Texas Tech’s College of Education teaching candidates have received nearly $2.9M in grants since 2018 to better prepare teachers for the classroom.
Texas Tech University students Dulce Hudgins and Valerie Jaure have been striving – and training – to be teachers in the neighborhoods and districts in which they grew up. Dulce graduated in May from the university’s College of Education in its TechTeach program with a Bachelor of Science in Education, and Valerie will follow late next year with the same degree, finishing in December 2026. Their coursework and hands-on experience come from the hybrid model, TechTeach Across Texas – taking classes online and student teaching in person – in those same districts they are familiar with.