教育部是负责准备南卡罗来纳州公立学校PK-12年级（小学和中学）教育人员的专业机构。该部门与研究生院合作，为教师，辅导员，校长和校长做好准备。该部门采用了基于能力/绩效的模型，该模型培养出具有独特素质和特征的毕业生。反映教师教育计划目的的组织主题是：作为有效执行者的专业教育者，反思性决策者和人文实践者。与该主题所证明的目的一致，教师教育计划培养的毕业生包括：（1）有效的表演者；（2）反思型的决策者；（3）人文实践者。
The Department of Education is the professional unit responsible for the preparation of educational personnel for South Carolina public schools: grades PK-12, elementary and secondary. The unit collaborates with the School of Graduate Studies to prepare teachers, counselors, principals and superintendents. The unit has adopted the Competency/Performance Based Model that produces graduates with distinctive qualities and characteristics. The organizing theme, which reflects the purpose of the Teacher Education Program, is: The Professional Educator as an Effective Performer, Reflective Decision Maker, and Humanistic Practitioner. Consistent with the purpose evidenced in this theme, the Teacher Education Program produces graduates who are: (1) effective performers, (2) reflective decision-makers, (3) humanistic practitioners.