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 2020-2021 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 76,800 students have participated in the Program in its 36-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 that includes a nine-week field and clinical teaching experience.
- Schools in 40 other states have implemented the Experiencing Education curriculum, which is in its 11th edition and is updated every five years.
2020-2021 Teacher Cadet Data
The following data are based on Cadets who completed the Experiencing Education course and completed an end-of-course survey (2,173 of 2,309 Cadets):
- The Teacher Cadet Program was available to students in 70 of 81 SC public school districts.
- 169 SC high schools offered a total of 224 Teacher Cadet classes, including 203 Experiencing Education classes and 21 Educational Psychology classes.
- 2,309 SC students completed the Experiencing Education course – 31% are non-white students and 21% are males.
- 161 students completed the Educational Psychology course.
The following data are based on Cadets who completed the Experiencing Education course and completed an end-of-course survey (2,173 of 2,309 Cadets):
- After completing the course, 33% of Teacher Cadets identified teaching as the career they plan to pursue after college; of these Cadets, 23% were undecided or planned to pursue another career before taking the course.
- Of the Cadets who changed their minds to want to become a teacher, 50% indicated that the field experience in SC classrooms encouraged their decision.
- Nearly every Cadet (99.6%) who participated in a field experience reported that it helped them understand the many factors that contribute to effective teaching.
- 99% of Cadets reported that the Program helped them formulate a positive perception of the education profession.
- 99% of Cadets reported that the coursework/activities increased their knowledge of the teaching profession and other careers in education.
