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Audri砂光机正在威尼斯人娱乐城教育学院城市教育研究所（IUE）培养自己的计划中建立自己的未来。
“My principal contacted me over the summer,” Sander says. “We set up a Zoom meeting to talk about IUE. She’s a graduate of the program and she knew I wanted to be a teacher. She thought it would be a good fit.”
Sander’s principal, Kirsten Brown-Persley, BA, ‘12 of Crossroads Preparatory Academy, recommended Sander to the Grow Your Own program, which is sponsored by the IUE in the 威尼斯人娱乐城 教育学院. 该项目从不同的高中招收学生，并提供大学奖学金，帮助他们在城市教室任教时支付教育学位。 参与者在高中期间有双学分选择和奖学金机会。
“I feel like teaching is such an impactful job. 老师真的有能力改变生活，我喜欢这个想法。” —
“Audri was always transparent about wanting to be a teacher,” Brown-Persley says. “I knew she would love the program because of her commitment to both social service and education.”
威尼斯人娱乐城’s IUE program has a 100% job placement rate following graduation and nearly 90% five-year retention rate of graduates teaching in their chosen schools. Missouri’s overall retention rate is 35%, so the students’ foundation for career success is significant.
“This program has been such a good fit,” Sander says. “I feel like teaching is such an impactful job. 老师真的有能力改变生活，我喜欢这个想法。 而且，我喜欢和孩子们在一起。 I feed off their energy.”
It’s not just the classes at 威尼斯人娱乐城 that energize Sander. 她在IUE的班级里有13名学生，这让她在大一的时候很容易交到朋友。 除了专业相关的课程外，IUE学生还参加课外课程和活动。
“I wasn’t sure how long it would take me to get to know the people in my cohort,” she says. “But we just clicked instantly.”
Brown-Persley在IUE中也有类似的经历。
“I made lifelong friendships in the program,” she says. “I knew Audri would be able to build her network and build skills and experience that will make her an excellent teacher.”
Sander has two main goals – graduate and start teaching immediately.
“One of the objectives of the program is for students to get jobs right away after graduation,” she says. “I’m super excited to get into the classroom and be hands on.”
Sander thinks that teaching will make her feel as if she’s really accomplishing something important.
“While it’s not like I’m in construction, where I can see what I’m accomplishing, I still feel as if I’ll be able to look back from the beginning of the school year and see the progress that I’ve helped students make. That’s really exciting to me.”