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The Model Teacher Education Consortium (MTEC) is a collaborative partnership which supports affordable, accessible, high-quality education and training for aspiring and practicing educators in participating school systems in North Carolina. In 1989, MTEC was established by the North Carolina General Assembly with the express purpose of alleviating the chronic teacher shortages in the northeastern part of the state. Presently, the Consortium is comprised of 51 public school systems, 35 community colleges, 21 universities as well as the Regional Alternative Licensing Center (RALC) and the NC Department of Public Instruction.
The primary goal of MTEC is to increase the number of highly qualified teachers in North Carolina’s public schools. To accomplish this charge, MTEC provides advice, professional development and financial assistance to employees of partnering school systems who are actively pursuing initial licensure or their first degree in teacher education or clearing a lateral entry or provisional license. In addition to tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate education courses needed for licensure, MTEC offers other benefits such as Praxis I and Praxis II seminars and stipends for teacher assistants and other paraprofessionals who are required to take a leave-of-absence from their position while fulfilling student-teaching requirements.
While one of MTEC’s goals is the retention of teachers, the Consortium focuses on attracting new teachers to the profession. For this reason, priority is given to lateral entry teachers seeking to clear their license and paraprofessionals pursuing initial licensure. Support for graduate services and add-on certification is limited. All MTEC services are contingent upon the availability of funding.
The primary goal of MTEC is to increase the number of highly qualified teachers in North Carolina’s public schools. To accomplish this charge, MTEC provides advice, professional development and financial assistance to employees of partnering school systems who are actively pursuing initial licensure or their first degree in teacher education or clearing a lateral entry or provisional license. In addition to tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate education courses needed for licensure, MTEC offers other benefits such as Praxis I and Praxis II seminars and stipends for teacher assistants and other paraprofessionals who are required to take a leave-of-absence from their position while fulfilling student-teaching requirements.
While one of MTEC’s goals is the retention of teachers, the Consortium focuses on attracting new teachers to the profession. For this reason, priority is given to lateral entry teachers seeking to clear their license and paraprofessionals pursuing initial licensure. Support for graduate services and add-on certification is limited. All MTEC services are contingent upon the availability of funding.
Shirley H. Arrington, Ed.D
MTEC Executive Director
MTEC Executive Director