大学交流 Awarded Center of Excellence in Teacher 领导
的 South Carolina Commission on Higher 教育 has awarded 大学交流 a three-year grant to support a new Center of Excellence in Teacher 领导, making Converse the first private institution in the state to receive a second Center of Excellence.
的 purpose of the new Converse Center of Excellence in Teacher 领导 (CCETL) is to provide opportunities for classroom teachers in primarily rural and underserved counties and school districts to develop their leadership skills and more effectively serve their students. Converse will partner with all seven Spartanburg County school districts plus Union County; each of the participating school districts will select teachers to participate. 三年以上, this program aims to certify 66 new building administrators and offer professional development to 132 teacher-leaders who wish to remain in the classroom.
“Converse and its Departments of 教育 and 领导 are very grateful to the Commission on Higher 教育 for its continued vote of confidence and support,”医生说。. Lienne Medford, Dean of the 研究生 School and Professor of 领导 at 大学交流. “We look forward to expanding partnerships with our local school districts and helping to provide opportunities for in-service teachers in our communities.”
Participating teachers will enroll in either Converse’s Administrators Academy or one of its certificate-based leadership programs. 在行政学院, teachers will train as building administrators, and graduates will receive their principal certification. Teachers who wish to develop as leaders while they remain in the classroom may pursue a certificate in 社区宣传 领导 or in 领导 for Classroom Teachers. All participants will complete four graduate-level courses that may be used toward recertification, 不花钱. 完成课程后, participants may choose to complete additional coursework to earn a master’s degree.
的 社区宣传 领导 certificate track incorporates courses from Converse’s new Master in Management in 社区宣传, while the 领导 for Classroom Teachers track combines courses from the Master in Management in 专业的领导 有教育课程. Teachers who complete the 社区宣传 track may return a second year for four additional courses to earn an Advanced Community 领导 Certificate.
的 South Carolina Commission on Higher 教育 previously awarded Converse a Center of Excellence in 2020. 的 Center of Excellence in Rural Talent Development worked with local rural districts to train teachers in gifted and talented pedagogy and helped to support Converse’s Athena summer camp for gifted and talented elementary school students.
的 Centers of Excellence program is a competitive grant program awarded to improve teacher quality and student achievement in South Carolina. 的 program enables eligible institutions or consortia to serve as resource centers in a specific area related to the improvement of teacher education. 的 Commission on Higher 教育 funds centers at universities and colleges across South Carolina each year.