Educators react to governorâs announcement regarding teacher vaccine eligibility Educators react to governorâs announcement regarding teacher vaccine eligibility By Alex Giles | February 10, 2021 at 9:24 PM EST - Updated February 10 at 11:15 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced Wednesday afternoon that people working in education will soon be eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Cooper said individuals working in education and childcare will be eligible to get the vaccine starting Wednesday, February 24. âEducators will be the first members of Group 3 to be eligible to receive this vaccine as frontline essential workers,â said Cooper. WBTV spoke with two different educators Wednesday night, asking each about the governorâs announcement.