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![]() ![]() In 2000, Travers formed a group called Drummers With Attitude made up of both special and regular education students in grades seven-12 who bang away on plastic buckets, sometimes to pieces written by Travers. Travers, 48, has loved the drums ever since he can remember - listening to them, playing them and even using the instrument as an extension of his job as a Bristol Township School District special education teacher. The program helps school employees, such as office staff, bus drivers and cafeteria workers to earn a degree and teaching credential.A steady drum beat has been the soundtrack to Kevin Travers' life, and he hopes that beat doesn't stop until the one in his heart does. AB 383 would allow teacher candidates in the Classified School Employee Teacher Credentialing Program to take a paid leave of absence from their district jobs to complete student teaching.SB 765 exempts retired teachers who are returning to the classroom to fill teaching positions that districts otherwise can't fill from limiting their earnings post-retirement increases the maximum stipend paid to teacher candidates in the Teacher Residency Grant Program to $40,000 per teacher candidate and, annually exempts 1,000 Cal Grant recipients from demonstrating financial need if they agree to enroll in a teacher preparation program after earning their bachelor's degree.AB 1555 would delay the deadline for a credentialed transitional kindergarten teacher to complete the early childhood education units required for the position until August 2028. ![]() AB 672 would require the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing to research the barriers that keep people of color from becoming teachers.
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