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Central Carolina Teaching Initiative

About

The Central Carolina Teaching Initiative (CCTI) is an accelerated alternative NC teacher licensure program. The CCTI program offers those with bachelors degrees in non-teaching areas the opportunity to become licensed North Carolina teachers. CCTI is a state-approved Educator Preparation Program for those looking to earn their license through the Residency Pathway. Participants complete all program requirements while teaching full-time in their districts. CCTI: Wake-Durham is an in-district Educator Preparation Program designed to support you as a beginning educator. We are honored to serve the resident educators in the Wake County Public School System and Durham Public Schools. Upon successful completion of the CCTI program, participants are eligible for their Initial North Carolina Professional Educators License. CCTI: Wake-Durham provides flexible distance learning and hybrid learning options. We work under a cohort model where participants meet face-to-face or online with other beginning teachers to grow together. Each of our CCTI teachers receives one-on-one support from a Wake-Durham coach throughout their first year as a beginning teacher.

 

  • Government/Nonprofit organization
  • Raleigh, NC
Nigeria Walton

Participation in CCTI has given me the opportunity to grow as in educator in many ways including giving me strategies and techniques to immediately implement in my classroom!

Nigeria Walton

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Licensure-only

Central Carolina Teaching Initiative, NC approved Educator Preparation Program

  • Hybrid

    Program Format

  • Pre-Test Required

    No

Relevant Links

Program Info

Wake County CCTI click here.

Durham County CCTI click here

CCTI program candidates thrive in an engaging, accessible, content-rich environment that balances individual growth with a collective goal of high educational standards. Our CCTI Cohort and Coaching Model combine to create a unique support system for educator success. Recent college graduates and career professionals collaborate in intentionally designed cohort models across multiple districts with intensive partnerships. One-on-one support is provided through an innovative coaching model designed to meet individual needs. CCTI offers three flexible options for coursework: online distance learning, in-person learning, and 100 percent online coursework by invitation only. Please see the pacing guide for more information. To apply to CCTI: Wake-Durham, you must teach or be in pursuit of a teaching position in the Wake County Public School System or Durham Public Schools in one of the licensure areas listed. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis for a July program start. Visit your district webpage to apply. Apply for CCTI Wake here or CCTI Durham here.  

Upcoming Deadlines

  • Deadlines

    Program Start

  • Rolling Deadline

    Summer
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Ways to Lower Your Costs

Students at Central Carolina Teaching Initiative have reduced the cost of their program using these methods. Check with Central Carolina Teaching Initiative to see if you can, too!

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Scholarship

Both Wake County Public Schools and Durham Public Schools offer candidates a scholarship to reduce your program tuition to $2,000!

Licensure Areas

Dance (K-12)
Elementary Education
English as a Second Language (K-12)
English, High School (9-12)
English, Middle Grades (6-9)
Health & Physical Education (K-12)
Math, High School (9-12)
Math, Middle Grades (6-9)
Music (K-12)
Science, High School (9-12)
Science, Middle Grades (6-9)
Social Studies, High School (9-12)
Social Studies, Middle Grades (6-9)
Special Education: General Curriculum
Theater Arts (K-12)
Trade & Industrial Education

Program Hallmarks

Stats

Gender
  • Male

  • Female


    45%

    55%

Ethnicity
  • American Indian or Alaskan Native

  • Asian

  • Black

  • Hispanic/Latino

  • Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander

  • White

  • Two or more races


    0%

    5%

    35%

    7%

    0%

    53%

    0%

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