diversity of our K-12 educator workforce and that of the student population they serve. Yet, studies show that a diverse educator workforce benefits all students, and especially students of color.
owing the DRIVE Summit, Governor Cooper appointed | Program Name | Program Description | Institution/Location | Region | Audience Served |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgecomb County Scholar Teachers Program | This program is a partnership between Edgecombe County Public Schools and Edgecombe Community College to address high teacher turnover in the district. | Edgecombe County | North Central | Students |
| Opportunity Culture Initiative | In the latest round of funding for the state’s Advanced Teaching Roles pilot, the North Carolina State Board of Education awarded grants to three districts that will implement Opportunity Culture roles—Halifax County and Hertford County in eastern North Carolina and Lexington City Schools in Davidson County. | Halifax County, Hertford County, Davidson County | Northeast | Educators |
| Partnership Teach | Partnership Teach is the affordable, online degree completion model offered by ECU’s College of Education to increase the number of high-quality teachers in local communities. | East Carolina University | Northeast | Students |
| Grow our Own Teachers | RichmondCC now has two new associate degrees that will make it easier for aspiring teachers to become part of North Carolina's teacher pipeline. "Growing Our Own" Teachers iniative works with our local school division to find students who dream of teaching right in their home communities. | Richmond Community College | Sandhills | Students |
| Dark Horse Fellows | Dark Horse Fellows is a teacher preparatory program designed to support Clinton High School students with a passion for education. Throughout their time in the program, students gain work experience, mentorship, and work-based learning opportunities. The program targets students from underrepresented populations — meaning students of color and males. | Sampson County | Sandhills | Students |
| PDS Educators of Color Network | Educators of Color is a collaborative network of current and retired P-12 teachers and school leaders, university faculty and students who, together, envision and facilitate activities to recruit students of color into the teaching profession, retain current educators of color, and engage school partners in advocacy efforts to establish a broader, more diverse network of professionals. | UNC-Wilmington | Southeast | Educators |
| Profound Gentlemen | Profound Gentlemen's mission is to build a community of male educators of color who provide a profound additional impact on boys of color. They develop, support and retain highly effective male teachers of color across the nation to positively affect the academic achievement of all children in traditional public and charter schools, with particular attention to the achievement of boys of color. | Charlotte Mecklenburg County | Southwest | Educators |
| Sudents to Teachers Through Educator Pathways (STEP) | Statesville High School’s new Students to Teachers Through Educator Pathways program gives students from diverse backgrounds exposure to teaching as a profession. They receive college credit for participating in the yearlong class and honors credit. Students are pictured in their field trip to Western Carolina University. | Statesville High School/ Western Carolina University | Southwest | Students |
| Teacher Quality Partnership Grant | Project TLC brings together three diverse cohorts of 12 teacher candidates, 36 in total, who complete customized curriculum and professional development leading to dual licensure in important subjects. Candidates will receive a $39,000 stipend and go on to teach at one of 12 identified CMS high-need schools, and receive two years of mentorship from a trained new teacher support coach. | UNC-Charlotte | Southwest | Students |
| Asheville City Schools Foundation- Black Educators of Excellence | In order to create an inclusive and supportive culture for educators, Asheville City Schools Foundation and Asheville County Schools developed a cohort model with robust support for current Black staff and a innovative BIPOC recruitment and retention program. The Black Educator Excellence program includes tuition for current ACS faculty and staff to complete their degrees, cohort meeting expenses, book stipends, and graduation expenses. | Asheville | Western | Educators |
| Call Me Mister | Call Me MiSTER (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role models) at Western Carolina University is dedicated to increasing the pool of available teachers from diverse backgrounds in the Western Carolina region and across the state of North Carolina. | Western Carolina University | Western | Students |
| Grow our Own Teachers of Color in Henderson County | This scholarship serves to recruit Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) students (current and former) and current HCPS staff (teaching assistants, support personnel) interested in a teaching career, to train, develop and prepare them to return to Henderson County to join the teaching workforce. | Henderson County | Western | Students |
| 2 + 2 Partnership Program | The intention of this partnership is for the Roanoke Valley area, consisting of Halifax and Northampton counties, to grow their own teachers. | Elizabeth City State University | Northeast | Students |
| Teacher Cadet | The program aims to support development of teacher pipeline in Northeast Region of NC. ECSU EPP would provide support and training to high school students interested in the teaching workforce. This program actively recruits males and students of color. | Elizabeth City State University | Northeast | Students |
| Pitt County Schools Educator Fellows Scholarship | Created in efforts to grow your own teacher support development of teacher pipeline in the county. | Pitt County Schools | Northeast | Students |
| ECU's TFA Partnership | Teacher residency program designed to recruit, develop, and support diverse educator workforce in high needs areas. | East Carolina University | Northeast | Students |
| Charlotte- Project LIFT | This is a partnership between The Cato College of Education, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Office of International Programs – funded by the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant. This residency program aims to attract a diverse group of teacher candidates to teach at one of 12 identified CMS high-need schools, and receive two years of mentorship from a trained new teacher support coach. | Charlotte Mecklenburg County | Southwest | Students |
| (ABBS, ACC, Elon Partnership) | Designed to create a sustainable and diverse teacher pipeline in the county’s public schools. Students will complete two years at ACC then two at Elon. ABSS students and students already enrolled in ACC are eligible for the program. | Alamance Community College | North Central | Students |
| Profound Ladies | Profound Ladies recruits and retains Black, Indigenous, Women of Color and then equip women with the mentorship, training, leadership and career development pathways so their students will experience the impact of a thriving woman of color leading in classrooms, schools and communities. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| Marathon Teaching Institute (MTI) | Designed to address the shortage of males of color in various education positions. This program provides students with financial assistance, peer-to-peer social and academic support, instructional support for licensure exams, job assistance upon graduation, mentoring, and networking opportunities. | North Carolina Central University | North Central | Students |
| North Carolina Teaching Fellows | This program allows teacher candidates to attend one of the eight select EPP in the state (Elon, FSU, Meredith, NCAT, NCSU, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, and UNCP), receive financial assistance, provides networking opportunities, as well as individualized coaching and professional development. | Statewide | All | Students |
| Leadership Institute for Future Teachers (LIFT) | The Leadership Institute for Future Teachers (LIFT) is a five-day, invitational program for students of color and bilingual students who are rising high school seniors in North Carolina and who are interested in enhancing their leadership skills and exploring a potential career in education | Statewide | All | Students |
| Jeanes Fellows Program | This program is a partnership between Dudley Flood Center and The Innovation Project (TIP). This program is designed to provide “consistent and intentional infrastructure to support community-school relationships using an equity lens”, utilizing a cohort model approach to support recruiting and retaining teachers of color. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| NC Teacher Cadet | This program is an in-state teacher recruitment and leadership program designed to establish a healthy pipeline of diverse and high qualified educators. Teacher Cadet is implemented in cooperation with public school districts in North Carolina. This program is a structured course of study that gives students a positive and realistic view of the educational profession. | Statewide | All | Students |
| Profound Gentlemen | Organization committed to building community of male TOC who provide profound impact on boys of color. They aim to develop, support, and retain male TOC. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| Waston College of Education, Educators of Color Network | Educators of Color is a collaborative network of current and retired P-12 teachers and school leaders, university faculty and students who, together, envision and facilitate activities to recruit students of color into the teaching profession, retain current educators of color, and engage school partners in advocacy efforts to establish a broader, more diverse network of professionals. | North Carolina Central University | North Central | School Leaders |
| Program Name | Program Description | Institution/Location | Region | Audience Served |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgecomb County Scholar Teachers Program | This program is a partnership between Edgecombe County Public Schools and Edgecombe Community College to address high teacher turnover in the district. | Edgecombe County | North Central | Students |
| Partnership Teach | Partnership Teach is the affordable, online degree completion model offered by ECU’s College of Education to increase the number of high-quality teachers in local communities. | East Carolina University | Northeast | Students |
| WGU North Carolina Partnership Agreement | Teacher assistants who are interested in earning bachelor’s degrees that lead to teacher licensure can now take advantage of a new scholarship opportunity offered through a partnership with WGU's Teachers College. | Ashe County | Northwest | Educators |
| Grow our Own Teachers | RichmondCC now has two new associate degrees that will make it easier for aspiring teachers to become part of North Carolina's teacher pipeline. "Growing Our Own" Teachers iniative works with our local school division to find students who dream of teaching right in their home communities. | Richmond Community College | Sandhills | Students |
| Dark Horse Fellows | Dark Horse Fellows is a teacher preparatory program designed to support Clinton High School students with a passion for education. Throughout their time in the program, students gain work experience, mentorship, and work-based learning opportunities. The program targets students from underrepresented populations — meaning students of color and males. | Sampson County | Sandhills | Students |
| PDS Educators of Color Network | Educators of Color is a collaborative network of current and retired P-12 teachers and school leaders, university faculty and students who, together, envision and facilitate activities to recruit students of color into the teaching profession, retain current educators of color, and engage school partners in advocacy efforts to establish a broader, more diverse network of professionals. | UNC-Wilmington | Southeast | Educators |
| Profound Gentlemen | Profound Gentlemen's mission is to build a community of male educators of color who provide a profound additional impact on boys of color. They develop, support and retain highly effective male teachers of color across the nation to positively affect the academic achievement of all children in traditional public and charter schools, with particular attention to the achievement of boys of color. | Charlotte Mecklenburg County | Southwest | Educators |
| Teacher Quality Partnership Grant | Project TLC brings together three diverse cohorts of 12 teacher candidates, 36 in total, who complete customized curriculum and professional development leading to dual licensure in important subjects. Candidates will receive a $39,000 stipend and go on to teach at one of 12 identified CMS high-need schools, and receive two years of mentorship from a trained new teacher support coach. | UNC-Charlotte | Southwest | Students |
| Asheville City Schools Foundation- Black Educators of Excellence | In order to create an inclusive and supportive culture for educators, Asheville City Schools Foundation and Asheville County Schools developed a cohort model with robust support for current Black staff and a innovative BIPOC recruitment and retention program. The Black Educator Excellence program includes tuition for current ACS faculty and staff to complete their degrees, cohort meeting expenses, book stipends, and graduation expenses. | Asheville | Western | Educators |
| Call Me Mister | Call Me MiSTER (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role models) at Western Carolina University is dedicated to increasing the pool of available teachers from diverse backgrounds in the Western Carolina region and across the state of North Carolina. | Western Carolina University | Western | Students |
| Grow our Own Teachers of Color in Henderson County | This scholarship serves to recruit Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) students (current and former) and current HCPS staff (teaching assistants, support personnel) interested in a teaching career, to train, develop and prepare them to return to Henderson County to join the teaching workforce. | Henderson County | Western | Students |
| 2 + 2 Partnership Program | The intention of this partnership is for the Roanoke Valley area, consisting of Halifax and Northampton counties, to grow their own teachers. | Elizabeth City State University | Northeast | Students |
| Teacher Cadet | The program aims to support development of teacher pipeline in Northeast Region of NC. ECSU EPP would provide support and training to high school students interested in the teaching workforce. This program actively recruits males and students of color. | Elizabeth City State University | Northeast | Students |
| ECU's TFA Partnership | Teacher residency program designed to recruit, develop, and support diverse educator workforce in high needs areas. | East Carolina University | Northeast | Students |
| NCSU Educational Leadership Academy (NELA) | This program seeks to increase student achievement by preparing and retaining principals in high-poverty, hard-to-staff, and historically low-performing schools. | North Carolina State University | North Central | School Leadership |
| First American Teacher Education Program (FATE) | The goal of this program is to increase the number of highly qualified American Indian teachers who will teach in schools with significant American Indian student populations - through a comprehensive strategy that will include licensure preparation and induction support. | UNC-Pembroke | Sandhills | Students |
| (ABBS, ACC, Elon Partnership) | Designed to create a sustainable and diverse teacher pipeline in the county’s public schools. Students will complete two years at ACC then two at Elon. ABSS students and students already enrolled in ACC are eligible for the program. | Alamance Community College | North Central | Students |
| PPEERS- Principal Preparation for Excellence in Equity in Rural Schools Program | The PPEERS Program is a cohort-based program designed to cultivate skills that research indicates are key for principals in high-needs schools: instructional leadership, including data use and supervision, distributive leadership, talent management, including cultivation of effective team, change leadership, building a positive school culture and promoting equity. | UNCG | Piedmont-Triad | Educators, School Leaders |
| Profound Ladies | Profound Ladies recruits and retains Black, Indigenous, Women of Color and then equip women with the mentorship, training, leadership and career development pathways so their students will experience the impact of a thriving woman of color leading in classrooms, schools and communities. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| Marathon Teaching Institute (MTI) | Designed to address the shortage of males of color in various education positions. This program provides students with financial assistance, peer-to-peer social and academic support, instructional support for licensure exams, job assistance upon graduation, mentoring, and networking opportunities. | North Carolina Central University | North Central | Students |
| North Carolina Teaching Fellows | This program allows teacher candidates to attend one of the eight select EPP in the state (Elon, FSU, Meredith, NCAT, NCSU, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Charlotte, and UNCP), receive financial assistance, provides networking opportunities, as well as individualized coaching and professional development. | Statewide | All | Students |
| NC Teacher Cadet | This program is an in-state teacher recruitment and leadership program designed to establish a healthy pipeline of diverse and high qualified educators. Teacher Cadet is implemented in cooperation with public school districts in North Carolina. This program is a structured course of study that gives students a positive and realistic view of the educational profession. | Statewide | All | Students |
| ECU Partnership TEACH | An online degree model offered by ECU’s College of Education to increase the number of high-quality teachers in local communities. Students begin at NC CC’s and then transfer to ECU to complete their teaching degree. Students are placed in public schools within or near their communities throughout schooling. | Statewide | Northeast | Students |
| Profound Gentlemen | Organization committed to building community of male TOC who provide profound impact on boys of color. They aim to develop, support, and retain male TOC. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| RAM Residency | This pathway to licensure is a one-year pathway, renewable up to two times for a total of three years. Individuals who wish to pursue North Carolina Residency License may apply for enrollment through the Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program or Second-Degree Program. | Winton-Salem State University | Piedmont-Triad | Students |
| Opportunity Culture | This initiative leverages OC roles to provide intensive support to all teachers, paid career advancement, stronger teacher pipeline, and to expand the impact of teachers and staff within the classroom and school building through collaboration and leadership. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| Central Carolina Principal Preparation Program | This program is a joint NC Principal Fellows program of the Central Carolina RESA and NCCU. This program is design to prepare schools leaders to serve in high need schools. | North Carolina Central University | North Central | School Leaders |
| Program Name | Program Description | Institution/Location | Region | Audience Served |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Public Schools Office of Equity Affairs- Somos DPS Latinx | The Mission of Durham Public Schools Latinx Group is to provide support to Durham PS Latinx staff by creating a safe space where members can meet, network, and grow together as professionals. | Durham Public Schools | North Central | Educators, School Leaders |
| Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership | The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership at NC State empowers K-12 educators through summer internships with industry, high-value professional development and membership into a prestigious network of teacher leaders. | North Carolina State University | North Central | Educators |
| Opportunity Culture Initiative | In the latest round of funding for the state’s Advanced Teaching Roles pilot, the North Carolina State Board of Education awarded grants to three districts that will implement Opportunity Culture roles—Halifax County and Hertford County in eastern North Carolina and Lexington City Schools in Davidson County. | Halifax County, Hertford County, Davidson County | Northeast | Educators |
| PDS Educators of Color Network | Educators of Color is a collaborative network of current and retired P-12 teachers and school leaders, university faculty and students who, together, envision and facilitate activities to recruit students of color into the teaching profession, retain current educators of color, and engage school partners in advocacy efforts to establish a broader, more diverse network of professionals. | UNC-Wilmington | Southeast | Educators |
| Profound Gentlemen | Profound Gentlemen's mission is to build a community of male educators of color who provide a profound additional impact on boys of color. They develop, support and retain highly effective male teachers of color across the nation to positively affect the academic achievement of all children in traditional public and charter schools, with particular attention to the achievement of boys of color. | Charlotte Mecklenburg County | Southwest | Educators |
| Teacher Quality Partnership Grant | Project TLC brings together three diverse cohorts of 12 teacher candidates, 36 in total, who complete customized curriculum and professional development leading to dual licensure in important subjects. Candidates will receive a $39,000 stipend and go on to teach at one of 12 identified CMS high-need schools, and receive two years of mentorship from a trained new teacher support coach. | UNC- Charlotte | Southwest | Students |
| Asheville City Schools Foundation- Black Educators of Excellence | In order to create an inclusive and supportive culture for educators, Asheville City Schools Foundation and Asheville County Schools developed a cohort model with robust support for current Black staff and a innovative BIPOC recruitment and retention program. The Black Educator Excellence program includes tuition for current ACS faculty and staff to complete their degrees, cohort meeting expenses, book stipends, and graduation expenses. | Asheville | Western | Educators |
| ECU's TFA Partnership | Teacher residency program designed to recruit, develop, and support diverse educator workforce in high needs areas. | East Carolina University | Northeast | Students |
| NCSU Educational Leadership Academy (NELA) | This program seeks to increase student achievement by preparing and retaining principals in high-poverty, hard-to-staff, and historically low-performing schools. | North Carolina State University | North Central | School Leadership |
| First American Teacher Education Program (FATE) | The goal of this program is to increase the number of highly qualified American Indian teachers who will teach in schools with significant American Indian student populations - through a comprehensive strategy that will include licensure preparation and induction support. | UNC-Pembroke | Sandhills | Students |
| Charlotte- Project LIFT | This is a partnership between The Cato College of Education, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and the Office of International Programs – funded by the Teacher Quality Partnership Grant. This residency program aims to attract a diverse group of teacher candidates to teach at one of 12 identified CMS high-need schools, and receive two years of mentorship from a trained new teacher support coach. | Charlotte Mecklenburg County | Southwest | Students |
| Profound Ladies | Profound Ladies recruits and retains Black, Indigenous, Women of Color and then equip women with the mentorship, training, leadership and career development pathways so their students will experience the impact of a thriving woman of color leading in classrooms, schools and communities. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| Marathon Teaching Institute (MTI) | Designed to address the shortage of males of color in various education positions. This program provides students with financial assistance, peer-to-peer social and academic support, instructional support for licensure exams, job assistance upon graduation, mentoring, and networking opportunities. | North Carolina Central University | North Central | Students |
| CREED | This program provides insights, research-based interventions, and organizational strategies to transform the experience of education in North Carolina through promoting deep and authentic engagement with issues, such as equity, gender, race, social justice, etc. through education. | Statewide | All | Educators, School Leaders |
| Jeanes Fellows Program | This program is a partnership between Dudley Flood Center and The Innovation Project (TIP). This program is designed to provide “consistent and intentional infrastructure to support community-school relationships using an equity lens”, utilizing a cohort model approach to support recruiting and retaining teachers of color. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| Profound Gentlemen | Organization committed to building community of male TOC who provide profound impact on boys of color. They aim to develop, support, and retain male TOC. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| Opportunity Culture | This initiative leverages OC roles to provide intensive support to all teachers, paid career advancement, stronger teacher pipeline, and to expand the impact of teachers and staff within the classroom and school building through collaboration and leadership. | Statewide | All | Educators |
| Waston College of Education, Educators of Color Network | Educators of Color is a collaborative network of current and retired P-12 teachers and school leaders, university faculty and students who, together, envision and facilitate activities to recruit students of color into the teaching profession, retain current educators of color, and engage school partners in advocacy efforts to establish a broader, more diverse network of professionals. | Waston College of Education / UNC Wilmington | Southeast | Educators, School Leaders |
