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The Teacher Education Handbook
For Undergraduate and Licensure-only Programs

Teaching is a noble profession with many intrinsic rewards. However, it is not for those without commitment, fortitude and persistence. On the way to becoming a teacher, there are many hoops. Knowing the hoops makes it easier to take control of your destiny and navigate through the guidelines and requirements at the university, state, and national levels. While at times these guidelines and requirements feel like hoops, they have been designed to prepare competent teachers and ensure effective education for our PK-12 grade students. This is really your goal, too, and we can help you attain it. The purpose of this handbook is to inform you of the guidelines and requirements, along with other helpful information, to ensure your success.

Our national and state accreditation was successfully reaffirmed in 2002. Our faculty members are committed to excellence in teaching and modeling best teaching practices in their classes. The School of Education, in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences, has filled many schools and school systems with classroom teachers, special educators, administrators, counselors, speech pathologists, media specialists, and technology educators. We have served many local and remote school systems, including Durham Public, Wake County Public, Vance County, Warren County, Weldon City, Person County, Halifax County, Orange County, and Chapel Hill- Carrboro City. We are proud of our work and want you to be aware of the contribution North Carolina Central's School of Education, and teacher education programs in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences, have made to the education profession and, most importantly, to the lives of many children in North Carolina and beyond.

We also want you to feel successful and to represent yourself and this institution on campus and at school sites in the proud and professional manner of those who have come before you.

This handbook includes the School of Education's vision, mission, conceptual framework, along with state regulations, keys to success, candidate assessment information, field experience requirements, and student teaching highlights.