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Program Goals:

To establish a replicable model for recruiting, training, placement, and retention of highly qualified teachers through a partnership with Elizabeth City State University
To continue to meet the state requirement for full licensure for highly qualified teachers.

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Selection Criteria:

Elizabeth City State University

Northeastern North Carolina Transition To Teaching Project

(NNCTTTP)

Elizabeth City State University, in partnership with 12 LEAs, is currently implementing an innovative project which enables these high-need systems and high-need schools to recruit, prepare, and retain highly qualified teachers; thereby, alleviating the severe teacher shortages and enhancing student learning.

The Transition To Teaching Project includes the following cohorts:

Cohort I:

Paraprofessionls with bachelors’ degrees seeking full licensure. These participants must satisfy PRAXIS II only.

*Cohort II:

Paraprofessionals with at least two years of college, (60 transferrable credit hours and who have passed PRAXIS I), seeking a bachelor’s degree in education.

*Cohort III:

Lateral Entry Teachers or Mid-Career Professionals with a bachelor’s degree needing to complete course work and/or PRAXIS II.

(Licensure Only-Participants seeking full licensure through Elizabeth City State University or

Alternative Licensure- Participants seeking licensure requirements through one of North Carolina’s Alternative Licensing Centers)

Cohort III’s Lateral Entry Teachers must have graduated within three years before applying to an eligible LEA to teach.

*Mid Career Professionals may meet the requirements for Cohort II or III- Individuals with experience in another field, who have decided to pursue teaching as a career. These persons are not required to be employed in one of the twelve participating school systems. They must contact the NNCTTTP Offfice.

What does Northeastern North Carolina Transition To Teaching (NNCTTTP) offer you?

Pays up to $1500 per year for tuition & book fees

Pays University Application Fee

Offers free PRAXIS I& PRAXIS II workshops

Offers individualized advisement

Uses multiple vehicles for course offerings (Distance Learning, Telecommunications, LEA sites, Weekend/Evening)

Participating Counties

Beaufort, Bertie, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Nash/Rocky Mount, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Washington

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County Liasons:

Contact Information

County	Contact	Contact Information
Beaufort	Kelvin Cyrus	252-946-6593 kcyrus@beaufort.k12.nc.us
Bertie	Connie Richardson	252-794-6011 richardsonc.bco@bertieschools.com
Edgecombe	Debra Lightfoot	252-641-2672 dlightfoot@ecps.us
Gates	Gail Wade	252-357-1113 wadegc@gatescountyschools.net
Halifax	Selma Allen	252-583-5111 allens.co@hcs.schoollink.net
Hertford	Betty Pugh	252-358-1761 Ext 241 pughb@hertford.k12.nc.us
Martin	Anna Howell	252-809-4169
Nash/Rocky Mount	Victor Ward	252-462-2524 vlward@nrms.k12.nc.us
Pasquotank	Joyce Harris	252-337-6641 jharris@ecpps.k12.nc.us
Perquimans	Brenda Dail	252-426-5741 bdail@pcs.k12.nc.us
Washington	May Wilkins	252-793-5171 Ext. 241 mwilkins@washingtonco.k12.nc.us
Weldon City Schools	David Jones	252-536-4821 Ext. 225 jonesd@weldoncityschools.k12.nc.us
Northampton Mid-Career	Shelia H. Williams	252-335-3604 shwilliams@mail.ecsu.edu