Well good afternoon everyone, my name is Mike Steadman.
I currently serve as the Admissions and Recruitment Coordinator for the College of Education here
at NC State University.
I'd like to welcome you to the College of Education and tell you a little more about
our programs, and why NC State College of Education is the premiere education destination
for our students in the state of North Carolina.
Today in the College of Education Information Session we're going to go over a little bit
of what we have to offer in terms of our majors, our additional programs that you can opt into,
some of our student clubs and organizations, and we will be open for questions by email
or by our social media which will be listed at the very end of this presentation.
What makes the College of Education different at NC State?
It's a great question.
Here at NC State we like to say that we have an extraordinary experience for extraordinary
educators.
When we look at our programs our programs are hands on.
What that means is that we get you into the classroom sooner than any other school in
the state of North Carolina, so when we look at your student teaching experience you're
actually in the classroom your sophomore year.
When we think about cultural immersion we want our graduates to be culturally immersed
in the things they know and in the students they can work with.
We do that through global programs, we do that through what we call PGU's or Professional
Growth Units, and we do that through some other intentional programming here at the
University.
We talk about the college of education being a close knit community, when we think about
schools at NC State and colleges at NC State we're one of the smaller units.
This gives us the unique opportunity to get to know our students through individualized
programming, academic advising, and sessions that we hold.When we talk about our world
class faculty the College of Education has a 14 student to 1 faculty member ratio.
So when we talk about individualized attention and the ability for you to get a world class
experience here at the university our faculty and our staff are above and beyond.
Last we'll talk a little bit about our academic quality, when we think about the students
that we're producing DPI, the Department of Public Instruction consistently ranks College
of Education graduates in the top performers that are currently in the field of education.
Which is something that we're incredibly proud about and we have our faculty, our staff,
and our program specifically to thank for that.
We lead the way in North Carolina.
We are consistently ranked as one of the best colleges for education majors in the United
States.
When we look at that ranking North Carolina State is the only college in North Carolina
to be included in that list.
It's a lot of different reasons, like we said earlier it definitely gets you in the classroom
earlier so you do start that classroom experience your second year.
We talk about some of the programs that we have and we'll show those later in this presentation.
We have a living and learning community that is designed specifically for our students
that are interested in working with students and working in the field of education, and
we outperform other teachers in the classroom.
When we think about the North Carolina pass rate for the licensure exam statewide right
now is about a 67%.
When we're looking at NC State College of Education graduates their passing that licensure
exam at about a 94% pass rate, so we're leaps and bounds above other programs in the state
and what they're producing.
We talk about creating quality teachers because at the end of the day at the end of your 4
years you want to be able to teach when you graduate.
How we're doing that is we're creating these quality teachers through these experiences.
Your classroom experience begins your second year and then it steps up every year from
that so you get more and more experience your sophomore year, your junior year, and then
into your senior year.
When we talk about using technology in the classroom we have our own library service.
It's called our Media Education and Technology Resource Center, also known as METRIC.
It;s available to our students to use to create lesson plans, to do anything they would need
as far as homework goes, or even creating projects or things for their classes.
We are a program that's focused in teaching, learning, and leadership, and we exceed the
statewide averages for these programs and how they're evaluated.
We are a state, and national, and global leader in education.
We're gonna talk a little bit about our majors now and our available degrees programs.
You each have been admitted to a program and if you do have questions about those please
feel free to reach out to us and we can connect you with faculty that are in your program
or provide you with a curriculum guide so you can see the courses that you'll be taking.
Our Elementary Education Program is an initial licensure program for grades kindergarten
through 6th grade, 6th grade typically being the first year of middle school.
With our Elementary Ed program we are focused on STEM education, we are currently the only
education program in the state of North Carolina to be focused on STEM education.
We've done that for a couple different reasons, when we think about an elementary educator,
typically they teach all subjects.
And while we found elementary educators are typically comfortable teaching more of the
histories and the languages, when we think about math and science that's a difficult
subject to teach to elementary students.
We've designed our program to focus around that and how can we teach elements of math
and science to these students.
In addition our elementary education students have the option of adding on a special education
dual-liscensure.
That special education dual-licsensure is an initial licensure for grades kindergarten
all the way through 12th grade, so you would have the opportunity in a special education
setting anywhere from kindergarten through 12th.
It's an awesome opportunity for students that are looking to diversify themselves or have
a passion for working with our special education populations.
Math education is also available in the College of Education.
We have two general areas so one would be middle grades which is an initial licensure
for 6th through 9th grade, or high school which is an initial licensure 9th through
12th grade.
What's unique about our Math Education Program is that we do have the opportunity to dual
major, so while we can give you a degree in math education we can also give you a degree
in math, be that calculus, statistics, or computer science.
Those are 2 degrees that you would get at the same time.
The courses so closely overlap there's not a lot of extra courses you would have to take.
And we do look at that mainly for our high school, so 9th through 12th grade but if you
were interested with that middle grades program it's something that you could talk to your
academic advisory about.
Middle Grades Language Arts and Social Studies is a program at the University as well, while
NC State does have high school English and high school history, that's something that's
not housed in the College of Education that's housed in the College of Humanities and Social
Sciences.
The closest thing that we in the College of Education can offer to a degree in English
or history education is our Middle School Language Arts and Social Studies.
You'll notice that that is an initial licensure for grades 6th through 9th, typically being
that first year of high school as well, so you could teach some of the lower level subjects
in high school in language arts or social studies.
It's a great option for students that are interested in middle grades.
With science education we also have the opportunity for middle grades science or high school science
depending on your interest.
With our High School Science Program it's also one of those dual degree programs, so
if you were interested we can give you a degree in science education and a degree in science.
Maybe that's biology maybe that's chemistry you would work with your academic adviser
to identify that, and the classes to closely overlap there as well.
So, typically 4 years at the University, maybe you're taking a little bit extra every semester
so you're closer to that 18 hour credit mark versus the 15 hour credit mark you may be
without that dual degree program.
But it's something that a lot of our students look into and its a great option for our students.
Technology, Engineering, and Design is a program at NC State in the College of Education as
well.
We see a lot of students go through this program that are interested in more of our technical
education classes.
So if you were interested in architecture, drafting, and computer sciences, some of those
classes you may have taken in your high school program, this is what we're sending teachers
through.
This does focus on more of an applied engineering field so you are problem solving from the
very beginning, you identify a problem, you solve the problem, and you incorporate technology
elements of design and engineering all throughout that.
With this we do have two options, one is a teacher licensure program, that teacher licnesure
program is good for 6th through 12th grade.
We also have the option to go GC, which is our Graphic Communications Concentration.
Within Graphic Communications we do focus more so on graphic designs, on animation,
on different technology production and what that looks like.
So it is a great option for students that have a passion for education but maybe don't
necessarily want to be in the classroom.
The last degree program that we offer is Learning Design and Technology.
With Learning Design and Technology this is the newest program in the College of Education,
it's previously been taught at the masters level so this is the first time that we've
brought it down t the undergrad level.
With it what we're looking at are these complicated processes that we see in everyday life.
So maybe that's a check-in form at a hospital, maybe that's the HR experience when you just
get hired at a new company.
Essentially we're taking these long, drawn out processes and make them simple for people
to understand and follow.
So, with our Learning Design and Technology Program it's a great way if you're interested
in curriculum design, if you're potentially interested in working with the technologies
that we're using in the classroom.
Maybe that's Webassign, maybe that's Moodle, that's Blackboard, anything like that it's
kind of being designed and implemented through programs like these.
We're excited to see what this program looks like and we're happy to talk to you more about
it if that's something that you would like to pursue.
This is not a teacher licensure program, so you would not be licensed to teach with it.
But again if you have a passion for education and you want to explore that a little bit
more through design and technology it could be an awesome program.
As mentioned we do have a couple additional programs that you are more than welcome to
add to your degree.
So we do have an ESL or English as a Second Language add on licensure.
This would be for students who are interested in working with that population of students
that are learning English within their, either, elementary, middle, or high school setting.
We do have our Special Education add on licensure, so this is designed for students that are
in our Elementary Education Program.
It is not currently designed for any students outside of elementary ed, but it would give
you an initial licensure to teach special education grades kindergarten through 12th.
We have a Coaching Education minor as well.
So for those students that are interested in pursuing a career in coaching, either in
individual sports, high school sports, or just volunteering on the side, it's a great
way to get that information, it's a great way to diversify your resume as well.
We talked a little bit about our performing teachers and how we are outperforming most
other programs on our statewide metrics, as you can see we are number one in our performing
teachers and that is something that we're proud of.
That goes back to the caliber of the faculty that are in our programs that goes back to
the caliber of students that we have, and that goes really to the weight of NC State
and the weight of the College of Education Degree.
Here at the University you will be paired with an academic adviser.
That academic adviser here in the College of Education wants to see you succeed.
We have a designated center with the College of Education, the Student Success and Advising
Center, you may hear it referred to as SSAC, but that is your resource center at the University.
You will be assigned a professional academic adviser your first 2 years and within that
your adviser is making sure that you're taking the classes that you need to graduate.
They're making sure that you're on track, that you're showing up, and that you're doing
well.
They're also going to be teaching your ED 100 course, so it's a great opportunity to
get involved and get to know your academic adviser.
Your last 2 years we transition you to a faculty adviser, that's someone who;s actually teaching
your upper level courses.
This is someone who's taught in the field, they know what you're going into, and your
advising really switches from a advising to more of a mentorship.
It's a great program, it provides you different access to different faculty and staff and
we've really seen a lot of good success with that.
So this is what your academic adviser is actually responsible for with you.
So they are a professional adviser, you will transition to a faculty adviser.
They are gonna provide you your personal support, guidance, information about courses, policy,
study abroad if you're interested in that, your academic success, and anything you can
be involved in.
And again they will teach that ED 100 course.
Your academic advisers are not the only people at the University that are successful, that
are responsible for your success.
When we think about our student's success team there are a lot of people that are involved
in it, and there's a lot of different moving parts.
So we'll talk about all of those in just a second.
Our students are going to live on campus when they come to NC State, they have a lot of
different options for where they want to stay.
We are going to encourage students to stay in Syme, Syme Residence Hall which also houses
our Students Advocating for Youth, or our specific Living and Learning Community.
When we think about Students Advocating for Youth, or SAY, this is a way that you can
get involved starting your freshman year.
You are paired with a 4th grader at a local elementary school and it's more of a mentorship
piece.
So while you are living in community with your other NC State students, you're actually
getting involved, and getting involved in your field and in true work experience from
the very beginning.
The mentorship model with your 4th grader is more about deciding what they want to learn
and how can you help them get there.
So that could be social skills, that could be academic skills, that could be programming,
there's a lot of things we see our students that are living in SAY, do out in the community
working with their mentee.
For students that are interested in SAY it is part of our housing process so you would
have to apply for SAY village, and our contact there is Robin McWilliams, and if you have
questions about that please feel free to reach out to us and we will connect you to Robin.
To talk a little bit more about SAY, we think about NC State, and NC State is a big school.
When we think about how do we make community and how do we find our place at the University
we're doing that through Living and Learning communities.
Through Living and Learning communities like SAY, it's a built in network, so it's like
minded individuals, the ability to find where you belong, and your group at the University.
We say we also find that about 45% of our first year students are living in a village.
Residents that are living in Living and Learning Villages explain their transition to college
is a little bit easier, that through these programs they have introduced themselves to
other students, to other programs and have really felt a connection to the University.
Global Learning and Study Abroad.
Here at the University you have the opportunity to study abroad at a number of different places,
with the College of Education we also have College of Education specific study abroad
programs.
So depending on what you're interested in and depending on your major we have a program
for you.
Maybe that's studying in Kenya, maybe that's studying in Mexico, maybe that's going on
an alternative break somewhere in the Caribbean.
But we have experiences designed to help you become culturally engaged and culturally immersive.
With that we do have a pretty strict guideline of when we would like to send you on study
abroad experiences so if you are interested in going for a full semester, we typically
ask that students go during their first semester of their sophomore year.
For students that are interested in alternative spring breaks or even summer sessions that's
a little bit different.
You'll work with your academic adviser to identify what study abroad and what session
would work best for you.
Here at the University there are over 700 student clubs and organizations that you can
be a part of.
Specifically in the College of Education we have 10 student organizations that we ask
our students to become a part of, within these student organization s you have the opportunity
to build leadership skills, volunteer within your community, connect with faculty and staff,
meet new people, and strengthen your resume.
It's a great opportunity to leave your mark at the University and you can do that through
one of 10 programs that we have designed.
When we look at our student organizations we have everything from Education Counsel,
these are students that essentially plan what happens in the College of Education, we have
an organizations specifically for our students that are interested in elementary ed, we have
honor societies, we have a network for multicultural young educators, we have a network for students
that are interested in math, for students that are interested in science, for students
that want to advocate for teacher change and what that looks like in the state of North
Carolina, for students that are passionate about technology and engineering, we even
have a program where our students can help recruit other students to come into the field
of education and we do that through our student ambassadors.
The last thing that we'll mention is Passport to Success.
Passport to Success is kind of our own version of Honors and Scholars within our college.
Passport to Success pairs you with a faculty or staff mentor within the College of Education,
and throughout your 4 years here at the University you are gonna be required to do what we call
Professional Growth Units or PGUs.
Within those PGUs you're gonna be ticking off different signature experiences.
So that involves cultural competency, that involves academic standings, that involves
volunteer work, networking, all of that.
So we complete your time at NC State, within your 4 years, and you will graduate with your
blog and portfolio completed.
Now that portfolio is designed to make you marketable in the changing job field, so when
you go to a hiring agency you'll be able to show them this portfolio and say "Yes I know
how to teach about cultural competencies, yes I know classroom management, yes I know"
about all these skills that employers are really looking for in that experience.
So, we've got you excited now about the University, you know that we've got your major, you're
excited about coming so the question is "What's next?".
If you haven't already go ahead online and fill out our scholarship application through
PackAssist.
PackAssist is where you're gonna find the College of Education specific scholarships.
Priority deadline for that was February 15th but it's still open, there's still the opportunity
to apply so apply, apply, apply!
Next is gonna be your enrollment deposit.
So, you are required to pay for your enrollment deposit by May 1st.
If you are interested in coming to the University that May, 1st deadline is going to be hugely
important.
You're gonna need to apply for housing because we want you to live on campus once you get
here.
That housing application is already open and live, especially if you are interested in
living in one of our Living and Learning communities, specifically SAY Village, get that in as soon
as you can.
The other two things that we need to think about are gonna be your math and chemistry
placement test, so that'll be available for you after you have confirmed your enrollment.
And your academic adviser will email you a little bit more about that as it gets closer
to actually enrolling, and you will enroll during new student orientation.
Specifically for the College of Education, our new student orientation will be June,
22nd and June, 23rd.
So a lot of things coming up in a pretty short time frame.
If you do have questions please reach out to us either on twitter, through using the
hashtags, or our contact information which will be attached to the last slide of this
presentation.