Want to make a career change and become an educator? Take your bachelor's degree and get certified to become a teacher. Isothermal Community College offers the North Carolina teaching licensure certificate for Occupational Education 100% online at a community college tuition price!
Please contact the division Administrative Assistant, Brenda McFarland, at bmcfarland@isothermal.edu or 828-395-1668. For timely service, please have your Regional Assistance Licensing Centers (RALC) Plan from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) on hand. If you have questions regarding which course(s) to take to fulfill your specific requirements, please consult your local county RALC contact.
Occupational Education program
Complete the North Carolina Residency Determination Service (RDS) online interview/application.
Be sure to record your Residency Certification Number (RCN). You will need it for the Isothermal Application in Step 2.
What is Residency Determination?
Complete your residency validation
Submit an application to the Admissions Office through CFNC.
Please select Occupational Education Certificate - C55320 (Lateral Entry Teachers) as your desired program of study.
Apply NowCheck course availability through Patriot Port. For lateral entry classes search for sections using EDU, ISC, and PSY as subjects.
After registering, please call the Isothermal Business Office at 828-395-1298 to pay. Students will be dropped from class for non-payment.
Admissions
Student Center, 18
admissions@isothermal.edu
Office: 828-395-4193
Fax: 828-286-8109
Department Directory
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Subject to change depending on availability.
Brenda McFarland
Administrative Assistant II Health and Public Services
bmcfarland@isothermal.edu
828-395-1668