The program has received funding from the New York State Education Department, the United States Department of Education, the Aaron Diamond Foundation, and the New York Alliance for the Public Schools. In 1994 the program was awarded New York State Validation. In October 1999 this program received funding from the United States Department of Education Title II HEA Teacher Quality Programs-Teacher Recruitment Grants. This multi-year award partners Lehman College with Bronx Community College, Walton High School, Roosevelt High School, and the New York City Board of Education. Additionally, it will place student teachers in the classrooms of exemplary teachers.
Interns keep journals of their progress in the program.
The newsletter, consists of articles derived from student journal entries, and is published twice each semester. The Table of Contents and Chapter 1 of the Pre-Teaching Manual , written by and for teachers and students involved in this program, is now posted on the Web.