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CarolinaCAP – Quarterly Report / Year Three : Q3
As the CarolinaCAP licensure pathway continues to meet the needs of South Carolina school districts by supporting candidates who want to teach in schools across the state, our team is proud to…
Unpacking Problems? Invite Teachers to the Table
by Dottie Adams, 8th grade science teacher, Hand Middle School, Richland County School District One “Be brave, be kind, and be an includer.” These are the words that we say to our daughter and son…
CarolinaCAP – Quarterly Report / Year Three : Q2
The CarolinaCAP team is pleased to present to you our Year 3: Quarter 2 report. This quarter, we placed even more CarolinaCAP candidates in districts and schools with hard-to-staff classrooms, and…
CarolinaCAP – Quarterly Report / Year Three : Q1
The CarolinaCAP team is pleased to present our 2022-2023 Quarter One report. After you read this document, please feel free to reach out to us with any questions, comments, or ideas you may have…
Personalized Professional Learning: The Parachute Leaders Need
by Katrina L. Singletary, Director of Secondary Education, School District of Newberry County Imagine you’re preparing to jump out of an airplane, and your instructor informs you your parachute may…
Leading With Love: What Impact Will You Leave Behind?
By Kentrina Bridges Being born into a family filled with love makes it easy to love. Showing understanding, compassion, and respect to all becomes automatic. Now imagine you were never provided those…
CarolinaCAP – Year Three Annual Report
The Carolina Collaborative for Alternative Preparation (CarolinaCAP) is a high-quality, targeted alternative preparation pathway administered by the University of South Carolina (UofSC) in…
An Alternative Certification Pathway You Want to Support
By Kathy Schwalbe Recently, a South Carolina teacher posed a question about policymakers continuing to entertain the idea of “shortcuts” for people to become teachers in our state. She asked, “How do…
Rising to the Challenge
By Brad Washington I knew sooner or later that a classroom would be calling my name. I worked with the Boys & Girls Club for more than ten years and as a behavior interventionist for seven years…
Giving Up Is Not An Option
By YKesha Brown I sat in my living room on September 5th, 2021, and stared into my children’s eyes as tears filled my own. I had encountered many challenges. It was time to make a change. Drying my…
From Obstacle to Opportunity: The Story of an Accidental Middle School Teacher
From the time I can remember my answer to the question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” was always the same. A teacher. But life is a series of paths filled with unexpected twists and…
CarolinaCAP – Q2 Report
CarolinaCAP continues to meet the needs of South Carolina school districts by supporting candidates who want to teach in schools across the state. Read more about program impact in the Year Two Q2…
CarolinaCAP – Y2 Q3 Report
CarolinaCAP continues to meet the needs of South Carolina school districts by supporting candidates who want to teach in schools across the state. Read more about program impact in the Year Two Q3…
CarolinaCAP – Y2 Q1 Report
CarolinaCAP continues to meet the needs of South Carolina school districts by supporting candidates who want to teach in schools across the state. Read more about program impact in the Year Two Q1…
CarolinaCAP – Year Two Annual Report
Executive Summary The University of South Carolina (UofSC), Mira Education, and rural school districts in South Carolina are in partnership building a three-year, high-quality alternative teacher…
CarolinaCAP – Year Two Report
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Life Didn’t Come with a Map
Adadra Neville Social Studies Teacher at Williston Elko Middle School We all remember the Robert Frost poem about two roads diverging in the woods. I’ve thought about that concept many times…
CarolinaCAP Year Two Q2 Report
CarolinaCAP continues to meet the needs of South Carolina school districts by supporting candidates who want to teach in schools across the state. Read more about program impact in the Year Two Q2…
CarolinaCAP Year One Quarter Four Report
CarolinaCAP is meeting a significant need in rural South Carolina communities. Read about year one successes here.
Spurring Innovation Through Collaboration in Rural South Carolina
As South Carolina’s flagship institution, the University of South Carolina’s College of Education is committed to meeting the needs of communities across the state. With 20% of schools classified as…