What is NHCS in teaching?
The majority of the student teacher intern or field placements that occur in New Hanover County Schools (NHCS) are through either the Higher Education Partnership (HEP) program and or the Professional Development Schools (PDS) program and have a specific placement procedure that is followed. With the increased frequency of student teacher/intern placements requests made from online programs or non-HEP and non PDS program colleges and universities, the following procedures outline the placement process for requesting observation, field experience, internship or practicum placements.
Do you have to be a licensed educator in NC?
Professional Educators must be NC licensed in their area/subject/grade. If not certified in the state of NC, you are ineligible for a certified position until all official documentation has been submitted via the NC Dept. of Public Instruction’s online automated licensure system.
