CCTI: Wake-Durham Educator Preparation Program for Resident Teachers

CCTI: Wake-Durham is an in-district educator preparation scholarship program designed to support you as a beginning educator through effective practices, essential knowledge and skills for student success. Our program is an NCDPI-approved Educator Preparation Program (EPP) for those who would like to earn their license through the Residency Pathway. Participants complete all program requirements while teaching full-time in their districts.

If you are accepted into CCTI: Wake-Durham, proficient completion of all program requirements leads to your North Carolina Professional Educators License. 

Why choose CCTI: Wake-Durham?

• Options for Learning: CCTI-Wake-Durham offers hybrid or in-person class session

• Connections: The cohort model allows participants to meet face-to-face and online with other beginning teachers to grow together.

• Coaching: CCTI: Wake-Durham Coaches help each participant through the first year as a beginning teacher.

Check your eligibility

To apply to CCTI: Wake-Durham, you must meet the following eligibility requirements:

• Teach or be in pursuit of a teaching position in one of the following areas in the Wake County Public School System or Durham Public Schools:
  • Elementary Education
  • Secondary Education (Middle and High)
    • Math
    • Science
    • Social Studies
    • English Language Arts
  • K-12 Additional Content Areas
    • English as a Second Language
    • Fine/Performing Arts
    • World/Classical Languages
    • Health/Physical Education
  • CTE: Career and Technical Education
  • Special Education: General Curriculum

• Have a 2.7 or higher cumulative GPA.
• Have completed 24 credit hours with a C or better or earned a passing score on the NC content exam for your licensure area.

Apply

For admission to CCTI’s following year’s Summer/Fall Cohort there are two application windows:

• Summer/Fall application open June 15 - November 15  
• Winter/Spring application open January 15 - April 30  

Summer/Fall denial letters will communicate what is needed to qualify. The spring application does not guarantee admittance.

You must submit the following as part of your application:

• Official transcripts
• Licensure exam score report if you have them
• Copy of emergency license (if applicable)
• Resume

Once you have your supporting documents, submit your application. 

Applications are processed monthly. 

Get started

Once you have been accepted to CCTI: Wake-Durham, you will

1. Complete the Residency License (RL) Form: Residency licenses require that teacher candidates affiliate with a North Carolina educator preparation program (EPP). 
2. Complete the enrollment module and Canvas instructions.
3. Get started on the modules of Course 1.

We are excited to welcome you to the CCTI: Wake-Durham educator preparation program and look forward to getting to know you better and growing and learning together!