'A game-changer' | Cherry Creek Schools creates non-traditional degree path for future teachers in schools

'A game-changer' | Cherry Creek Schools creates non-traditional degree path for future teachers in schools

AURORA, Colo. — A new program is creating a unique path to a teaching degree by giving future teachers real world experience. It's part of the Aspiring Educators Pathway Program, Cherry Creek School District's new apprenticeship program. The district hopes by making a teaching degree more affordable and accessible for people in the community, it will bring in more people to the profession. "They are changing lives. Not only mine. They are changing many lives," said Sandy Fernandez, an Aspiring …