Elementary Education Residency Licensure
Wayne Community College is pleased to offer an elementary education (K-6) residency program that will support newly hired teachers in need of a residency license. As a team, we will collaborate through your beginning teacher years all the way through licensure.
Through this Educator Preparation Program (EPP), Wayne Community College will provide:
- Supportive coursework
- One-on-one advising, mentoring and coaching by experience professionals
- In-person observations
- Step-by-step guidance through the process of receiving licensure
- Partnership with the local education agency to provide the best possible experience
Admissions Requirements
Eligibility
The Residency Licensure Certificate program is designed for college graduates who hold a bachelor’s degree in a non-education field and desire to become an elementary education teacher.
For admission into the program, the candidate must:
- Must be a U.S. citizen, or eligible for employment.
- Have completed a bachelor’s degree with a 2.7 GPA or higher.
- Have completed 24 hours of coursework in the requested licensure area or passed the North Carolina State Board of Education (NCSBE) required content area examination(s) for the requested licensure area. (6 hours math, 6 hours social studies, 6 hours english, 6 hours science)
- Provide a letter of employment or promised placement from the PSU/LEA in a position that requires a teaching license.
How to Apply
All interested applicants should complete the Alternative NC Teaching Licensure: NCCS Cultivating Carolina Classrooms-NCCCS Residency Licensure Program Application online through CFNC to apply. (*Please note: Applications are completed through CFNC, not on the WCC website.)
Applicant Steps:
- Create a CFNC account to access the application link (required by the system)
- Click “Apply to College”
- Click “Application Hub” CFNC.org – Application Hub
- Click “Start an Application”
- Select “Alternative NC Teaching Licensure: NCCCS Cultivating Carolina Classrooms.”
- At the start of the application, you must complete the “Residency Determination” form using your social security card and driver’s license.
- In addition to the application, students must provide:
- unofficial transcripts for admissions purposes
- official transcripts once admitted to the program
- a letter of employment or promised placement from the PSU/LEA
- When you arrive at the field for “Educator Prep Program,” you will be asked to select your top three community college options. Please select “Wayne Community College” as your first option.
- Submit your application
- Once the application is submitted, the applicant will be contacted by the NCCCS EPP Program Coordinator to determine eligibility and college placement of the applicant.
- The application will then be forwarded to FTCC for admission to the Residency Licensure Certificate program. The applicant will be officially enrolled in the FTCC RLCP once an official transcript(s) is received and reviewed by admissions.
Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates Available
Upon completion of this program you will receive an:
Elementary Education Residency Licensure certificate
Program Requirements
Below are the courses required to earn this certificate. These courses will be held at Wayne Community College in a hybrid model: mostly online with a few face-to-face meetings per course.
- EDU 270 Effective Instructional Environments (2 SHC)
- EDU 272 Technology, Data, and Assessment (3 SHC)
- EDU 277 Integrated Curriculum & Instructional Strategies: Math (3 SHC)
- EDU 278 Integrated Curriculum & Instructional Strategies: Social Studies/ELA (3 SHC)
- EDU 279 Literacy Development and Instruction (4 SHC)
- EDU 283 Educator Preparation Practicum (3 SHC)
Below are the recommended sequence of courses.
| Term | Course(s) | Course Title | Credits |
| Semester 1 | EDU 270 | Effective Instructional Environments | 3 SH |
| Semester 2 | EDU 278 | Integrated Curriculum and Instructional Strategies: Social Studies/ELA | 3 SH |
| EDU 279 | Literacy Development and Instruction | 3 SH |
| Semester 3 | EDU 272 | Technology, Data, and Assessment | 3 SH |
| EDU 277 | Integrated Curriculum and Instructional Strategies: Math/Science | 3 SH |
| Semester 4 | EDU 283 | Educator Preparation Practicum
(edTPA submission) | 3 SH |
| | Total | 18 HS |
Special Notes for your Plan of Study:
- Each course requires observations by the EPP director and/or assigned coach.
- In addition to 18 hours of course work, you are required to successfully complete edTPA requirements for the State of North Carolina and a passing score (all three components, edTPA 13: 34, edTPA 15: 40, edTPA 18: 48).
- Before applying for licensure, the candidate must past the following tests
- Pearson Test 090: Foundations of Reading and
- Pearson Test 203: Mathematics Subtest or
- Praxis Test 7813: CKT Math Subtest
- You are required to set up a DPI NC account and apply to NCDPI Online Licensure System
- Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) will complete the V Form.
- Your plan of study remains valid if:
- You remain employed as a lead teacher under the residency in a DPI-approved NC LEA
- You earn a grade of C or better in all residency courses and you have a GPA of 2.7 or higher.
Opportunities
Scholarships from the Foundation of Wayne Community College are available for this program. Contact the EPP Campus Director for more information.
