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Full Issue: Volume 11, Number 2, Spring 2018, Julie Jones Mar 2026

Full Issue: Volume 11, Number 2, Spring 2018, Julie Jones

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This file contains the full issue of TEJSC, including front matter, table of contents, editorial notes, and articles.

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Read To Succeed: South Carolina's Unique Approach To Literacy Gateway Retention Policies, Jennifer Barrett-Tatum Mar 2026

Read To Succeed: South Carolina's Unique Approach To Literacy Gateway Retention Policies, Jennifer Barrett-Tatum

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

South Carolina's Read to Succeed Act, a state policy involving mandated intervention and retention for students third grade and below, began at the start of the 2017-2018 school year. Similar to past research on retention, a recent study of over 1,150 South Carolina state elementary school teachers, literacy support specialists, and administrators provides that the majority of respondents were unfamiliar with research on the effectiveness of retention as a means of intervention and were also unaware of many of the details of RTS, including Good Cause Exemptions for student retention. This article seeks to inform educators about what decades of …

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From Ncate To Caep: Navigating Uncertain Waters Together, Laura Hooks, Sarah Hunt-Barron Mar 2026

From Ncate To Caep: Navigating Uncertain Waters Together, Laura Hooks, Sarah Hunt-Barron

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

An educator preparation program shares the story of their shift from the NCATE accreditation process to the CAEP accreditation process, specifically their journey in the preparation of their self-study report. The paper outlines the concrete steps taken to navigate a confusing and changing landscape, while still keeping both the unit's goals and the goals of CAEP at the forefront. Failures and successes are shared, as well as the approach taken and the tools used to manage the processes of data-driven change, assessment, and documentation.

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Southeastern Teacher Educators' Self-Efficacy For Addressing Lgbt Issues, Cathy Brant, Lara Willox Mar 2026

Southeastern Teacher Educators' Self-Efficacy For Addressing Lgbt Issues, Cathy Brant, Lara Willox

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

The purpose of this study was to explore southeastern teacher educator's self-efficacy in addressing LGBT issues as a part of their undergraduate methods courses. Over 100 teacher educators responded to the survey exploring their self-efficacy about working with LGBT students, including LGBT individuals / events in their coursework and teaching to reduce prejudice. Findings showed a higher self-efficacy for working with LGBT students in contrast to a lower self-efficacy for teaching to reduce bias. Qualitative data indicated ways teacher educators were integrating LGBT issues and further highlighted ongoing professional development needs.

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The Impact Of Changing Academic Standards On Teacher Efficacy And Retention: A Survey On Teachers' Perceptions, Amanda Moon, Liyun Zhang, Lisa D. Waller Mar 2026

The Impact Of Changing Academic Standards On Teacher Efficacy And Retention: A Survey On Teachers' Perceptions, Amanda Moon, Liyun Zhang, Lisa D. Waller

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Little research has directly examined the impact of changing academic standards on teacher efficacy and teacher retention, especially among South Carolina teachers who have experienced a series of changes of academic standards in recent years. Accordingly, this study surveyed teacher perceptions regarding the impact of academic standards changes on their efficacy and retention. Participants included 158 classroom teachers within one public school district in South Carolina. Teachers across the district reported using three different sets of academic standards, including the Old South Carolina State Standards, Common Core State Standards, the New South Carolina State Standards, and some using more than …

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Year-Long Clinical Experiences: Preparation Versus Perspiration, Emma Savage-Davis, Suzanne Horn Mar 2026

Year-Long Clinical Experiences: Preparation Versus Perspiration, Emma Savage-Davis, Suzanne Horn

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This study examines two education programs in two states and the piloting of a one-year internship for candidates, as opposed to the traditional semester of internship. After candidates completed the internship, all of the stakeholders were interviewed (candidates, university faculty, cooperating teachers, and administrators). The results were favorable. The benefits of a yearlong internship outweighed the drawbacks. Candidates gained confidence and comfort in the longer experience and their cooperating teachers and university faculty noticed that they felt much more prepared. Administrators reported that these interns show an increase of readiness to teach, which was exhibited during their first year of …

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The Math Homework Melee, Erik A. Lowry Mar 2026

The Math Homework Melee, Erik A. Lowry

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Whether you ask parents, teachers or students, opinions vary between and among these groups... So, how should we handle homework in our classrooms? How do teachers design homework processes and procedures to support homework completion? Should we assign homework at all? If so, how often and how much? This article takes a look at these questions and strives to provide teachers with information to help them with make these decisions. To do this, the article takes a look at survey results from the field and ends with some questions to consider when it comes to implementation of homework practices.

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The Seriousness Of Humor In Educational Settings, Susan Fernandez Mar 2026

The Seriousness Of Humor In Educational Settings, Susan Fernandez

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Humor is an often overlooked skill that has many benefits, including providing stress relief, maximizing brain capacity for learning, increasing creativity, improving communication skills, and creating an environment of trust (Morrison, 2008, p. 19). With the possible positive educational implications of humor in mind, this study began in a large public school of Miami-Dade County, Florida as a quantitative correlational examination of the role of elementary and middle school teachers' sense of humor and its impact on their students' achievement. Based on the results of this study, research on the effects of humor in educational settings proliferated into a qualitative …

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Reaching Diverse Students: One Veteran Teacher's Journey Toward Culturally Responsive Teaching, Brennan Davis Mar 2026

Reaching Diverse Students: One Veteran Teacher's Journey Toward Culturally Responsive Teaching, Brennan Davis

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This qualitative action research study examined one high school teacher's experience in a book study focused on racial diversity with an overall aim toward achieving more equitable teaching practices. The findings demonstrated that the participant became more comfortable with discussing race/racism with his students and was able to disrupt his previous use of colorblindness. One way to prepare veteran teachers to reach diverse populations of students and to implement culturally responsive teaching practices is to give them opportunities to engage in ongoing critical self-examination of their diversity beliefs and deficit perspectives through text studies and critical conversations with colleagues.

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Curriculum And Instruction Lessons Learned From Elementary Education Student Teacher Reflections, Ashley Anderson-Murray, Greta Freeman Mar 2026

Curriculum And Instruction Lessons Learned From Elementary Education Student Teacher Reflections, Ashley Anderson-Murray, Greta Freeman

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Teacher candidates often find reflection as a topic of discussion and implementation in their university, education program courses. The purpose of this grounded theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1994) research study was to identify attitudes, questions and concerns of undergraduate elementary education student teachers through written reflections during the student teaching semester. The study revealed eight major themes related to the student teaching assignment and experience.

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Personalized Principal Leadership Practices: Leading Equitable, High Achieving Schools For African American And Latino Students, Dionne V. Mclaughlin Mar 2026

Personalized Principal Leadership Practices: Leading Equitable, High Achieving Schools For African American And Latino Students, Dionne V. Mclaughlin

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

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Perceptions Of Principal Evaluative Feedback And Recognition, Edward Cox, Tammy Burnham, Brie Mcdaniel Mar 2026

Perceptions Of Principal Evaluative Feedback And Recognition, Edward Cox, Tammy Burnham, Brie Mcdaniel

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Because teachers remain the top indicator of student achievement in the classroom, it is imperative that administrators focus on developing a teacher's skills and attributes (Darling-Hammond, 1984). Research indicates that the best qualified teachers are also the most dissatisfied (Darling-Hammond, Wise, & Klein, 1999). Consequently, the teacher attrition rate is alarming considering that 25% of teachers leave the field within three years and 40% leave the profession within five years (Skaalvik & Skaalvik, 2011). Due to the substantial teacher dissatisfaction and the importance of teacher effectiveness, coupled with the recent initiatives such as Every Student Succeeds Act, teacher evaluation continues …

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Budget Transparency And Teacher Retention In South Carolina, Henry Tran Mar 2026

Budget Transparency And Teacher Retention In South Carolina, Henry Tran

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

The public has increasingly pushed for more transparency on matters of school finance. One important financial tool utilized by schools are budgets and a lack of budget transparency can result in many detrimental outcomes including faculty distrust. If the distrust is severe, teachers may even leave their schools. This study examines the relationship between budget transparency and teacher retention in the state of South Carolina. Results suggest that the variables may be positively associated.

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Full Issue: Volume 11, Number 1, Fall 2017, Julie Jones Mar 2026

Full Issue: Volume 11, Number 1, Fall 2017, Julie Jones

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This file contains the full issue of TEJSC, including front matter, table of contents, editorial notes, and articles.

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Connecting Teacher Preparation With District Expectations: A Framework For Accreditation Collaboration, Carol G. Hoyle, Tracy N. West Mar 2026

Connecting Teacher Preparation With District Expectations: A Framework For Accreditation Collaboration, Carol G. Hoyle, Tracy N. West

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Special education teachers must be prepared for the demands of the public school classroom. Teacher education programs have a responsibility to ensure that pre-service teacher candidates are able to translate current research into practice, and the specialty program accreditation procedures help guide this process. This article overviews a framework that utilizes collaboration as the vehicle for ensuring this occurs. Results of a state survey of special education district administrators are provided with implications for program improvements and ongoing accreditation practices. As teacher education accreditation is based on multiple sources of data, a model that incorporates the input of public school …

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Conference Attendance As Professional Development Or English Education Students, Margaret J. Godbey Mar 2026

Conference Attendance As Professional Development Or English Education Students, Margaret J. Godbey

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

English Education students who attended a National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference seemed to develop increased confidence and professional identity through the experience of traveling to and attending a national conference. Including conference attendance in the methods class may be one way to address the problem of early-career attrition by encouraging pre-service teachers to establish a network of relationships and resources that extend beyond the college classroom.

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Evaluating A Special Education Teacher Program: The Relationships Between Graduates’ Standardized Test And Course Grade Performances, Holly Pae Mar 2026

Evaluating A Special Education Teacher Program: The Relationships Between Graduates’ Standardized Test And Course Grade Performances, Holly Pae

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Special Education Teacher preparation programs face great challenges in assuring that their graduates are prepared for the demands of today's classrooms. This research examines the test and grade results earned by 91 currently employed teachers that completed the same certification program in Learning Disabilities. The results of this multivariate analysis found a level of significance between course grades and test scores. These outcomes suggest recommendations for program improvement by identifying conditions that positively impact candidates' achievement and teacher competency. The findings support the need for content-base coursework in special education, offering field-based experiences tied to the courses' content curricula, and …

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The South Carolina Principal Applicant Pool: Are Principal Preparation Students Ready To Take Lead?, Henry Tran Mar 2026

The South Carolina Principal Applicant Pool: Are Principal Preparation Students Ready To Take Lead?, Henry Tran

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

School districts have long struggled with filling principal positions with qualified personnel. While administrative certification programs continue to certify new potential principals, many who graduate from such programs do not apply for principal positions. This descriptive study seeks to explore SC education leadership students' (n=34) perspectives on numerous issues pertaining to why this may be. The largest barrier cited was long hours on the job. In addition, inquiry is made to ascertain what may make the position more attractive to prospective principals. Results are discussed.

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Implementing Web-Based Instructional Technologies To Support And Improve Math Achievement, Howard V. Coleman, Jeremy Dickerson Mar 2026

Implementing Web-Based Instructional Technologies To Support And Improve Math Achievement, Howard V. Coleman, Jeremy Dickerson

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This paper presents a case study review of a public school's effort to improve student math achievement scores. The implementation process reviewed in this case study occurred in a public school that had become increasingly concerned about its elementary students' low math scores on in-class assessments and standardized tests. The public school's leadership team in this case study was interested in focusing on providing digital instructional support for all students, and in specifically targeting students needing math intervention. The digital instructional support was to be used to complement, rather than replace teachers' lesson plans and classroom activities. A K-5th grade …

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Principals' Personality And Instructional Leadership Behavior, Edward Cox, W. Burke Royster Mar 2026

Principals' Personality And Instructional Leadership Behavior, Edward Cox, W. Burke Royster

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This quantitative study examines the relationship between the leadership personality of a principal and the perception of that principal as an instructional leader. More specifically it seeks to determine if a principal's dominant personality characteristic, as defined by a four quadrant analysis, relates to the faculty's perception of that principal's instructional leadership. That perception is also examined in light of principal experience and grade level of the school. The results of this study indicate that a principal's predominant personality characteristic does not impact that individual's perception as an instructional leader by the faculty. A weak to moderate relationship between the …

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Full Issue: Volume 9, 2016, Christopher Burkett Mar 2026

Full Issue: Volume 9, 2016, Christopher Burkett

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This file contains the full issue of TEJSC, including front matter, table of contents, editorial notes, and articles.

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Reconceptualizing Educational Technology Integration In A Middle Level Teacher Preparation Program, Deborah H. Mcmurtrie, Bridget K. Coleman, Gary J. Senn Mar 2026

Reconceptualizing Educational Technology Integration In A Middle Level Teacher Preparation Program, Deborah H. Mcmurtrie, Bridget K. Coleman, Gary J. Senn

Current Issues in Middle Level Education

Our middle level education (MLE) faculty recently engaged in a self-study guided by this research question: How is our university preparing our MLE teacher candidates to integrate technology in teaching and learning? There were two overarching goals: 1) identify where we can introduce, practice, reinforce, and master technology skills and concepts. 2) reconceptualize our technology integration course. Our process included collaborating with stakeholders, surveying teacher candidates, examining theoretical underpinnings, exploring research-based best practices, and analyzing our programs. Data was collected through multi-year technology surveys and semi-structured focus group interviews. We grouped survey data into three broad technology categories: instructional delivery, …

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Attracting Early Childhood Teachers To South Carolina’S High Needs Rural Districts: Loan Repayment Vs. Tuition Subsidy, Henry Tran, Alison M. Hogue, Amanda M. Moon Mar 2026

Attracting Early Childhood Teachers To South Carolina’S High Needs Rural Districts: Loan Repayment Vs. Tuition Subsidy, Henry Tran, Alison M. Hogue, Amanda M. Moon

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

South Carolina (SC) has enacted a rural teaching initiative designed to provide financial incentives to attract teachers to their high needs rural districts. The plans have components that address both loan repayments and tuition subsidies; however, it is unknown which of the two options may be more incentivizing. Our analysis suggests that a reframing of the loan repayment to a tuition subsidy is not associated with stronger preference for teaching for at least five years in rural high needs districts. However, we uncovered positive associations between respondents' degree of confidence in their own self-efficacy (b=1.24, p=.008) and general openness to …

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Transitioning To Act Standards In South Carolina Schools: Insights And Techniques For School Districts, Howard V. Coleman, Jeremy Dickerson, Cindy Ambrose, Edi Cox, Dottie Brown Mar 2026

Transitioning To Act Standards In South Carolina Schools: Insights And Techniques For School Districts, Howard V. Coleman, Jeremy Dickerson, Cindy Ambrose, Edi Cox, Dottie Brown

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

The adoption of ACT Standards in South Carolina for the 2015/2016 school year is requiring rapid and systemic change for teachers, local school leaders, district administrators, and university teacher/administrator preparation programs. This article presents descriptions of the new standards and assessments, provides an overview of the current transition to ACT Standards, and emphasizes the importance of planning and implementing relevant, high quality professional development for teachers and local school leaders. The article concludes with examples of techniques from the Horry County Schools ACT planning and implementation process.

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Building Problem Solving Skills, Gary Bradley Mar 2026

Building Problem Solving Skills, Gary Bradley

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Elementary, middle-grades, and secondary preservice teachers engaged in mathematics methods courses whose focus was problem solving interacted with non-routine problems during the semester-long. To assess the efficacy of the problem-solving focus, the preservice teachers were given a non-routine problem at the beginning of the course and the same non-routine problem at the end of the course. Although some growth in problem solving strategies was seen, there was no increase in the number of correct answers to the problem. The findings indicate no significance between the math background or efficacy of the preservice teachers on their effective use of problem solving …

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Understanding English Language Learners: A Qualitative Study Of Teacher Candidates Teaching In Another Country, Culture, And Context, Lee Vartanian Mar 2026

Understanding English Language Learners: A Qualitative Study Of Teacher Candidates Teaching In Another Country, Culture, And Context, Lee Vartanian

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Regardless of the influx of English Language Learners (ELLs) in public schools, many pre-service and in-service teachers are underprepared to teach them (O'Neal, Ringler, & Rodriguez, 2008). Study abroad experiences, that include a teaching component, may provide an option for teacher candidates wishing to increase their ability to teach ELLs. In May 2014, nine teacher candidates from South Carolina taught for two weeks in an elementary school in central Guatemala. This qualitative study focused on how the experience of teaching in a new country, culture, and context impacted participant perceptions of effective teaching practice, the diverse needs of children, and …

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A Rubric For Revitalizing Teacher Reflection, Todd Cherner, Marcie Ellerbe, Elena Andrei Mar 2026

A Rubric For Revitalizing Teacher Reflection, Todd Cherner, Marcie Ellerbe, Elena Andrei

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

The notion that teachers must be “reflective practitioners” has long been supported by research, and teacher education programs typically promote reflection as one of their central tenets. Additionally, several rubrics have been created and used to evaluate pre-service teachers' reflection. The challenge, however, is that few of these rubrics are research-based or have been validated. In response, this article presents a narrative that explains how three teacher educators came together and used qualitative research methods to construct and validate a rubric designed to evaluate pre-service teachers' reflections. This rubric can be adopted by teacher educators to assess the quality of …

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The Science Edtpa: Emphasis On Inquiry, D. Michelle Rogers, Lisa Barron Mar 2026

The Science Edtpa: Emphasis On Inquiry, D. Michelle Rogers, Lisa Barron

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

edTPA is a performance-based assessment used to evaluate the teaching skills of pre-service teacher candidates. The Middle Childhood Science and Secondary Science edTPA assessments require that students are engaged in specific skills of scientific inquiry. While inquiry has been a focus of science education reform at the national level for years, there is little evidence to show that inquiry is common in the K-12 classroom. This article explains what inquiry is, why it is valuable, and why its inclusion poses a challenge and opportunity for new teachers being assessed with edTPA. The authors also provide suggestions to help college faculty …

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Embracing The Future Of Online Learning, Timothy Rayle, Michael Langevin Mar 2026

Embracing The Future Of Online Learning, Timothy Rayle, Michael Langevin

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

The use of online learning has become a common solution for high schools to meet the needs of students. Many high schools have embraced online learning particularly for students at-risk of not meeting the credit requirement for graduation. This study presents an analysis of high school principals' beliefs in the effectiveness, implementation, and barriers of online learning, as well as suggestions to improve the effectiveness.

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Full Issue: Volume 8, 2015, Christopher Burkett Mar 2026

Full Issue: Volume 8, 2015, Christopher Burkett

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This file contains the full issue of TEJSC, including front matter, table of contents, editorial notes, and articles.

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