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Real-time Data for South Carolina Teacher Cadets

Click here to view real-time results to the Teacher Cadet Student Pre-Survey for the 2015-2016 school year. Note: Data only reflects results of South Carolina participants.

History of South Carolina Schools

Click to download this informative PDF for a thorough history of schools in South Carolina. Original work written by Levona Page and John Norton, who served as the first executive director of CERRA which was then known as the South Carolina Center for Teacher Recruitment. Some information has been deleted, revised, and/or updated by Virginia Bartels, who was one of the original authors of the Teacher Cadet curriculum, Experiencing Education.

Historical Teacher Cadet Data

The program was piloted in four high schools in 1985 - 1986 and quickly grew to 28 schools in its second year, all of which still offer the Teacher Cadet Program.
More than 62,650 students have participated in the Teacher Cadet Program in its 30-year history.
Since the Program’s inception, schools in 37 other states have implemented the Teacher Cadet curriculum, which is now in its Tenth Edition.

2016-2017 Teacher Cadet Data

The Teacher Cadet Program is offered in 76 of the 82 public school districts in South Carolina.
73% of all public high schools in South Carolina, as well as one private school and five career and technology centers, have a Teacher Cadet Program.
179 South Carolina high schools offered 214 sections of the course.
2,909 students in South Carolina completed the Teacher Cadet Program – 1,004 (34.5%) are non-white students and 679 (23.3%) are males.
After completing the course, 37.1% of Teacher Cadets chose teaching as the career they plan to pursue after college; another 10% were undecided about their career choice.
Of the Cadets who chose teaching as the career they plan to pursue after college, nearly one out of every four was undecided or had planned to pursue a different career before taking the course.
Of the Cadets who changed their minds to want to become a teacher, 67.4% indicated that the field experience in SC classrooms was the aspect of the Teacher Cadet Program that encouraged their decision.

96.9% of Teacher Cadets reported that the course was very or somewhat effective in helping them formulate a positive perception of the education profession.
98% of Teacher Cadets reported that the coursework/activities increased their knowledge of the teaching profession and other careers in education.
99% of Teacher Cadets reported that the field experience helped them understand the many factors that contribute to effective teaching.
78.9% of the 944 students who applied for admission into the Teaching Fellows Program in 2016 were Teacher Cadets.
More than 65,500 students have participated in the Teacher Cadet Program in its 31-year history.
Since the Program’s inception, schools in 37 other states have implemented the Teacher Cadet curriculum, which is now in its Tenth Edition. The curriculum’s Eleventh Edition will be available for the 2017-18 school year.

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