Throughout her tenure at SC State, she maintained her certification by the South Carolina State Board of Education in nine areas: early childhood education, elementary education, social studies, elementary principal, elementary supervisor, middle school mathematics, middle school science, middle school social studies, and middle school language arts. She taught 10 different courses.
Cooke was recognized as Professor of the Year in the School of Education in 1998.
In 1994, Cooke received her Ph.D. from Louisiana State University in curriculum and instruction, with a specialization in early childhood education. She received her Master of Education degree from Howard University in 1975 in elementary curricu-
