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.
- Approximately 79,000 students have participated in the Program in its 37-year history.
- Schools in 40 other states have implemented the Experiencing Education curriculum, which is in its 11th edition and is updated every five years.
2021-2022 Teacher Cadet Data
The following data are based on Cadets who completed the Experiencing Education course and completed an end-of-course survey (2,252 of 2,398 Cadets):
- The Teacher Cadet Program 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.
- The Program was available to students in 69 of 79 SC public school districts.
- 171 SC high schools offered a total of 224 Teacher Cadet classes, including 200 Experiencing Education classes and 24 Educational Psychology classes.
- 2,398 SC students completed the Experiencing Education course – 33% are non-white students and 23% are males.
- 230 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 (2,252 of 2,398 Cadets):
- After completing the course, 36% 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.
- Two-thirds of the Cadets who changed their minds after taking the course indicated that the field experience in SC classrooms encouraged their decision to want to become a teacher.
- Nearly every Cadet reported that the field experience helped them understand the many factors that contribute to effective teaching.
- 99% of Cadets reported that the coursework/activities increased their knowledge of the teaching profession and other careers in education.
- 96% of Cadets reported that the Program helped them formulate a positive perception of the education profession.
