Winston-Salem State University’s (WSSU) School of Education and Human Performance recently signed agreements with five school districts in the Piedmont Triad to help to produce more teachers and school administrators.
Chancellor Reaves, members of his administrative team, and representatives of local school districts discuss memorandum of agreement.
The major goal of the agreement is to formalize opportunities for the university and school districts to collaboratively work toward the preparation of teachers and administrators based on the new North Carolina 21st Century Standards and North Carolina General Assembly’s House Bill 536. That recent bill requires teacher education programs to collaborate with school districts.
The participating school districts included Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Davie, Surry, Stokes and Lexington City School Districts. The agreement specifically engages the School of Education and Human Performance and the Department of Education with school personnel in these districts. The relationship will support active recruitment of high school students into teacher education, collaborative sponsorship of professional development activities for faculty and staff, cross-functional teams in the development of new academic programs, collaboration on state and national accreditation processes, and establishment of a formal alliance that supports quality teaching and learning. The agreement term is five years.
Dr. Donald J. Reaves
” I think this formal collaboration indicates that Winston-Salem State University and the School of Education and Human Performance are committed to working at every possible level with our school partners to provide the best teachers and administrators for the state of North Carolina” said Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Hammond, dean of WSSU’s School of Education and Human Performance.
