Phone: 843-669-3391
Fax: 843-669-3393

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

Coastal Pee Dee Regional S²MART Center

Support Services for Making a Real Transformation

The Coastal Pee Dee Regional S²MART Center is one of eight  centers in South Carolina. The centers serve as a liaison between the South Carolina Department of Educations Office of Standards and Support and local school districts. The S²MART centers serve as regional resource offering tiered support services designed to build capacity to improve instruction. We do this through listening, informing, assessing, planning, engaging and capacity building in classrooms, schools and districts.

Guided by the S²MART Centers SC Theory of Action for Instructional Improvement, some of the programs supported by the centers are:

▪ Instructional Coaching Initiative (iCoach SC)

▪ iPass (Priority Assistance for Selected Schools)

▪ S³ Curriculum

▪ South Carolina Algebra Classroom (SCAP)

▪ Standards Support

▪ Cognitive Coaching

▪ iRead SC

▪ Collaborative Schools Initiative                 (Professional Learning Communities for Middle and High Schools)

▪ Literacy RTI

▪ Assessment for Learning

▪ Literacy Across the Contents

For information, call Eddie Lott at 843-669-3391 ext. 11 or email at elott@pdec.net

www.s2martsc.org

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
 

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.

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

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 Tournament