Special to the Advance McALLEN — Region One Education Service Center (Region One) was awarded $119,000 from the Rio-South Texas Education and Community Development Foundation to help strengthen the teacher workforce in the eight-county service area. With these funds, Region One's Educator Preparation & Development Program will help certify 25 individuals in grades 7-12 science and math at no cost to participants.According to Marissa Falcon, program Administrator, the Educator Preparation & Development Program will work with school systems to support bachelor-degreed employees and paraprofessionals wanting to earn their teaching certification in math or science.“We will work with school systems to ...