington-Normal. IVCC is one of the community colleges. IVCC Vice President of Academic Affairs Deb Anderson says someone who has an associate’s degree might like the teacher training program.
IVCC’s first CommuniTeach classes are this fall. ISU classes begin in the fall of 2022 with a plan of graduating new teachers in time to teach in 2025.