University of South Carolina
Project Title
For a project to develop a system of teacher and leader development for deeper, more equitable learning and whole child education for South Carolina
Date
Sep. 15, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
Teacher shortages are growing as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased stress and demands placed on educators. Addressing shortages will require new mindsets as well as technical and policy shifts in how educators are prepared, utilized, recognized, and rewarded. With current funding from the Corporation, The University of South Carolina (UofSC) and its College of Education (COE) began work to introduce innovations in teacher and leadership development, including developing a preliminary framework for reinventing the profession, engaging key education policy leaders, and securing a substantial new investment from the South Carolina General Assembly to pilot innovations in teacher education, professional learning, and leadership systems. Additional funding will allow them to build on this work by engaging policy and education leaders and developing a research framework for studying the impact of “redefining” the teaching profession for deeper, more equitable learning.
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For a project to develop a system of teacher and leader development for deeper, more equitable learning and whole child education for South Carolina
Date
Sep. 02, 2021
Duration
13 months
Description
The University of South Carolina (UofSC) and its College of Education (COE) have a long history of advancing teacher education reform in the state. More recently, as South Carolina continues to face growing teacher (and administrator) shortages, the COE has launched a number of innovative approaches to teacher and school leader development. This includes a mentoring program for early career teachers, a rural teacher residency pilot for career changers, a competency-based alternative preparation collaborative, an effort to use improvement science to advance professional learning for administrators, and an online professional learning delivery platform. More recently, the university has made a major commitment to support transformation and equity through a campus-wide strategy to support community schooling and whole child education. This project proposes building upon seven current (and semi-coordinated) innovations in teacher and school leader development within the COE to establish an integrated educator development system for whole child education and deeper, more equitable student learning outcomes for the state. This grant supports the research and development phase of the work.
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For the creation of an interdisciplinary Institute of Change at the University of South Carolina
Date
Sep. 10, 2009
Duration
28 months