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Confessions Of A School Nerd: A Chat With Dr. Susan Fernandez, Rebecca Raab Mar 2026

Confessions Of A School Nerd: A Chat With Dr. Susan Fernandez, Rebecca Raab

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

The topic of book bans has become a common discussion point, as schools and districts field an increasing number of complaints and challenges to the books students can access in school libraries. In South Carolina, book reviews and subsequent removal of selected books by school leaders have turned into a routine experience. However, starting in the fall semesters schools and school districts in the state also have the potential to have books removed as part of a state panel's book review process. Previously these decisions were made only by the school and district. Through these school, county, and new state-level …

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Banned Books And The Impact On K-12 Classroom Teaching, Suzanne Horn, Kristal Curry, Anthony Setari Mar 2026

Banned Books And The Impact On K-12 Classroom Teaching, Suzanne Horn, Kristal Curry, Anthony Setari

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Desiree Lewis, a second-grade teacher at Marshall Elementary School in Orangeburg, South Carolina, embodies the spirit of mentorship and excellence in education. A proud graduate of Claflin University and South Carolina State University, she has remained deeply connected to her roots, teaching in the same school she attended as a child. Recently honored as a SCATE Cooperating Teacher of the Year, Desiree's passion for shaping the next generation of educators shines through her work with student teachers. In this interview, Desiree reflects on her own educational journey and the critical role cooperating teachers play in preparing future educators. Her insights …

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The Power Of Mentorship: Lessons From A Scate Cooperating Teacher Of The Year, Rebecca Raab Mar 2026

The Power Of Mentorship: Lessons From A Scate Cooperating Teacher Of The Year, Rebecca Raab

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is vital for students with complex communication needs, but its success in classrooms requires collaboration between AAC users, educators, and speech-language pathologists (SLPs). This review examines existing literature on AAC integration through SLP-educator collaboration, addressing barriers and strategies for effective implementation. An extensive literature search identified 16 studies on AAC and SLP-educator collaboration highlighting barriers, facilitators, and strategies to improve the partnerships, enhancing AAC use in classrooms. Successful AAC integration requires robust collaboration, and future research should focus on targeted interprofessional training and evaluating the impact of improved collaboration on AAC outcomes in classrooms.

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Boosting Aac Use: A Scoping Review Of Collaborating With Educators For Classroom Success, Alexis Lawton Mar 2026

Boosting Aac Use: A Scoping Review Of Collaborating With Educators For Classroom Success, Alexis Lawton

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Specific studies on South Carolina teachers showed that reasons for declining teacher retention and recruitment include concerns about low salary, school-level issues, and working conditions (Devers, Duyar, & Buchanan, 2024; South Carolina Teacher Retention Study, 2020; South Carolina Teacher, 2023). Even though teacher health has a significant impact on teacher retention (Casely-Hayford, et al., 2022), it is not present in discussions of teacher working conditions (Merrill, 2021). Instead, teacher health (both physical and mental) is often embedded in discussions of teacher burnout (Madigan, Kim, Glandorf, & Kavanagh, 2023) and teacher stress generally (Lazarus & Folkman, 1987; Kyriacou, 2001; Prilleltensky et …

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Are People Of Color Accurately Represented In American History?, Alexis Sibley, Gretchen Whitman Mar 2026

Are People Of Color Accurately Represented In American History?, Alexis Sibley, Gretchen Whitman

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

If education is the steppingstone to one's compass of identity, how is it that the history of a certain race is left out? People of Color are not being properly represented in American history. Omitting the history of an entire race, or races, tells students that they are not important. This pattern creates problems for all of society because students are not fully educated about the history and struggles, therefore dooming them to repeat the mistakes of the past...

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The Missing Piece Of The Teacher Retention Puzzle: Considering Health In Sc Teacher Preparation Programs, Jonathan Coker Mar 2026

The Missing Piece Of The Teacher Retention Puzzle: Considering Health In Sc Teacher Preparation Programs, Jonathan Coker

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

During the 2023-2024 school year, there was a 9% increase in teacher vacancies in South Carolina (CERRA, 2023). For decades, South Carolina has been attempting to address issues of teacher recruitment and retention. This has ranged from continued efforts from an organization called CERRA (Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention, & Advancement) founded in 1985, as well as more recently founded initiatives such as the SC Rural Recruitment Initiative in 2016 (Smith & Sauls, 2022; Tran, Babaei-Balderlou, & Smith, 2022). In 2022, the SC Department of Education established the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Task Force to address the continuously concerning issues …

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The Value Of Incorporating Research Methods In Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Programs, Sheena Kauppila Mar 2026

The Value Of Incorporating Research Methods In Undergraduate Teacher Preparation Programs, Sheena Kauppila

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Teacher preparation programs play a pivotal role in shaping future educators, equipping them with the skills and knowledge necessary to foster student learning and success. A growing body of literature underscores the importance of integrating research methods into these programs. By incorporating research training, teacher preparation programs help future educators analyze data, evaluate the quality of research studies, and apply findings to their teaching...

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Coping After Covid: College Student’S Use Of Coping And Engagement Strategies Post Covid-19, Chelsey R. Simmons, Michael Mckenzie Mar 2026

Coping After Covid: College Student’S Use Of Coping And Engagement Strategies Post Covid-19, Chelsey R. Simmons, Michael Mckenzie

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

The purpose of this pilot case study was to support student wellbeing by assessing the prevalence of mental health disorders among students, the types of treatment used, and the coping strategies used and preferred by students at a small university. The study aimed to address a gap in the literature surrounding the preferred coping strategies for college students. In the current study, participants were asked about their use of engagement and disengagement coping strategies and the likelihood they would participate in training aimed at improving their use of engagement coping strategies...

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Literacies Practices In The Disciplines, Emily Skinner Mar 2026

Literacies Practices In The Disciplines, Emily Skinner

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Building on Conley's (2014) work, I conducted an inquiry with disciplinary specialists across the college campus to learn about disciplinary literacies and to create a corpus of resources to use in my teaching. I interviewed disciplinary faculty in math, English, science, and history. I then edited 30-60 minute interviews down to 12-15 minute videos focused on what I determined would be most helpful to preparing middle grades and secondary teachers. Students viewed and then connected teaching strategies they had learned about in the course to the literacy practices of the disciplines. Their final project was a narrated digital presentation video …

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Impacts Of Limiting Diverse Literature And Curricula In South Carolina Public Schools, Julia P. Kuehn, Keonya C. Booker Mar 2026

Impacts Of Limiting Diverse Literature And Curricula In South Carolina Public Schools, Julia P. Kuehn, Keonya C. Booker

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This research explored what teachers and librarians identified as the impacts of limiting diverse books and curricula in South Carolina public schools. As book banning and censorship increase across the county, the amount of self-censorship that teachers and librarians partake in also increases. Through a mixed-methods approach, surveys were completed by local librarians and teachers to investigate their opinions on the limiting of diverse novels and curricula in South Carolina public schools. This research indicated that educators and librarians overwhelmingly believed that restricting diverse literature negatively affects students' ability to relate to what they read or learn, reduces their understanding …

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Full Issue: Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 2024, Suzanne Horn, Judith Collazo Mar 2026

Full Issue: Volume 18, Number 1, Fall 2024, Suzanne Horn, Judith Collazo

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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Instructional Design Applications Within The In-Person Classroom Teachers, Tyler Watts, Richard Smith, April White Pugh Mar 2026

Instructional Design Applications Within The In-Person Classroom Teachers, Tyler Watts, Richard Smith, April White Pugh

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

In the wake of COVID-19 and the additional expectations for teachers to navigate the complexities of teaching using technology-enhanced approaches, the researchers at a small, private university in South Carolina found an increase in teacher enrollment within their graduate-level program focused on instructional design and e-Learning. The first cohort, comprised largely of corporate trainers, higher education professionals, and State employees, was soon joined by a second cohort in 2020 in which K-12 teachers made up 50% of the enrollment total. In inquiring with both trainers in a corporate environment and K-12 teachers, the rationale for joining the program was due …

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Gamification And Game Mechanics In The Classroom: Most Enjoyable 55 Elements To Students, Jennifer Zakrzewski Mar 2026

Gamification And Game Mechanics In The Classroom: Most Enjoyable 55 Elements To Students, Jennifer Zakrzewski

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Engaging students continues to be a struggle in education regardless of whether it is in the K-12 sector of the college classroom. In recent years, gaming has become more prevalent in education, but often these games are one-time or stand-alone. This article looks at gamification and the incorporation of a multitude of gaming elements to determine which elements increase motivation of students the most. Participants included a convenience sample from a Technology for Teacher's course required by the university. Data were collected through a pre and post-survey. Results from the study show that the social aspect of engaging with others …

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Authentic Assessment Using Concept Mapping In Multiple Modes Of Instruction For A Special Education Teacher Education Course, Jeremy Lopuch, Christopher O'Brien Mar 2026

Authentic Assessment Using Concept Mapping In Multiple Modes Of Instruction For A Special Education Teacher Education Course, Jeremy Lopuch, Christopher O'Brien

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

The purpose of this study was to investigate the utility of concept maps to evaluate the depth of inquiry and knowledge for pre-service educators. Participants included undergraduate general education teacher candidates enrolled in an introductory special education course. Through the use of a pretest and posttest design, the authors collected quantitative and qualitative data using concepts to evaluate teacher candidate knowledge. Based on the results, the authors concluded concept maps were a practical tool to estimate essential conceptual knowledge. Implications and suggestions for future research will be discussed.

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What Keeps Early-Career Special Education Teachers Going?, Matt Collier, Carol Hoyle, Amanda Walkup Mar 2026

What Keeps Early-Career Special Education Teachers Going?, Matt Collier, Carol Hoyle, Amanda Walkup

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Our educational system continues to grapple with significant special education teacher job satisfaction, burnout, and attrition. While studies have identified factors related to burnout and attrition, there are not many studies focused upon identifying factors related to teacher success and retention. This study sought to identify such factors through qualitative analysis of surveys and interviews of graduates from a Southeastern university from 2016-2021. Identified factors included: support from others; support from self; support from the love of one's students; a general overload of work expectations; and eventual movement from special education teaching to a special education-related field.

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Work-Life Balance (Wlb): Findings From Educators, Tena B. Crews, Tiffany M. Bordonada, Kelly Wilkinson Mar 2026

Work-Life Balance (Wlb): Findings From Educators, Tena B. Crews, Tiffany M. Bordonada, Kelly Wilkinson

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Educators responded to a Work-Life Balance (WLB) survey which included the categories of workplace, wellness, self, and family. Survey results were analyzed using factor analysis and Spearman's Rho correlation coefficient. Females were more committed to work responsibilities, stressed about their workplace, and better at setting priorities. Males experienced more stress related disorders. A positive correlation resulted between wellness and workplace balance. Findings also indicated that administrators' behaviors appear to have a positive impact on educators' abilities to balance work responsibilities and personal lives.

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Strategies To Empower General Education Teachers In The Individualized Education Program (Iep), Jeremy Lopuch, Mary Anne Fleury Mar 2026

Strategies To Empower General Education Teachers In The Individualized Education Program (Iep), Jeremy Lopuch, Mary Anne Fleury

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Participation of general education teachers in the individualized education program is essential to maintain a successful inclusive program for students with disabilities. However, general education teachers often report a lack of engagement and agency in the process. The purpose of this article is to provide several tools to increase general educators' ownership of the IEP process to lead toward the success of students with disabilities within their classrooms.

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Full Issue: Volume 17, Number 1, Summer 2024, Judith Collazo, Timothy Lintner Mar 2026

Full Issue: Volume 17, Number 1, Summer 2024, Judith Collazo, Timothy Lintner

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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Are People Of Color Accurately Represented In American History?, Alexis Sibley, Gretchen Whitman Mar 2026

Are People Of Color Accurately Represented In American History?, Alexis Sibley, Gretchen Whitman

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Throughout history, people of color have been misrepresented in different aspects of American life. The representation of people of color (POC) in American history has been discussed and criticized for decades (Chaudri & Schau, 2016; Giarrizzo, 2012). One educational tool that remains at the forefront of the issue is the textbook. American history textbooks influence students' perceptions and attitudes about history. Many students are taught American history with textbooks that include a limited narrative (Chaudri & Schau, 2016). When student access and learning tools are limited and disconnected from reality, we see the effects of misrepresentation and the cycle that …

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A Call For Reorienting Joy In Educative Spaces, Benjamin Parker, Kathryn E. Parker Mar 2026

A Call For Reorienting Joy In Educative Spaces, Benjamin Parker, Kathryn E. Parker

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

In this manuscript, the authors examine the field of education's extended preoccupation with dreadful narratives. A qualitative analysis of educational research proposals is used to illustrate the limited representation of joy in scholarly research around educational spaces. Consideration is given to the roles that educational research and teacher preparation play in perpetuating deficit narratives and possible ways to reframe both the conversations we have around education as well as the field itself. Using Positive Psychology as an exemplar model, this manuscript calls for teacher educators to thoughtfully use joy as a construct in the preparation of future educators.

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Deconstructing Culturally Responsive Teaching/Learning: Preservice 20 Teachers' Perspectives, Winston Vaughan Mar 2026

Deconstructing Culturally Responsive Teaching/Learning: Preservice 20 Teachers' Perspectives, Winston Vaughan

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This article examines the positive impact of an exercise in which a group of pre-service teachers enrolled in a cultural diversity course at a Midwestern University deconstructed the contents of a video to better understand how culturally responsive teaching can significantly impact the teaching learning process especially with marginalized student populations. Preservice teachers were required to watch a video on culturally responsive teaching and engage in a "free write" based on the contents of the video. After that, students were asked to respond to two prompts based on content from the video. Data analysis from their "free writes," prompts responses, …

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Classroom Management Scenarios: From Theory To Practice, William Gary Cole Mar 2026

Classroom Management Scenarios: From Theory To Practice, William Gary Cole

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This article presents a powerful and engrossing method for engaging pre-service teachers in meaningful discussions about classroom management. The author details the use of perspective-taking scenarios, which are short vignettes based on real-life classroom management dilemmas faced by teachers. Processes for encouraging deep, transformative discussions and tips for writing classroom management scenarios are described. The author postulates that pre-service teachers can become more confident and capable classroom managers by hosting lively and wide-ranging discussions about actions to take when faced with specific classroom management situations.

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Religion And The Public Schools: Guidelines For South Carolina Teacher Educators And Principals, Michelle Román, Thomas Mcdaniel Mar 2026

Religion And The Public Schools: Guidelines For South Carolina Teacher Educators And Principals, Michelle Román, Thomas Mcdaniel

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This article examines past and current legal cases relating to the Constitution's First Amendment's requirements for public schools in the area of religion. As a follow-up to the article we published in the fall issue of this journal titled "The First Amendment Goes to School," it also offers guidance to school administrators and teacher educators in South Carolina to help them comply with these legal requirements for educators now established by court rulings. Landmark and other cases are used to define both the freedoms and limits to those freedoms for educators and their students.

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The Influence Of Flexible Seating On College Students' Comfort And Engagement Levels, Robin Franklin, Jacquelynn Pleis Mar 2026

The Influence Of Flexible Seating On College Students' Comfort And Engagement Levels, Robin Franklin, Jacquelynn Pleis

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Considering upgrades and changes in seating and physical design within the college classroom is often challenging in higher education. When designing a dedicated learning space at the university level, collaboration areas with flexible seating options should be considered a priority (Hare & Dillon, 2016). According to Burgeson (2017), providing flexible seating options K-12 within a student-centered approach to teaching and learning increases student engagement when given the choice of seating options. The researchers wondered if that would be true for college-level students and designed an action research study to understand this phenomenon. Student choice and voice were critical elements of …

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Full Issue: Volume 16, Number 3, Winter 2023, Judith Collazo, Timothy Lintner Mar 2026

Full Issue: Volume 16, Number 3, Winter 2023, Judith Collazo, Timothy Lintner

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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Building Individual Relationships With Students In Today's Classrooms, Kelley Mayer White, Katie Swart Mar 2026

Building Individual Relationships With Students In Today's Classrooms, Kelley Mayer White, Katie Swart

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Research has documented associations between high quality teacher-child relationships and children's social skills, self-regulation, and school readiness (Baker et al., 2008; Nguyen et al., 2020; Spilt et al., 2018). High-quality relationships are often defined as those in which the teacher and child experience a sense of closeness. Closeness is characterized by positive interactions, open communication, and warm feelings between teachers and children (Mashburn & Pianta, 2006). In contrast, children in teacher-child relationships regarded as high in conflict often perform poorer academically, are less engaged in learning, and report liking school less (Baker, 2006; Furrer & Skinner, 2003; Hamre & Pianta, …

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It's A Team Effort: Building Teacher Resilience In Pre-Service Teachers, Lindsay M. Simmons, Kimberly Mccuiston Mar 2026

It's A Team Effort: Building Teacher Resilience In Pre-Service Teachers, Lindsay M. Simmons, Kimberly Mccuiston

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

The authors address the role institutions of higher education play in building teacher resilience among pre-service teachers. Within teacher preparation programs, there are opportunities for pre-service teachers to learn skills and strategies that build teacher resiliency. Embedding opportunities in coursework and field experiences, the institution of higher education can scaffold the skills and strategies that promote self-advocacy, leading to teacher resiliency. Additionally, the authors discuss how ongoing professional development and effective mentoring can contribute to teacher retention.

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Implementing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Within An Undergraduate Classroom Management Course: A Teacher-Student Reflection, Carlos E. Lavin, Audra E. Mitchell Mar 2026

Implementing Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Within An Undergraduate Classroom Management Course: A Teacher-Student Reflection, Carlos E. Lavin, Audra E. Mitchell

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This article makes a case for culturally relevant pedagogies as one solution to the current cultural gap between teacher and student body in public education. To make this argument, we present our self-reflection and positionality of a research project on culturally relevant pedagogies. These reflections include our backgrounds and reactions to the project. Additionally, we present four of the most meaningful quotes from the study representing the barriers to implementation and the advantages of implementing culturally relevant pedagogy as a teaching framework.

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Cooperating Teacher Interjection In Student Teacher Lecture: The Purpose Of Interruption, Suzanne Horn, Kristal Curry Mar 2026

Cooperating Teacher Interjection In Student Teacher Lecture: The Purpose Of Interruption, Suzanne Horn, Kristal Curry

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

Using lecture is a standard method of teaching that offers students information the teacher would like the whole class to know. In this study, the researchers examined student teachers' lecture transcripts and identified when and why cooperating teachers inserted themselves into their lessons. The researchers used Post's (2007) work as the conceptual framework to analyze insertions by the cooperating teacher. This topic was investigated by the researchers who are faculty in the teacher education department after several student teachers reported that cooperating teachers were inserting themselves into the lessons they were teaching. As teacher educators, we wanted to explore how …

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Teacher Mentoring And Teacher Well-Being, Kayla D. King, Keonya C. Booker Mar 2026

Teacher Mentoring And Teacher Well-Being, Kayla D. King, Keonya C. Booker

Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina

This research study examined perceptions of mentoring for first-year elementary teachers in South Carolina. Participants completed an online survey to investigate if mentoring programs support beginning teacher well-being and result in increased teacher retention. Survey questions were adapted from the Oregon Department of Education's survey for beginning teachers. Both quantitative and qualitative data were used to determine the effectiveness of mentoring programs on beginning teacher support during the critical first years in the profession. Findings revealed that the majority of first-year teachers felt stressed and overwhelmed during their inductive year of teaching. Almost all first-year teachers (85%) stated they planned …

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