For immediate release, July 27, 2009

ROCK HILL — Two of South Carolina’s highly impactful teacher recruitment programs will be featured on Speaking of Schools at 3:30 p.m. today. 

Speaking of Schools is a weekly production of the South Carolina ETV Radio. The 30-minunte broadcast will take an inside look at the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement’s (CERRA) nationally-known Teacher Cadet Program, the Teaching Fellows Program, and the South Carolina Teacher Expo. The show is hosted by Doug Keel.

In its over twenty years of existence, the highly successful Teacher Cadet program has been instrumental in helping to supply South Carolina with quality teachers. Since 1999, the Teaching Fellows program has provided scholarship opportunities to Palmetto State students – up to $6,000.00 per year for four years to those who qualify and are willing to spend a year in the state’s public schools for each year they received financial assistance.

Former Program Directors Tria Grant (Teacher Cadets) and Brett Vaughn (Teaching Fellows) will discuss their programs, and CERRA Public Information Coordinator Mychal Frost will reflect on the agency’s Teacher Expo held in Columbia in early June.

Want to listen? Click here to be redirected to the Speaking of Schools Web site where the broadcast will be made available at 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 27.

 

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About the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, & Advancement:
CERRA, an independent state agency located on the campus of Winthrop University, is the oldest and most established teacher recruitment program in the country. The purpose of CERRA is to provide leadership in identifying, attracting, placing and retaining well-qualified individuals for the teaching profession in South Carolina. CERRA is a national model and its programs have been adopted at school, district and state levels in more than 30 states in the United States.