View this email in your browser TransformSC News Announcements and updates from the TransformSC initiative Dear TRSC Network Partners and Friends, I hope that you are happy and healthy as we kick-off 2022. It’s hard to believe we are in February already! I wanted to provide some exciting updates from our team. Roadtrip Nation kicks off […]
If you’re hoping to explore different pathways and achieve your unique career goals in South Carolina, we’re looking for you! You’ll get to sit down with people working in all kinds of industries connected to your interests—whether that’s in aerospace, logistics, STEM, agribusiness, or something else entirely—to get advice and insights about how you can […]
SC Council on Competitiveness President & CEO Susie Gerald Shannon joined The Buzz to deep-dive on the Council. Who is the Council, what it does, and who it serves – plus much more! You can view the entire episode by clicking here!
Statewide education foundation closes its doors after 25+ years of positively impacting public education in South Carolina Florence, SC — South Carolina Future Minds (SCFM), a statewide nonpartisan organization convening business and education stakeholders to advance smart programs and policies that improve public education, announces the dissolution of the 20+ year organization and subsequent transition […]
McKissick Academy of Science and Technology has joined the TransformSC network (Columbia, SC) TransformSC, an initiative of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (the Council), today announced McKissick Academy of Science and Technology as the newest member of the TransformSC network. TransformSC, an initiative of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness, is a statewide network of […]
(Columbia, SC) The South Carolina Council on Competitiveness’ TransformSC Network is closing out the 2019 calendar year with the announcement that Calhoun County High School is the newest school to join the network. TransformSC, an initiative of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (the Council), is a statewide network of innovative public schools that work […]
(Columbia, SC) Calhoun County School District’s two elementary schools – Sandy Run K-8 and St. Matthews K-8 – are the newest additions to the TransformSC network. TransformSC, an initiative of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (the Council), is a statewide network of innovative public schools that work in collaboration with business leaders, educators, students, […]
I was born and raised in the home of an educator. Teaching and educational leadership were on display daily, as my mother Lexie was my first-grade teacher, then elementary principal, middle school principal and retired as school superintendent. Her model of love and interaction with students, faculty and the community provided a strong example of […]
TransformSC, an initiative of the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness (the Council), has announced Anderson Mill Elementary School and the Sumter Career and Technology Center as the newest schools to join the TransformSC network. The announcement was made at the 2019 annual conference when Mike Brenan, co-chair of TransformSC and state president of BB&T, welcomed […]
The 2018 bus tour will visit three schools doing transformational work in the Pee Dee. Starting early (7:30), we will board the bus at the Florence Country Club and then at our first stop will see quality early childhood education at work at the Early Childhood Center at Woods Road in Florence, hear from Nancy […]
The 2018/2019 school year opens with the Pickens County Career and Technology Center, SC Whitmore School, and Richland County School District Two joining the TransformSC network. The two new schools and additional school district bring the statewide network to a total of 7 entire school districts and 67 schools from across the state. TransformSC is […]
Columbia, SC – On April 18, 2018, the South Carolina Council on Competitiveness’ education initiative, TransformSC, held its second project–based learning institute. Nearly 200 educators from across the state gathered at Columbia’s Spirit Communications baseball park to explore new and dynamic ways to integrate project–based learning into their classrooms. Project–based learning (PBL) is quickly becoming well-established as one of the most popular approaches to […]
