NACCTEP

NACCTEP's Executive Board has the following openings for the term starting on July 1. 2026 through June 30, 2030:
President
Vice President
Treasurer
(1) Member-at-Large
Titled positions require one year of prior board experience.
Deadline to self-nominate is May 14, 2026 with candidates posted to our website for members to vote on.
Follow the QR code on the flyer or visit https://www.nacctep.org/nominations for more information and to nominate yourself.

Dr. Mary Olvera is the State Director of Teacher Education, Public Services, and Perkins Special Populations for the North Carolina Community College System. In this episode she shares the unique structure of community colleges in NC, that there are 58 that all use a singular curriculum and none are more than 30 miles from their students across 100 counties. They operate in service areas, and if the community college in a student's service area isn't one of the 29 with an EPP program, the student can attend the next nearest college that does.

Through various programs such as College Promise, students can begin their journeys to becoming teachers as early as high school and continue on through the community college before transferring to a university that may charge as little as $500 a semester on their way to a degree. Programs may include a one-year apprenticeship or a three-year residency for teacher candidates that hold different licensure levels.

Listen at nacctep.org/podcasts or through your preferred podcast provider.