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                                                       Southeastern Louisiana University
                                           Public Information Office
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                                           SLU 880, Hammond, LA 70402
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    Date: 3/15/01
      Contact:                           Christina Chapple 25

SLU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT SPONSORS
TEACHER RECRUITMENT DAY
     HAMMOND -- Approximately 75 students from Teacher Cadet programs at seven area
schools will visit Southeastern Louisiana University March 21 for the College of Education and
Human Development's Teacher Recruitment Day.
     The students are from Albany High School, Pine High School, Walker High School,
Salmen High School, Bogalusa High School, Donaldsonville High School and Crowley High
School, said education professor Julie Lester, who is coordinating the annual event. 
     "It's going to be a fun day," Lester said. Gathering in the Cate Teacher Education Center
Kiva from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., students will hear presentations about Southeastern from a
variety of campus departments, including one on "The Art of Teaching." They will exchange
ideas with Southeastern education students, tour the Teacher Education Center and the
Southeastern Lab School and experience a slice of campus life at the War Memorial Student
Union.
      The Teacher Cadet program, which originated in South Carolina, offers high school
juniors and seniors an innovative, hands-on course that allows them to "test drive" teaching. By
exploring current issues in education and innovative teaching practices, the program encourages
students to consider teaching as a career. 
     Lester said establishing Teacher Cadet programs is one of the recommendation of
Louisiana's Blue Ribbon Commission on Teacher Quality. She said Southeastern currently has a 
pilot program with St. Tammany Parish that allows Teacher Cadet students to take an exam for
three hours of teacher education credit at the university. The College of Education and Human
Development hopes to extend the program to additional parishes.
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