Research
Real-time Data for South Carolina Teacher Cadets
- Click here to view real-time results to the Teacher Cadet Student Pre-Survey for the 2019-2020 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 Teacher Cadet Program was piloted in four high schools during the 1985-86 school year and quickly grew to 28 schools in its second year.
- More than 74,500 students have participated in the Program in its 35-year history.
- The Program now offers students two courses: Teacher Cadet-Experiencing Education and Teacher Cadet-Educational Psychology. After completing Experiencing Education, students may choose to enroll in Educational Psychology, a follow-up course within the Program.
- Schools in 40 other states have implemented the Experiencing Education curriculum, which is in its 11th edition and is updated every five years.
2019-2020 Teacher Cadet Data
NOTE: Additional effectiveness data are typically collected from Teacher Cadet students through end-of-course surveys. However, due to COVID-19 school closures in March 2020, most students were not able to submit a survey and, therefore, much of the annual data normally reported are not available this year.
- The Teacher Cadet Program was offered in 75 of 79 traditional SC public school districts and both public charter school districts.
- Additionally, the Program was offered in three SC private schools for a total of 191 sites and 246 class sections.
- 2,998 SC students completed the Experiencing Education course and 182 students completed the Educational Psychology course; 92 of these students completed both courses.
- 22% of Cadets are male and 33.5% are non-white students.
- Overall, the Teacher Cadet Program has grown steadily since 2012-13, increasing by about 30 sites statewide and just over 600 students.
NOTE: Additional effectiveness data are typically collected from Teacher Cadet students through end-of-course surveys. However, due to COVID-19 school closures in March 2020, most students were not able to submit a survey and, therefore, much of the annual data normally reported are not available this year.
