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
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
Licensure-only
Central Carolina Teaching Initiative, NC approved Educator Preparation Program
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.
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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
Our educators are hired as teachers of record, fully immersed as both practicing teachers and cohort students in the CCTI Program. The cohort model of the CCTI program allows our resident beginning educators a safe, collaborative space to try new ideas, share challenges, successes and failures. From their direct experiences in the classroom, our teachers are able to learn from each other, learn from their instructor and coach, support each other, and thrive in a community of innovative teachers growing together.
Ensuring equitable access to curriculum in education is a core belief of CCTI. With a focus on creating a classroom culture that maximizes learning, our participants develop a deep understanding of social emotional learning foundations, building supportive relationships, embracing a growth mindset, and designing classroom routines. The CCTI program is proud of the parallel program for Special Education General Curriculum teachers, bringing together SPED general curriculum teachers to share ideas and learn together. To ensure an equitable learning environment, CCTI participants implement curricular resources, language supports, accessible assessments, and instructional strategies that support differences in learning.
CCTI coaches work closely with the teacher in a coaching Professional Learning Community (PLC) designed to support teachers in a content-alike PLC and provide individual coaching sessions as requested. In addition, our participants and alumni are supported with CCTI newsletters offering work-life balance, mindfulness, classroom management, assessment, grading, instructional, and technological techniques.
CCTI is innovative, flexible, and adaptive, and relies on participant feedback to inform our next steps. Through survey results and support sessions, we are able to identify areas of individual and cohort-based needs, and make instructional and coaching adjustments quickly. A non-profit regional collaborative organization designed to support teacher recruitment and training needs, CCTI works closely with district and school leaders, communicating educator and district needs. CCTI calls on district educational leaders from the region to present to our teachers so they can hear first-hand from those who have the greatest impact on our profession.
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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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