Schoolchildren Committed to Education, College Preparedness
February 17, 2006
Written by Michael Castellon
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date: Feb. 17, 2006
CONTACT: Michael Castellon, m.castellon@ttu.edu
LUBBOCK – About 90 area sixth-graders will get a decade-long jumpstart on their teaching
careers on Sunday as they participate in an induction ceremony for Project Future.
The event is hosted by the Texas Tech University College of Education and will occur
at 2 p.m. Sunday in Room 202 at the Rawls College of Business at TTU.
The event will feature several speakers giving short presentations on the value of
education, particularly in math and science.
Operating from the philosophy that it is never too soon to begin preparing children
for higher education, or too early to begin nurturing their professional interests,
the project selects students who possess a strong desire to grow up to be teachers.
Students are selected by their schools through an application process. Students who
are selected for the program will follow several phases of preparation and instruction
until their senior year in high school, just before they begin a formal teacher education
at a college or university.
“We understand that before students can consider teaching as a career, they must first
believe that college is a possibility for them,” said Janie Landin Ramirez, outreach
specialist for the Texas Tech College of Education and coordinator for the project.
“This is a way we can be preparing these students for college, not only in terms of
education, but also by exposing them to the culture of life at an institution of higher
learning.”
Guidelines for student selection include possessing good academic ability with potential
for success in college and possessing the potential to be the first generation of
a family to attend college.
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CONTACT: Janie Landin Ramirez, outreach specialist for the Texas Tech College of Education,
(806) 742 1998 ext. 459, or janie.ramirez@ttu.edu