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Teacher Education

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Associate's DegreeAcademicCIP: 13.0101

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Make a difference as an educator. If your career goal is teaching in a K-12 setting, HGTC's Teacher Education degree is a great first step. You'll gain the tools needed to help students of all ages learn, grow, and succeed in school. After completing this A.A.S. degree, you can either start working in the education sector as a paraprofessional or pursue a bachelor's degree.

Credits

64 credits

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Active ListeningSpeakingReading ComprehensionMonitoringInstructingSocial PerceptivenessService OrientationLearning StrategiesCoordinationActive LearningWriting

Knowledge

English LanguagePsychologyEducation and TrainingCustomer and Personal ServiceMathematicsSociology and AnthropologyAdministration and Management

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionOral ExpressionProblem SensitivitySpeech RecognitionSpeech ClarityWritten ComprehensionDeductive ReasoningWritten ExpressionNear VisionFluency of IdeasInformation OrderingCategory FlexibilityInductive Reasoning

Tasks

  • Provide assistance to students with special needs.
  • Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive r
  • Supervise students in classrooms, halls, cafeterias, school yards, and gymnasiums, or on field trips
  • Tutor and assist children individually or in small groups to help them master assignments and to rei
  • Enforce administration policies and rules governing students.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, b
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Deliver presentations at professional conferences.

Technology

Computer based training softwareData base user interface and query softwareDesktop communications softwareElectronic mail softwareVideo creation and editing softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareWord processing softwareAnalytical or scientific software

Tools

Alternative computer keyboardsAudio tape recorders or playersBraille slatesBraille stylusesCommunication boardsCompact disk CD playersComputer laser printersData input scannersDesktop computersDigital video camerasDigital video disk DVD playersEducational board gamesEmergency first aid kitsEnteral feeding equipmentEye controlled computer mouse equipmentIntercom systemsLaminating equipmentLaptop computersLiquid crystal display LCD projectorsMicrophonesCarousel slide projectorsCompact digital camerasComputer data input scannersComputer projectorsConference telephonesDigital calculatorsHandheld microphonesInteractive whiteboard controllersInteractive whiteboards

Work Values

RelationshipsIndependenceAchievementWorking ConditionsRecognitionSupport
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Teaching Assistants, Special Education25-9043.00
  • Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education25-9042.00
  • Education Teachers, Postsecondary25-1081.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Associate's Degree)

  • Individualized student assistance — provide targeted support to students with diverse disabilities, adapting approaches within familiar classroom routines with reduced direct oversight.
  • Behavior modification programs — implement structured behavior modification plans consistently across classroom and common-area environments, tracking outcomes for teacher review.
  • Multi-setting student supervision — manage student conduct independently across classrooms, gymnasiums, school yards, and field trips, applying established safety protocols.
  • Assistive technology support — troubleshoot and configure common assistive devices and software tools to meet individual student accessibility needs in daily school activities.
  • Sensory and perceptual-motor skill development — apply teacher-specified instructional strategies during sessions designed to improve students' motor coordination, language, or cognitive skills.
  • Small-group tutoring — facilitate recurring small-group learning sessions, reinforcing lesson concepts and adjusting pacing based on observed student comprehension.
  • Social skills instruction — teach and model socially acceptable behaviors using established techniques during structured classroom and social activities.
  • Student progress monitoring — record and summarize behavioral and academic observations using data entry software for review by the supervising special education team.
  • Coordination with support staff — collaborate routinely with teachers, therapists, and paraprofessionals to align daily support strategies for assigned students.
  • Multimedia educational software — use interactive and video-based instructional tools to supplement lessons and reinforce learning concepts in a special education setting.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

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Completion Rate
57%
Placement Rate
86%