Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement

💸 Want to know how to afford your teacher preparation program? Join TeachSC’s free event on August 26 to explore scholarships, loan forgiveness, and financial aid.
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What you'll get when you sign up for Teach South Carolina.

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📢 Already have a bachelor’s degree and want to become a teacher? Join TeachSC’s free info session on August 20 to explore alternative certification options and get support to kickstart your teaching career.

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CERRA is proud to facilitate in-person and online support sessions for South Carolina public educators interested in pursuing or maintaining National Board Certification. Click the link for the September webinar dates. https://youtu.be/-fPSFMnFYRg

Berkeley County School District May 16, 2025 Rose Carroll regularly takes her Teacher Cadets to visit Charleston Southern University. Carroll, who teaches Teacher Cadets 1 and 2 and creative writing at Cane Bay, said her cadets get invited to the campus all the time to get information on financial aid opportunities, eat in the cafeteria, tour the campus and visit the classrooms. Her students also receive a college ID, which gives them the full privileges as CSU college students – which her cadets love. A trip to the campus in March turned out to be extra special when Carroll learned that because of her long-time work with Teacher Cadets at Cane Bay, she would be the first-ever recipient of the Guiding Light Award. CBH's Rose Carroll honored with Guiding Light Award from Charleston Southern University. https://www.bcsdschools.net/article/2214472

Congratulations to Jennifer Caroline Elvington, 2025 Ken Bower Scholarship Recipient! We wish you the best of luck as you begin your journey to become an educator.

Congratulations to Abby Chambers , 2025 Ken Bower Scholarship Recipient! We wish you the best of luck as you begin your journey to become an educator.

Congratulations to Nora Buzhardt , 2025 Ken Bower Scholarship Recipient! We wish you the best of luck as you begin your journey to become an educator.

Congratulations to Seairyn Banning, 2025 Ken Bower Scholarship Recipient! We wish you the best of luck as you begin your journey to become an educator.

CERRA is proud to facilitate in-person and online support sessions for South Carolina public educators interested in pursuing or maintaining National Board Certification. Click the link for the April webinar dates https://youtu.be/1M8OdrigodM?si=vPNTPV58LAew7rH7

CERRA is proud to facilitate in-person and online support sessions for South Carolina public educators interested in pursuing or maintaining National Board Certification. Click the link for the April dates https://youtu.be/1M8OdrigodM?si=vPNTPV58LAew7rH7

Gamecock EdQuarters Executive Director, Chris Burkett, Ed.D., is named the recipient of the Dr. Jennifer Wilson Excellence in Teaching Award. Award recipients across the state were peer nominated for their dedication to middle level education. https://tinyurl.com/2ryrcdk5

Dr. Hallman, NBCT, bids goodbye to her last cohort of Teaching Fellows as one of her final official acts as the Executive Director for the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA). We all wish you well.

Union County Schools held a Teacher Cadet fete with Rhonda Hollingsworth coordinating. Jana Moore, the TC instructor at Union High, was once a TC there, too! Union County Supt. Mr. Haney, USC-Upstate Teaching Fellows, and reps from both USC-Upstate and USC-Union were there.

CERRA is proud to facilitate in-person and online support sessions for South Carolina public educators interested in pursuing or maintaining National Board Certification. Click the link for the March dates. https://tinyurl.com/43rakmj8

CERRA is proud to facilitate in-person and online support sessions for South Carolina public educators interested in pursuing or maintaining National Board Certification. Click the link for the March dates. https://tinyurl.com/43rakmj8 March National Board Sponsored by CERRA

Have questions about the $6 Million Dollar Grant for the SC Rise program? Listen to WRHI and Winthrop Education Dean Beth Costner with Dr. Jenna Hallman, Exec. Dir. of the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement (CERRA). https://tinyurl.com/yc7s52xb

12 Black Leaders to Know in 2025. Through the Call Me MiSTER program, Craig King is training future educators and advocates. King, a lifelong advocate of education, aids students to become the person and teacher they are destined to become. https://tinyurl.com/yc27jemm