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25849
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The US Department of Education has awarded East Carolina University’s College of Education a Teacher Quality Partnership Grant to undertake a five year study of how teacher preparation can be retooled to improve student achievement. With the help of Pitt and Greene County Schools, the grant will help produce and prepare highly qualified teachers to better serve their students, especially in high-poverty and rural areas such as eastern North Carolina.
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Edge (NoCar LD 1741 E44 E33), Vol. Issue , Summer 2010, p12-15 Periodical Website
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2468
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A recent study by the UNC Center for Early Adolescence of 2,100 middle school teachers in five states revealed only a small number well-trained for these grade levels. For example, nearly half lacked special training. Nearly 60% lacked student teaching.
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31249
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In the number of teachers produced in 1961-1962, East Carolina College led all colleges in North Carolina, followed by Appalachian State. But Appalachian State ranked number one in the number of new teacher graduates who accepted jobs in North Carolina public schools.
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35456
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A list of musical recordings that was originally compiled to help educators teach folklore.
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28001
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Durham has eliminated their teacher mentoring program. The program served new teachers with less than three years’ experience and paired them with veteran teachers. The program was considered a model in the state only a few years ago. With less help and a high turnover rate among new teachers, Durham’s new teachers are at a higher risk of leaving the profession.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 27 Issue 33, August 2010, p7 Periodical Website
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25384
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Thanks to the Wachovia Partnership East program, ECU is recruiting more students to get degrees in teaching to help solve the teacher shortage crisis.
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36077
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ECU student teachers perhaps can relate to the common concerns cited by this ECTTS student teacher. January 6, 1920 at Greenville’s Joyner School included the day starting with a bell and activities like recess and dinner. Concerns more timely than timeless included games like Sling the Biscuit, a car starting up with a crank, and speeding defined as driving at five miles an hour.
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1112
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A reform effort undertaken at UNC-Chapel Hill by university and public school faculty creates a model of collaboration between public school and university educators in planning, implementing and evaluating teacher education.
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514
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Stedman presents a detailed history of teacher education and education reform programs in North Carolina.
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Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 55 Issue 1, Summer 1989, p39-43, bibl, f
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1950
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The North Carolina Teaching Fellows Program is a way to recruit more teachers by offering high school graduates four-year scholarships in return for teaching four years in North Carolina public schools instead of repaying the loan.
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3533
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The N.C. Teaching Fellows Program is marking its tenth anniversary. The program recruits top high school graduates for teaching programs and provides a $5,000 scholarship a year to qualifiers. To date, 1,290 fellows are teaching in 91 counties.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 55 Issue 11, Nov 1997, p50, il
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1111
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The Professional Development Schools program at UNC-Greensboro is designed to allow pre-service teachers, classroom teachers, and university personnel to link theory and application and to reflect on their instructional practices and beliefs.
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38191
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The hole in the bucket analogy alludes to the dearth of black male public school teachers and negative impact this has on black male students. Helping to attract more black males to teaching and giving them the ability to be positive role models is Profound Gentlemen, founded in 2014 by Jason Terrell and Mario Shaw. This nonprofit helps current and would-be teachers to have the resources, training, and support network needed to enter and stay in the profession.