January 31, 2017
Latham Clinical Schools Network Benefits Students
The 20th anniversary of the Latham Clinical Schools Network
- Started with nine school system partners in 1996-97, when state teacher education programs were restructured from a 10-week student teaching requirement to a yearlong senior year experience
- In 2017: 43 school systems
- On average, 480 ECU student teachers are placed in schools each year<
- About 9,600 students have participated since the network began 20 years ago
- Named for career educators and ECU alumni (the late) Walter and Daisy Carson Latham of Bethel