Partnership with Breakthrough Central Texas
Urban Teachers
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We strongly encourage our Urban Teachers students to become Breakthrough Fellows during the summer with Breakthrough Central Texas in order to further develop their teaching skills by leading a small class of middle school students as part of a paid internship. These students are motivated and working to become the first in their families to graduate from college.
Breakthrough Central Texas is part of a national network called Breakthrough Collaborative which is dedicated to supporting first-generation college students as they earn their degrees.