Dr. Jane F. Zenger
Instruction and Teacher Education,
College of Education
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC 29208
zengerj@gwm.sc.edu
Office: 803-777-6239
Fax: 803-777-3193
Home: 803-754-7268
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Director,
Teacher Quality Partners Project
Diverse Pathways in Teacher Preparation:
A Collaborative Approach for South Carolina's 2- and 4-Year Colleges
http://tqp.ed.sc.edu/pathwaysdes.htm
The Pathways
Project is supported by a $4.7 million dollar grant from the US Department
of Education Teacher Quality Enhancement Partnership Grants. The primary
goal is the development of a highly qualified teaching force that reflects
the diversity of the state’s population.
PARTNERS: University of South Carolina, Columbia and The College of Charleston, Midlands Technical College, Orangeburg-Calhoun Technical College, Trident Technical College, Richland School District One, Charleston County Schools, The BellSouth Corporation and CERRA- The SC Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement.
Goal I:
Curriculum Articulation with Liberal Arts and Sciences Associate Degrees
and Teacher Education Degrees
Goal II: Student Recruitment, Advisement, and Support on 2 and 4- year campus sites
Goal III: Development of Clinical Sites for experiences offered to 2-year College students.
Goal IV: Program to support beginning teachers during their Induction Years
A Professional Learning Community will support students progressing from pre-college recruitment, to their initial entry into 2-year colleges, through the completion of certification requirements, and into their induction into the teaching profession.
"Unveiling the Learning" ceremony. Click here to see more.
Jane
Zenger is married to Stephen Zenger, a science teacher at AC
Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina. She has two children,
Kathryn and Jay. Jane began her teaching career in rural South Carolina
as a Title I elementary reading teacher and has since taught in middle school
and high school. In addition she has taught adult education and specializes
in GED and basic literacy instruction.
She spent nine years working in Texas as a media director and served as the education policy consultant for a statewide adult literacy project.
Zenger returned to South Carolina in 1990 to work on issues related to at-risk students and teacher education. Currently she teaches graduate reading courses and directs the Diverse Pathways Program, a Title II DOE funded project to enhance teacher education in South Carolina schools.
