Purpose
The Office for Rural Education (ORE) is an integral part of the College of Education and Allied Professions. The purpose of this office is to increase awareness of the unique strengths and needs of rural schools and communities in North Carolina. The service area for ORE includes all of the educational agencies throughout the 49 western most counties in North Carolina.
Mission
The primary mission of the Office for Rural Education (ORE) is to increase the awareness of the unique strengths and needs of rural schools and communities in Western North Carolina and to develop creative systems to better serve rural youth and their teachers. ORE will provide consultative grant writing services to the public schools in the westernmost counties of North Carolina. In addition, the mission is to identify scientifically based and researched best practice activities designed to better understand the issues facing rural education in the state. ORE will provide program activities to assist with college access and recruitment initiatives in the education community.
Practices
The Office for Rural Education's practices are based upon the premises of:
- Improving the education profession
- Assessing disparate and divergent outcomes
- Achieving equity among diverse populations and settings
- Improving adequacy and continuity of public resources
- Strengthening the vitality of distressed schools and communities
- Mobilizing community support for students and schools
- Improving learner outcomes
- Emphasizing the transition from school to livelihood