CAMERA (Cleveland Area Mulitcultural Educators Recruitment)

Our School District, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, is a member of the Cleveland Area Multicultural Educators Recruitment Association (CAMERA).  This association consists of thirty-two member districts that seek to hire teachers who are sensitive and responsible to student needs in a culturally diverse school environment.  We work to recruit and retain qualified multicultural educators who will enable our districts to diversify our faculties more effectively and economically.

As part of our recruitment efforts, CAMERA offers scholarships to multicultural candidates.  Since Cleveland Metropolitan School District is a CAMERA Member District, graduating seniors, who have been accepted into a college or university and intend to pursue a teaching license, are eligible to apply for the scholarship.

Scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,500 may be awarded.  Deadline for submission of the application is March 28, 2025.  A committee of CAMERA members will review applications per the selection criteria and awards will be announced.

The online application can be found at the following link: CAMERA Student Scholarship Application. If you wish to learn more about CAMERA, please visit our website at  https://www.cameracleveland.com/.  Thank you in advance for your efforts to help us recruit and support multicultural educational professionals.

Project HEART  

Project Heart (Higher Education Advancement of Resident BIPOC Teachers) is a project funded by the 2021 Diversifying the Educator Workforce (DEW) Dean’s Compact Grant. Project HEART 2.0 will increase the number of racially, culturally, and ethnically minoritized teachers who are highly qualified and ready to teach in urban schools in Northeast Ohio and across the state. Project HEART 2.0 will continue the collaboration between Cleveland State University’s Levin College of Public Affairs and Education (CSU LCPAE); the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD), the large urban local district; and Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C), the local 2-year degree granting institution. As noted in sections below, CSU, CMSD and Tri-C have a long history of partnering on projects that support local youth and the larger Northeast Ohio Community. 

Project HEART 2.0 proposes to:

• Recruit racially, culturally, and linguistically minoritized teachers
• Support cultural competence and self-reflection for teacher education faculty, mentor teachers and teacher candidates
• Support and retain racially, culturally, and linguistically minoritized teachers
• Expand sustainable systems for support and growth that will continue after the Project HEART 2.0 funding ends

To learn more about Project Heart, follow this link!