NCCAT offers a continuum of professional development unlike any other in the nation, including programs for beginning teachers, interdisciplinary seminars for experienced teachers, and site-based instructional support, including relevant state standards, and leadership training. With program titles such as “Reading, Writing, and Ready by Third Grade: An Early Grades Literacy Course” and "Quest-Based Learning: Using Digital Learning to Increase Student Engagement and Mastery,” NCCAT’s instructional programs reflect the broad range of unique professional development topics for public school teachers and other educators. NCCAT provides a comprehensive framework of strategic programming that is grounded firmly in adult learning theory.
Challenging experiential formats, combined with professional learning communities, shape the NCCAT seminar design. NCCAT recognizes that teachers who experience the joy and transformative power of inquiry-based learning will transfer that inspiration to their students. All seminars incorporate relevant state standards. Seminar faculty model best practices for application to the 21st century classroom.