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    • Meet the Team >
      • Meredith Dantzler
      • Michael Fleming, ED.D
      • Jennifer Garrett, PhD
      • Jenna Hallman, PhD
      • Suzanne Koty, PhD
      • Karen Pack, PhD
      • Arthur Pinckney
      • Tisha Simmons
      • Dani Stroud
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      • Erin Fox
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ProTeam

CERRA's Pre-Collegiate Middle School Teacher Recruitment Program

Learn More About ProTeam

​ProTeam Overview

The ProTeam Program aims to interest middle school students in the education profession before they become "turned off" to the possibility of a career in teaching. Positive learning experiences and role models are essential to the Program's success.

Piloted in twenty middle schools in 1989-90, the ProTeam Program has served more than 22,000 South Carolina students since its inception. CERRA continues to see a resurgence of interest in the ProTeam Program as middle schools increasingly recognize the importance of expanding the pool of available teachers for the future. During the 2019-20 school year, 1,571 students completed the Program, which was offered in 45 South Carolina middle schools.

The number of ProTeam students has grown by nearly 950 students since 2014-15, and the number of sites has more than doubled during this time. Furthermore, the ProTeam curriculum has now been implemented in seven other states. CERRA’s marketing efforts continue to focus on high need schools, and CERRA continues to analyze data to determine the long-term effectiveness of the ProTeam Program in attracting males and minorities into the education profession.
DreamQuest, the program's curriculum, introduces education as a career choice and meshes with EEDA legislation that requires all South Carolina students to be exposed to identified career clusters. The standards outlined in DreamQuest, match the Making Middle Grades Work comprehensive improvement framework. The ProTeam curriculum standards are closely aligned with the key principles of Making Middle Grades Work, an initiative of the Southern Regional Education Board.

ProTeam provides a semester or year-long hands-on course with student driven activities that create opportunities for students to grow as learners.
The course focuses on the following areas:
  • self-discovery
  • cooperative group work
  • service learning
  • goal-setting
  • career exploration
  • family involvement
  • teaching-like experiences

Eligibility Requirements for ProTeam, the middle school program:
  • 7th and/or 8th graders
  • Top 40% of current grade level
  • Positive recommendations from current teachers
  • Disposition or potential for post-secondary education
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Pre-Collegiate Staff

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Meredith Dantzler

​Director of Pre-Collegiate Programs


​P: 864-209-9045
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Karen Pack

Program facilitator​


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P: 864.909.4719
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Arthur Pinckney

PROGRAM FACILITATOR



​P: 803.429.8312
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Jason Bojko

​​PROGRAM SPECIALIST

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P: 
803.323.4032 ​​X2378​
E-mail Jason
ProTeam Clubs

​Middle schools are encouraged to offer a ProTeam Club as a follow-up to the class as a means of keeping students involved in teacher-like activities and on the right path to success in high school and college. Club sponsors are encouraged to use optional activities from the curriculum at the club meetings.
Also includes:
  • College campus visits
  • Educational conferences
  • Information about high school requirements
  • Emphasis on service learning and family involvement
  • Interaction with younger students in teacher-like activities

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