Stephen F. Austin State University

An agreement signed recently by Stephen F. Austin State University and Northeast Texas Community College in Mount Pleasant will help ensure NTCC students who successfully complete courses in the Associate Arts in Teaching degree transfer to SFA without loss of semester credit hours to complete a bachelor of science in interdisciplinary studies.

The agreement pertains to future teachers of Early Childhood through sixth grade, as well as a variety of teaching fields for fourth- through eighth-grade classrooms.

NTCC is one of 21 Texas community colleges participating with SFA in a federally funded grant that enables paraprofessionals working as classroom teacher assistants to complete their bachelor’s degree with teacher certification via the Internet using Web camera technology.

Pictured are, front row, from left, Dr. Herb Riedel, NTCC vice president of instruction and student development; Dr. Charles Florio, NTCC president; Dr. Baker Pattillo, SFA president; and Dr. Richard Berry, SFA provost and vice president for academic affairs. Pictured standing are, from left, Sonya Woods, NTCC director of university programs; Dr. Janice Pattillo, SFA elementary education chairwoman; Paula Griffin, SFA grant director; Susan Barber, SFA EC-4 online coordinator; and Dr. John Jacobson, dean of SFA’s James I. Perkins College of Education.

For more information about the agreement, contact Barber at (936) 468-1430.