; (B) collaborates with the local community, schools, and other organizations to identify what the education needs of the community are; (C) supports teacher candidates in developing the skills needed to personalize instruction, provide culturally responsive pedagogy, and effectively support students with disabilities and English learners; (D) supports the preparation of teachers through extensive clinical experience that is connected to their coursework in schools in the community, including schools in the eligible partnership, as they complete and earn their teaching or school leadership credential and may include a 2+2 program; (E) integrates career-focused courses on education topics with school-based learning experience; (F) provides a high-quality mentoring program for teacher candidates to support the candidates through their first 2 years of teaching; (G) provides support, including financial assistance, to teacher and school leader candidates from the community who are planning to teach in schools in the community, which may include housing subsidies, stipends, and tuition assistance; (H) sustains efforts to recruit and incentivize more people to consider entering the teaching profession, especially in high-need fields and underserved schools