Raise the Bar Hancock County hosts teacher bootcamp [Video]

FINDLAY, Ohio — Raise the Bar Hancock County met Monday for its third annual summer educator experience at the University of Findlay’s College of Business.

The program is only one of eight endorsed by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and is funded by a state grant.

The biannual experience welcomes teachers from Hancock County and other local counties in northwest Ohio.

Teachers apply through an application. Each class has a maximum of 30 participants permitted.

The goal is to help educate teachers on nontraditional routes following high school graduation with each class covering a different theme or topic.

“What we’ve really recognized is that teachers are used to only being in the classroom and haven’t had that business experience,” said Tricia Valasek, executive director of Raise the Bar Hancock County. “Now, they’re being tasked with helping students understand careers and where they go from here.”

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