The 2024 contribution will support teacher
recruitment and retention programs for Southern Nevada to address severe teacher
shortages.
LAS
VEGAS, June 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Las Vegas
Sands (NYSE: LVS) has contributed $100,000 through Sands Cares to Teach for America
(TFA) Nevada for recruitment
efforts and the RootED Fellowship, supporting the nonprofit's
efforts to attract and retain high-performing teachers for
high-need classrooms in Southern
Nevada.
Both Sands Cares funding areas address Southern Nevada's unprecedented levels of
teacher shortages and will assist TFA Nevada in working toward its
goal of realizing a network of 800 TFA education leaders in
Southern Nevada by 2025 to
ultimately improve the quality and equity of the region's
educational offerings and student outcomes.
TFA Nevada is the local affiliate of Teach for America, a
national leadership development organization founded in 1990 to
find, develop and support equity-oriented leaders to transform
education and expand opportunities for all children. Through its
programming, TFA recruits and develops a diverse corps of
outstanding leaders who make an initial two-year commitment to
teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in the
effort to end educational inequity.
TFA Nevada had 87 corps members in the 2023-24 school year and
works with more than 50 partner schools, primarily in the
Clark County School District.
"This Sands Cares contribution is an investment in
Nevada's future," Sean Parker, executive director, at Teach for
America Nevada, said. "This critical support helps us recruit and
retain diverse and talented educational leaders who accelerate the
progress of young Nevadans in their journey toward economic
mobility."
Support for the RootED Fellowship: Half of the Sands
Cares funding will support the RootED Fellowship, which provides
grants to retain TFA corps members who have completed their initial
two-year commitment to the organization. The program aims to lower
transiency rates and keep more experienced teachers in high-need
school sites.
The RootED Fellowship is a critical retention program since the
most challenged schools in the Clark
County School District have an annual teacher transiency
rate of just over 22% compared to a district-wide rate of just over
16%. This turnover exacerbates inequities in student achievement,
which can translate into lifelong disparities in educational,
career and financial outcomes.
The Sands Cares contribution to the RootED Fellowship enables
engagement with 20-25 high-performing educators who lead in
high-need schools located in Clark County. The fellowship will
provide teachers with tailored professional development and
community across the Southern
Nevada educational landscape.
Support for Local Recruitment Efforts: The balance of the
Sands Cares funding will support TFA Nevada's recruiting efforts
with the goal of attracting at least 50 new teachers for the start
of the 2024-2025 school year to Clark
County School District. In addition, the contribution also
will underwrite workforce development programming and resources
that support educator retention, which are important components in
paving the way to improved educational outcomes for underserved
students.
Sands' contribution to TFA Nevada aims to address pressing
public education needs in Southern
Nevada. At the start of the 2023-2024 school year,
Clark County School District
reported nearly 1,200 teacher vacancies, and many of the school
sites with the highest number of vacancies are in Title I schools
that serve historically under-resourced and low-income households
in which student achievement is disproportionately impacted.
Sands' partnership with TFA Nevada is aligned with the company's
focus on education as part of its commitment to helping build a
well-trained, diverse and thriving workforce of the future.
"TFA Nevada is a vital resource for the public education system
in Southern Nevada, and we want to
help increase its impact by supporting efforts to retain and
recruit high-quality educators," said Ron
Reese, senior vice president of global communications and
corporate affairs, who spearheads corporate responsibility
initiatives for the company. "TFA's work aligns with our focus on
ensuring our communities maintain a strong educational foundation
and closing gaps in access to resources that improve student
outcomes."
To learn more about Sands' work in education, read the company's
latest ESG report: https://www.sands.com/resources/reports/. To
learn more about Teach for America Nevada, visit
https://www.teachforamerica.org/nevada.
About Sands (NYSE: LVS)
Sands is the world's
preeminent developer and operator of world-class integrated
resorts. The company's iconic properties drive valuable leisure and
business tourism and deliver significant economic benefits,
sustained job creation, financial opportunities for local
businesses and community investment to help make its host regions
ideal places to live, work and visit.
Sands' portfolio of properties includes Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and The Venetian
Macao, The Plaza Macao, The Londoner Macao, The
Parisian Macao and Sands Macao in Macao SAR, China, through majority ownership
in Sands China Ltd.
Dedicated to being a leader in corporate responsibility, Sands
is anchored by the core tenets of serving people, communities and
the planet. The company's ESG leadership has led to inclusion on
the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for World and North America, as well as Fortune's list of
the World's Most Admired Companies. To learn more,
visit www.sands.com.
About Teach for America
Now celebrating its
20th year anniversary in Nevada, Teach For America recruits and
develops a diverse corps of outstanding leaders who make an initial
two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become
lifelong leaders in the effort to end educational inequity. Today,
Teach For America is a force of 700+ alumni and corps members
working in Nevada in pursuit of
profound systemic change. From classrooms to the Nevada legislature, they are reimagining
education to realize the day when every child has an equal
opportunity to learn, lead, thrive, and co-create a future filled
with possibility. Teach For America is a proud member of the
AmeriCorps national service network. For more information, visit
tfalasvegas.org and follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
@TFANevada.
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