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Western North Carolina school systems are finding it difficult to maintain adequate staffing
due to the retirement of the teaching force, higher student enrollment, and smaller class sizes. In addition, many qualified teachers who enter the profession fail to stay in the classroom due to the pressures of the job and lack of support. It's WNC beginning teachers and their mentors who benefit from the Center for the Support of Beginning Teachers.
Building upon the university's existing partnerships with the public schools, the center, a unique and fast-growing resource, works to stem the tide of new teachers abandoning the profession before they have completed five years of service.
The original idea for the center came from Dean A. Michael Dougherty -- part of his vision for the College of Education and Allied Professions. Through the grant-funded Z. Smith Reynolds Beginning Teacher/Teacher Leader Program, the concept was born. |
