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TO:  North Carolina House Educational Committee

FROM:  Doug Eury

RE:  Micro-credentialing for educators

Allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Doug Eury and I am Owner and CEO of Eury Consulting Services.  Collectively, my experience consists of 53 years in education.  I was a public educator for 30 years serving as a teacher and administrator in Stanly County, Rowan County, Davidson County and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County.  Upon retirement, I took a position in the School of Education at Gardner-Webb University and also served as Dean of the School for seven years.  I retired after 17 years and began providing consulting services since 2017.  Consulting services have been provided to numerous systems in North Carolina and South Carolina over the past seven years.  

My purpose in writing is to share with you the expansion of my company to include professional development in the form of micro-credentials.  I have attached for your viewing electronic magazines that outline our offerings.  While micro-credentials are a topic of conversation with many, Eury Consulting has initiated the concept.  Our quality teachers package targets teacher assistants, beginning teachers, non-certified teachers and marginal teachers.  The aspiring leaders package targets current assistant principals and teachers that want to enter the field of administration.  

Our goals are to enhance the quality of instruction in public schools by addressing the skill set of individuals facilitating instruction.  The training offers benefits to the individuals and the systems that employ these individuals.  Teacher shortage is at an epidemic level so we intend to contribute to the preparation and potential certification of teachers. 

Our program is unique for several reasons:
  • we are completing a pilot program in Montgomery County with fifteen beginning teachers with plans to expand to teacher assistants by fall.  
  • we have partnered with Richmond Community College to house and monitor the awarding of credentials.  Participants will benefit from having a transcript to house their accomplishments.  RCC is going to stack the credentials and convert to course credit in their newly approved Educational Preparation Program.  We are communicating with several Universities to articulate the credits into a pathway to licensure.  
  • our participants do not just "sit and get".  They walk away with tangible evidence of skills that they can use to market themselves and also use to enhance learning for all those individuals around them.  

There is so much detail that I would like to share with you that is difficult to put in a note.  I request an opportunity to meet with the appropriate committee at their earliest convenience to discuss details, benefits and future plans.  Our current conversations include Richmond County, Scotland County, Cumberland County, Hickory City, Iredell-Statesville Schools, Montgomery County, Catawba County, Newton-Conover City Schools and Cleveland County.  We are prepared and staffed to assist any and all North Carolina systems.