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Educator Field Narratives

We feature real-world case studies that resonate with educators, policymakers, and local community leaders alike. Some of our recent stories, case studies, and work can be seen in our educator showcase below.

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Finding Home in a Village Built for Educators

Dr. Rolando Curabo

Coding a New Path: How Teaching Brought Me Home

Shequila Davis

More Than a Classroom: How Education Led Me to Build a Village

Dr. Sue Rex

Right on Time

Juan Alvarado

Rooted in Education: Building a Life Where I Teach

Victor Hernandez

Parents and Teachers: The Joy of Family Engagement

Robyn Mixon

Reality Check: Preparing for Life Beyond School Through Strong Community Partnerships

Ranina M. Outing

Sometimes the Grass is Greener

Fallon Griffy

Education in Newberry: A Parent-Educator Perspective

Christie Allison

Voces Comunitarias: Honoring Latino Community Voices

Lorilei Swanson

Parents and Teachers: The Joy of Family Engagement

Dr. Robyn Mixon

ELE, IOTA, Opening Retreat

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Knock, Knock: Who’s There? Paid Student Teaching

Susan Fernandez

Cultivating a Culture of Collaboration: Pivoting at a Professional Development School

Aisja Jones

Attending to Challenges, Supplying a Teacher Workforce: How South Carolina Can Support Alternative Certification Pathways

Dr. Remona Jenkins

It Takes a Village, and That’s Ok

Emmylou Todd

Una confianza perdida, otra regenerada

Julia Beaty, MSW, LISW-CP

Discovering Worth: There’s No Place Like an Educational Partnership with Families

Ruth Hill

Practitioner Inquiry: Supporting Teaching During a Pandemic

Brooke Scott

Culturally Responsive Teaching: From Individual Classrooms to Schoolwide Action

Robyn Brooke Biery

What Would Happen If We All Started Caring About Every Student?

Debbie Jones

The Power of Stories from the Inside Out

P. Ann Byrd & Cindy Van Buren

Power Up by Giving Up Power

Brandy Meyers

Everyone Can Be “Au-Some”

Bethany Reilly

Can You Hear Me?

Jessie Guest

When the Spirit Speaks: My Battle with Change

Matherine Dixon

Why Comfortable is a Four-Letter Word

Roy Blankeney

Finding a New Lens: How Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Shifted My Practice

Stephanie Bailey

Honoring Teacher Voice as Professional Development: A Democratic Imperative

Rhonda Jeffries, Terrance McAdoo & Michele Myers

Carolina Transition to Teaching: We’re Better Together

Kristin Mumford

Takes One to Know One: How Empathy Made Me a Better Teacher

Dottie Adams

Unpacking Problems? Invite Teachers to the Table

Dottie Adams

Life Didn’t Come with a Map

Adadra Neville

When Does the Magic Happen?

Carrie Trivedi

The Power is in the Process: Solving Adaptive Challenges in a Technical World

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University of South Carolina College of Education
Wardlaw Building, Room 201
820 Main Street; Columbia, SC 29208

Phone: 803-777-6417

The CEP was created pursuant to a proviso to the SC General Appropriations Bill of 2013-2014 (H.3710, Proviso 1A.52).


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University of South Carolina College of Education
Wardlaw Building Rm. 201
820 Main St. Columbia, SC 29208

Tel: 803-777-6417  Fax: 803-777-0905

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