Resources
South Carolina Among States Looking to Micro-Credentials
to Reduce Teacher Turnover
By Bev Perdue, Governor of North Carolina (2009-2013) Chair and Founder, digiLEARN Recently,…
Summary of Results for the
2021 – 2022 SC TEACHER Exit Survey Administration
SC-TEACHER’s second administration of the South Carolina Teacher Exit Survey provides insights…
Personalized Professional Learning: The Parachute Leaders Need
by Katrina L. Singletary, Director of Secondary Education, School District of Newberry County…
Possibilities and Opportunities
by Rhoda Jane Bowers, First Grade Teacher, Brennen Elementary “Education is the most powerful…
The Power of Listening
by Alyssa Cameron Likens, Sixth Grade English Language Arts Teacher, Gable Middle School It was…
South Carolina Whole Child Education Policy: A Preliminary Analysis
This policy overview provides a snapshot of where South Carolina is while also suggesting next…
Teacher Leadership and South Carolina’s Teaching Profession:
A Path Forward to Accelerate Student Learning in the Aftermath of the Pandemic
by Barnett Berry and Patrick Kelly Hardly a day goes by without another headline on the challenges…
Teacher Leadership for Whole Child Education: A Global Perspective
This report describes how teacher leadership has created opportunities to rethink education so that…
Filling the Gap
by Dr. Thomas E. Hodges, Interim Dean of the College of Education at UofSC and Director for…
One More Time
by Alexis Kelly, Fifth Grade Teacher, H.E. Corley Elementary There I am, nervously pacing around…
Belief and Support: What First-Year Teachers Need
by Yesenia Solis-Laboy, Second Grade Teacher, Lake Carolina Elementary It was our open house two…
Finding the Light
by Ashley Harmon, Science Teacher, Blythewood Middle School As the early sun begins to rise from…
Finding the Joy
by Anna Maria Gardiner, English Teacher, Spring Hill High School My first year teaching Soon…
Summary of Results for the SC TEACHER Exit Survey from the 2020-21 Pilot Administration
The pilot administration of the SC Teacher Exit Survey (SC-TEACHER, 2021) from the 2020-21 academic…
Finding My Rhythm as a New Teacher
by Carson Coomes, Orchestra Director, Blythewood Middle School As a fourth grader, I remember…
Setting the Vision for SC-TEACHER
by Dr. Thomas E. Hodges, Interim Dean of the College of Education at UofSC and Director for…
The Relationship Between Poverty and School Performance
ABSTRACT Poverty shapes the experience of more than twelve million children in the United States.…
Carolina Transition to Teaching: We’re Better Together
The Carolina Transition to Teaching Program, funded through a US DoE Teacher Quality Partnership…