​The Teacher Cadet curriculum, Experiencing Education, Eleventh Edition, designed exclusively for the Teacher Cadet Program, has forty rigorous standards based upon the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) standards and are correlated with those of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), Association of Teacher Educators (ATE), National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), and Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC). 

All new instructors must be trained in the use of the curriculum and are required to attend a three-day curriculum training session. All trainings hosted by CERRA take place in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on the campus of Winthrop University, which is where the program is headquartered. If your intent is to launch the program on a district or state level (with 8 or more schools/instructors), consider hosting a training in your area.

Interested in becoming a South Carolina Teacher Cadet instructor? Here are the criteria. 

• Be a current state-certified teacher.

• Have at least three years of teaching experience.

• Have a Master's degree. Because TC is a dual credit accrual course, College Partners require this to comply with CAEP and other accreditation standards regarding qualifications for higher education adjunct instructors.

• Have the permission of one's principal or school-level administrator to implement and teach the course.

• Attend a two-day training in implementing the course's curriculum, Experiencing Education, 11th Edition.

Registration will open on February 1, 2025-May 30, 2025.

This two-day training is specifically designed for new Teacher Cadet: Experiencing Education instructors who will implement the course during the 2025-2026 academic year. The training will be held at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC.

Virtual Sessions: Zoom links will be emailed from bojkoj@cerra.org to registered participants one week before the scheduled training.

Registration will open on February 1, 2025-May 30, 2025.

This update training is specifically designed for current Teacher Cadet Instructors and instructors who have taught Experiencing Education within the last five years to provide instructors with an update on the Twelfth Edition of the curriculum.

Registration will open on February 1, 2025-May 30, 2025.

This two-day training is specifically designed for new Teacher Cadet: Educational Psychology instructors who will implement the course during the 2025-2026 academic year. The training will be held at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC.

July 15-16, 2025​

As your training date approaches, you will receive more details about the training. Districts are responsible for arranging travel and accommodations for instructors attending the training. Lunch will be provided each day during in-person training.