Western Carolina University

  

WHEETeach students and WCU Teaching Fellows work together on our Spring Service Learning Project.

Research shows that students who participate in learning communities:

• Have a higher GPA than their peers.
• Feel more connected to college and to their classmates.
• Stay in college and have a lower dropout rate.
• Experience a higher degree of satisfaction in their courses

Students involved in the WHEETeach LLC will live, learn, and socialize together on campus throughout their first year experience:

Mentors: WHEETeach II
Students will be paired with a Sophomore WheeTeach Mentor for the duration of their freshman year.

Courses: First Year Seminar and Teacher Leadership Seminar
Students will take their First Year Seminar (EDCI 191) and a Teacher Leadership Seminar course (LEAD 159) as a cohort, alongside other students in the community. Both courses have education as a focus.

Student Organization: WHEE Teach
Students will automatically be enrolled in the student organization, WHEE Teach, which gives future teachers the opportunity to volunteer in schools and participate in educational and social events with their classmates and roommates.

Residential: Scott Hall
Students will live together in the residence hall where activities can con-tinue at night and enrich the total student experience when they are living with those that they learn with. The Resident Advisors for the community are also education majors, and they will be organizing educational and social events for students who live in the community.

If you’re interested in teaching and want your first year to be rich, dynamic and filled with fun, have we got a place for you …

WHEETeach and Teaching Fellows embark on an Extreme Challenge weekend.