Jasmine Calin Micek from the Teacher Accelerator Program and Achieve Miami was a guest on an episode of Pillars of the Community. The conversation centered around the teacher shortage and building new pathways into education. Jasmine shared her experience as a former first-grade teacher and discussed the impact of the Teacher Accelerator Program, which has trained over 700 teachers in four years.

The program has brought 500 new teachers into classrooms. The episode also explored the importance of strong classroom teachers in predicting student outcomes. Further details about the discussion on the teacher shortage and the program's training are available from the source.

The episode is hosted by Harry Gottlieb and features a conversation about strengthening the community from the classroom out.