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Scott Cook, assistant director for teacher education recruitment, and Caitlin Cavin, senior elementary education major, review WCU's new Web site that is designed for prospective education students.
Western Carolina University’s College of Education and Allied Professions has unveiled a new Web site designed to provide prospective teacher education students with the information they need to get them on the path to earning a degree in education.
The site, http://WANTtoTEACH.wcu.edu, includes checklists for students who may be considering a career in teaching, information on North Carolina teacher salaries, a rundown of teaching licensure areas offered at WCU, and more helpful information and links to resources.
“I really wish I had a site like this when I was deciding on a career path,” said Caitlin Cavin, a senior elementary education major and Teaching Fellow at WCU. Cavin said she always knew she wanted to be an elementary school teacher, but was unaware of all the details of the college research and application processes.
“With this site, people can easily research the different teaching degrees available at Western and make decisions more wisely,” she said. “The information is so much easier to locate and people aren’t redirected all over the Web in search of answers for their questions about education. I love it.”
Kim Elliott, director of WCU’s Office for Rural Education, and teacher recruitment coordinator, said the Web site is not just for high school students about to head on to college, but also is meant to serve community college students, undeclared majors at universities, and alternative entry and second-career professionals.
The Web site is one outcome of the University of North Carolina General Administration’s Teacher Education Enrollment Plan, which was implemented to boost teacher education enrollment at the state’s public universities.
Over the coming decade, North Carolina school systems and charter schools are expected to employ more than 100,000 new teachers, with more than 12,500 new teachers employed annually by the state.
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