North Carolina State University

	NC State's NC TEACHing Communities Community Colleges, School Systems, and Your University Working for You

Licensure Areas Offered:

Program Highlights:
NC State’s NC TEACHing Communities provide a unique teacher education program whose primary goals are to help lateral entry teachers become highly effective teachers and to integrate these new teachers into their communities. By embedding new teachers into their community, we improve teacher retention by creating an atmosphere of support and cooperation. Each of our four host sites (Wake County, Rocky Mount, Sanford, and Fayetteville) are chiefly implemented by local public school teachers in cooperation with University faculty. This provides the new teacher with a first-hand account of the expectations and inner workings of their own personal teaching community. 

Estimated Program Cost:
The cost of the program is approximately $2,500.  If your county of hire is a partner of the NC Model Teacher Education Consortium, the cost of the program is reduced to just $500. 

Delivery Model(s):
80% Face to Face, 20% Online

Calendar:
For the Summer Start cohort:

The two Summer classes meet from June through August from Monday through Thursday in the evenings. Classes during the school year (Fall and Spring) are held one night per week and one Saturday per month.  Upon completion of the NC TEACH education courses, NC TEACHers will need to complete content coursework (determined by a transcript evaluation), take a middle school education class (if applicable), and pass the appropriate PRAXIS II test(s).

For the Spring Start cohort:

The first two classes meet during the Spring two nights per week.  Classes during the following Fall and Spring are held one night per week and one Saturday per month.  Upon completion of the NC TEACH education courses, NC TEACHers will need to complete content coursework (determined by a transcript evaluation), take a middle school education class (if applicable), and pass the appropriate PRAXIS II test(s).

For more program details, please see our website:  NC State's NC TEACHing Communities

Eligibility Criteria:

The application deadline for Spring Start is November 1 and for Summer Start is April 15.  Interviews will be held following the application deadline. An orientation session for accepted NC TEACH participants will be held in late May. 

Application Deadline:

Spring Start 2009 Cohort - November 1, 2008

Summer Start 2009 Cohort - April 15, 2009

Host Coordinator Contact Information:

Grant Holley Director of Distance Education NCSU Campus Box 7801 Raleigh, NC 27695 Email: grant_holley@ncsu.edu Phone: 919-515-1065

Alternative Licensure Coordinator NCSU Campus Box 7801 Raleigh, NC 27695 Email: alternative_licensure@ncsu.edu Phone: 919-513-0617

Links:

	NC State's NC TEACHing Communities
	Other alternative licensure programs at NC State University

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