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Host: Models of Teaching
Charles R. Coble, host of the 3 professional development
videos for Models of Teaching, is Vice President for
University-School Programs at The University of North Carolina.
Dr. Coble was Dean of the School of Education at East
Carolina University for 13 years before joining the Office of the
President in 1996. Dr. Coble serves as liaison with the fifteen
UNC schools of education, coordinates the outreach programs
of the University which support the public schools through the
Center for School Leadership Development, and is the
University's primary representative for all collaborative K-16
activities. Under Coble's leadership, the fifteen UNC schools of
education received legislative funding to implement a network of
University-School Teacher Education Partnerships which
include longer internships for student teachers and extensive
collaboration with local public schools. The Division of
University-School Programs includes the Southeast Center for
Teaching Quality (a regional office of the National Commission
on Teaching and America’s Future) and the North Carolina
Education Research Council which was established by the
North Carolina Education Cabinet and serves as the primary
organization for the First in America in Education initiative. In
the summer of 2001, many of the University programs which
support public school teachers and principals will be based in
the new Center for School Leadership Development under
construction near the Friday Center.
Dr. Coble serves on key state and national committees related
to teacher preparation and development and science education.
He has received grants from the Kenan Charitable Trust,
BellSouth Foundation, Spencer Foundation, and Z. Smith
Reynolds Foundation to advance the University-School
Partnerships and is moderator of a bi-weekly live television
program “Parents and Schools” produced by the North Carolina
Agency for Public Telecommunications. Dr. Coble is author or
co-author of 10 books and over 70 articles and chapters in
books.
Dr. Coble is a former teacher, has a bachelor’s degree in
botany, a master’s degree in science education, and a
doctorate in curriculum and instruction, all from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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