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About the Partnership

Texas A&M University - Commerce Transfer Center at Eastfield :

Why Eastfield?

A significant number of the community college students transferring to Texas A&M University-Commerce, come from Eastfield College in Mesquite. The two schools have a long-standing partnership in serving higher education in the area. With that history and partnership, this program enhances the service to students by establishing an even stronger presence (at Eastfield) and better assisting students interested in all majors at Texas A&M University-Commerce. While at Eastfield, students receive assistance with course selection, financial aid & scholarship information and transfer guidance (once they are close to completing the core curriculum at Eastfield). The Texas A&M-Commerce Transfer Center Director is an employee of Texas A&M University-Commerce, but housed full-time at Eastfield College.

Given the significant number of potential teachers who take their “core” courses in the community college, and particularly the number of minority students enrolled in these community college courses, the community college setting appears to be a particularly critical juncture for recruiting and developing an increased supply of teachers. In fact, the community college link is among the most fruitful components of a strong teacher development initiative.

Objectives of the Community College Teaching Scholars Program

The Texas A&M University-Commerce Community College Teaching Scholars Program is designed to be a collaborative teacher recruitment and development partnership which:

increases the number of potential teachers transferring from community college programs into the Texas A&M University-Commerce teacher preparation program
increases the number of community college transfers pursuing teacher certification in “high-need” teaching fields
increases the number of community college transfers who pursue teaching in urban school districts
increases the number of minority students in community colleges who pursue teacher certification
aligns academic core preparation of potential teachers pursuing a community college associates degree program
provides a collaborative support structure on the community college campus to facilitate high quality, seamless teacher preparation programs

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