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  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
  • How We Elevate
    • Inquiry Matters
    • Education Leaders Experience
    • Educator Field Narratives
    • Classroom Catalyst Grants
  • Connect

How We Elevate

Inquiry Matters

A conference devoted to sharing the power of inquiry as an instructional tool in the classroom and as a means for job-embedded professional development. During the conference sessions, pre-service and in-service teachers, coaches, administrators, university partners, and students share how they engage in inquiry within and across classrooms, throughout the state of South Carolina and beyond.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONFERENCE HERE
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Education Leaders Experience

Education Leaders Experience (ELE) is a ten-month community-based outreach program for South Carolina education professionals. The ELE program was created by Colonial Life in 2016 and is administered in partnership with the Center for Educational Partnerships (CEP) at the University of South Carolina.

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM HERE

Field Narratives

Our work at CEP is rooted in powerful data visualization, compelling narratives, and storytelling caselets and graphics that move others to action.

READ SOME OF OUR STORIES
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Center for Educational Partnerships
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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White logo of the Center for Educational Partnerships at the University of South Carolina, with a network graphic of five connected dots on the left.

Center for Educational Partnerships
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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