Educator Preparation Program – Residency Licensure Certificates
Wayne Community College is pleased to offer education residency programs 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.
We offer the following Residency Programs:
- Elementary Education
- Special Education
- High School Math
- Middle School Math
- High School Science
- Middle School Science
Through this Educator Preparation Program (EPP), Wayne Community College will provide:
- Supportive coursework
- One-on-one advising, mentoring and coaching by experienced 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 from an accredited institution and desire to become a 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
- Provide a letter of employment or promised placement from a PSU/LEA in a public or public charter school as a lead teacher/teacher of record position that requires a teaching license.
How to Apply
All interested applicants will apply directly to Wayne Community College. A walkthrough on how to apply can be accessed through the following link.
How to Apply to the EPP
Handbook
Degrees, Diplomas, and Certificates Available
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.
Elementary Education
- 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)
Special Education
- EDU 224 Foundations, Policies, and Practices in Special Education (3 SHC)
- EDU 272 Technology, Data, and Assessment (3 SHC)
- EDU 225 Instructional & Behavioral Strategies for Inclusion Classrooms (3 SHC)
- EDU 264 Strategies for Adaptive Math Instruction (3 SHC)
- EDU 265 Strategies for Adaptive Literacy Instruction (3 SHC)
- EDU 283 Educator Preparation Practicum (3 SHC)
High School Math
- EDU 270 Effective Instructional Environments (2 SHC)
- EDU 272 Technology, Data, and Assessment (3 SHC)
- EDU 268 Instructional Methods for High School Mathematics (4 SHC)
- EDU 230 Development, Diversity, and Resilience in Youth and Secondary Students (3 SHC)
- EDU 269 Designing Responsive Mathematics Instructions for High School (3 SHC)
- EDU 283 Educator Preparation Practicum (3 SHC)
Middle School Math
- EDU 270 Effective Instructional Environments (2 SHC)
- EDU 272 Technology, Data, and Assessment (3 SHC)
- EDU 231 Instructional Methods for Middle Grades Mathematics (4 SHC)
- EDU 230 Development, Diversity, and Resilience in Youth and Secondary Students (3 SHC)
- EDU 232 Designing Responsive Mathematics Instruction for Middle Grades (3 SHC)
- EDU 283 Educator Preparation Practicum (3 SHC)
High School Science
- EDU 270 Effective Instructional Environments (2 SHC)
- EDU 272 Technology, Data, and Assessment (3 SHC)
- EDU 273 Instructional Methods for High School Science (4 SHC)
- EDU 230 Development, Diversity, and Resilience in Youth and Secondary Students (3 SHC)
- EDU 274 Applying Scientific Inquiry in High School Science (3 SHC)
- EDU 283 Educator Preparation Practicum (3 SHC)
Middle School Science
- EDU 270 Effective Instructional Environments (2 SHC)
- EDU 272 Technology, Data, and Assessment (3 SHC)
- EDU 238 Instructional Methods for Middle Grades Science (4 SHC)
- EDU 230 Development, Diversity, and Resilience in Youth and Secondary Students (3 SHC)
- EDU 239 Applying Scientific Inquiry in Middle Grades (3 SHC)
- EDU 283 Educator Preparation Practicum (3 SHC)
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 on required state Praxis/Pearson testing before being recommended for licensure.
- 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 upon completion.
- 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.
If you need to file a complaint:
The process to file a complaint is outlined in this document.
Opportunities
Scholarships from the Foundation of Wayne Community College are available for this program. Contact the EPP Campus Director for more information.
