The Oregon Rural Teacher Corps (ORTC) is part of a catalyst grant partnership in order to provide peer support, travel money, classroom supplies, professional development, and financial assistance to a select group of current EOU Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) candidates who choose to teach in rural and underserved communities in Oregon.
ORTC in the News
- Investing in Rural Teachers: Catalyst Initiative
- Teaching Rural – Heart and journey, from teacher to student (Mountaineer Magazine, Summer 2023)
- Investing in Action: 2022-2023 Catalyst Initiative Update
- Eastern Oregon University College of Education Announces Inaugural Class of the Oregon Rural Teacher Corps (ORTC)
- Announcing the 2022 Catalyst Initiative Grantees
ORTC Partners
Funding for the ORTC is provided through generous grants from the following partner organizations
- Teach Rural Oregon/EOU College of Education in partnership with Wallowa Region 18 ESD, the Oregon Department of Education, and the Educator Advancement Council
- Rural Schools Collaborative
- The Ford Family Foundation
- The Roundhouse Foundation
