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Minority Teacher Recruitment
The Center administers a loan program to encourage
minority students to become teachers and work in
member school districts.
Students
can receive $1,000 per year for a maximum of $4,000
to become certified teachers. If the student then
works in a member school district, the district
repays the loan ($1,000 per year). If the student
does not work in a member district, he or she must
repay the loan plus interest.
Member
districts include Chesterfield County Clarendon
Three; Darlington County; Dillon Districts One, Two
and Three, Florence Districts One, Two, Four and
Five; Lee County; Marion Districts One, Two, and
Seven; Marlboro County; and Williamsburg County.
Applications are taken annually, usually in March
and April for the following school year.
For information or an
application, contact Rick Reames at 843-669-3391
ext. 12 or email at
rreames@pdec.net
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Math and
Science Center
The
Coastal Pee Dee Mathematics and Science Regional
Center (MSRC) is one of eight centers in South
Carolina. The centers serve as the liaison between
the State Department of Education’s Office of
Curriculum and Standards’ Mathematics and Science
Unit (MSU) and local districts. The goal of the
centers is to provide a locally available interface
between school districts and the SDE in matters
related to mathematics and science curriculum,
instruction and assessment. By providing high
quality programs that meet local needs the Coastal
Pee Dee MSRC assists regional districts in meeting
the requirements of state reform efforts.
Guided
by the MSU Theory of Action for Instructional
Improvement, some of the programs supported by the
MSRC are:
▪ Mathematics and Science Coaching Initiative (MSCI)
▪ Exemplary Science Material Support
▪ Dynamic Classroom Assessment (DCA)
▪ South
Carolina Algebra Classroom
▪ Data
analysis for instructional improvement
▪ Creating Excellence in Elementary and Middle
Mathematics (CEEMM)
For information, call Laura
Mourning at 843-669-3391 ext. 11 or email at
mourning@coastal.edu
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Project
SHARE
Project
SHARE serves Low Incidence (visually ,
orthopedically, or hearing impaired) students by
concentrating educational and related services in
the host districts of Darlington County and Florence
School District One.
Specially trained teachers, assistants, and related
services personnel such as Occupational Therapists,
Physical Therapists, Speech Therapists, and
Orientation and Mobility Specialists work with
students needing these services.
Students
qualifying for these services are bussed into the
host districts by the students’ home school
districts.
For more information, please
contact the Special Education Director of your home
school district or Rick Reames, Executive Director,
at 843-669-3391 ext. 12 or email at
rreames@pdec.net
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Early
Childhood Services
The
purpose of the Pee Dee Early Childhood Initiative is
to coordinate and support efforts to improve the
quality of early childhood education in the region.
The
Early Childhood Initiative provides professional
development in best practices, on-site visits
tailored to the needs of individual districts,
resources for staff to enhance the teaching and
learning process, and a link to state and national
developments.
For more information contact
Gayle Morris, Early Childhood Consultant, at
843-669-3391, Ext. 33 or by email at
gmorris@pdec.net.
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On-Line
Certification Courses
In
conjunction with Coastal Carolina University, the
Pee Dee Education Center assists teachers in member
school districts obtain recertification courses via
the internet. Different courses are offered each
semester and during the summer.
For more information, please
contact Linda Thomas at 843-669-3391 x 10 or email
lthomas@pdec.net
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Academic
Programs
The Pee
Dee Education Center sponsors the following Academic
programs during the school year. Most are held at
Francis Marion University and other agencies assist
with the activities.
Academic
Challenge for middle and high schools
Junior
Scholars Program
Regional
Spelling Bee
Math
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