Clemson University's College of Education has a significant footprint across rural South Carolina. Clemson have formal programming with at least 47 school districts serving more than half a million students, and that work spans research-practice partnerships, teacher and counselor preparation, literacy, behavioral supports, leadership development, educator pipelines, and improvement science. They serve their rural communities through an ecosystem of partnerships. The Early Literacy Center works statewide. The Behavior Alliance of South Carolina builds local capacity around behavioral needs. The Rural Teacher Residency puts full-time residents into rural districts and has had a 95% retention rate after graduation. Call Me MISTER strengthens educator pipelines, and the LEADERS Center works alongside rural and high-poverty districts using improvement science to address locally identified problems of practice. Clemson's rural work is anchored in recognizing and building from community assets.
This emerging partnership enables Clemson to connect current assets more intentionally. They are in the process of launching one of the first fully online, dual certification undergraduate programs for the university. This online dual certification program will be in Early Childhood Education and Special Education.
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