CCSD inks agreement with online university

The Clarke County School District says it has reached an agreement with the online Western Governors University, one that will allow school district employees in Athens to get bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The central office on Prince Avenue says the agreement allows for scholarships of up to $25 hundred.

From the CCSD…

To help provide additional pathways to education for its staff, the Clarke County School District has signed a collaboration agreement with accredited, online Western Governors University. WGU will provide CCSD employees with flexible, personalized learning pathways to bachelor’s and master’s degrees.

As part of the agreement, CCSD employees will be able to apply for WGU’s K-12 Partner Scholarships in the amount of $2,500, which is disbursed in increments of $625 per term for up to four academic terms based on satisfactory academic performance. Tuition at WGU is around $4,000 to $5,000 per six-month term, and students can take as many courses as they desire within a term with the consent of their assigned program mentor.

Established in 1997, WGU offers more than 80 bachelor’s and master’s degrees in the fields of K-12 education, information technology, business and healthcare. The university’s asynchronous competency-based model allows working adults to log on at a time and place convenient to them, and to accelerate at their preferred pace. WGU currently has more than 7,300 students and nearly 10,500 alumni in Georgia.

“One of the top three priorities in our 2024-29 Strategic Plan is to optimize our talent pool. This partnership allows us to do just that by providing yet another opportunity for our teachers and staff to continue their own educational journeys,” said Dr. Robbie Hooker, CCSD superintendent.

“CCSD’s mission is to create educational journeys that empower all students to fulfill their potential, and that aligns perfectly with WGU’s mission in higher education,” said Kimberly K. Estep, Ph.D., WGU’s Southeast regional vice president. “We look forward to working with the school system to help their employees upskill and further their careers by pursuing educational opportunities to meet their professional goals.”

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