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Thousands of concerned citizens (5,573 to be exact) from across that state, including teachers, administrators, education professionals, and friends of NCCAT, have signed a Change.org petition asking state legislators and Gov. McCrory to do one thing--fund NCCAT.

A special meeting of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching will be held, via conference call, at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 30.

For information about how to attend this event, contact Elizabeth A. Gillespie or Nancy E. Watkins at 828-293-5202 or [email protected].

Dr. Elaine Franklin, executive director of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, recently announced that she will be leaving the center at the end of August to direct the Kenan Fellows Program for Curriculum and Leadership Development at NC State University. Franklin has been the executive director of NCCAT since April 2011. Franklin noted that NCCAT and the Kenan Fellows Program have worked closely for a number of years and she looks forward to growing that relationship.

Earlier this month, Fletcher “Gene” McIntyre of New London was appointed to a four-year term by Speaker of the House Thom Tillis (R-Cornelius). McIntyre’s term began July 1, 2013.

“We are very pleased to welcome Gene McIntyre to the NCCAT Board of Trustees,” said NCCAT Board Chair Greg West of Fayetteville.

A meeting of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching will be held Sunday, October 20 at 8 a.m. in Cullowhee, followed by a joint meeting of the NCCAT board of trustees and the board of directors of the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. at 1:15 p.m.

Carolina Coding Initiative will be hosting a public launch of the series Dec. 9 at NCCAT in Cullowhee that is also sponsored by Southwestern Community College and Western Carolina University. The events will help Code.org’s goal of getting 10 million students of all ages to try programming for the first time this year. The initiative only seeks one hour of commitment from the learners over a one-week period. The classes are basic coding for beginners.

We all feel the effect of time. We need time to work on a school project. Time to incorporate changes in curriculum. Time to integrate technology into our subjects. Time to plan for the future.

A special meeting of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching will be held, via conference call, at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, December 17.

Six teachers from across North Carolina received Honored Educator Scholarships at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a recognized national leader in professional development programming for our state’s teachers. NCCAT’s Honored Educator Scholarships program pays tribute to outstanding individuals and educators, covering all expenses associated with the teacher’s participation. Each teacher receives $250 for use in the classroom.

As part of the international initiative “Hour of Code” sponsored by Code.org, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT), in partnership with Western Carolina University, Southwestern Community College, and the public schools of Jackson County in western N.C., hosted a series of events to promote literacy in coding.

A special meeting of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching will be held, via conference call, at 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 16.

Nine educators from Cabarrus County learned through hands-on activities how to use today’s digital technology to increase student achievement in the classroom during four days at North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT), a national leader in professional development for teachers.

“It has been an amazing week for the nine of us,” said Cabarrus County Instructional Technology Coordinator Patti Freeman. “Even though this group is very tech savvy these were some new concepts for us and gave us things to take back and use in all our schools.”

Due to safety concerns about travel and the future forecast for a widespread winter weather event in North Carolina, NCCAT has postponed two programs at the Cullowhee campus:

"Reading Resources: Equipping Your Classroom for Reading Success"
"Data Literacy: Train the Trainer Cohort 2"
NCCAT staff will contact those enrolled about their options.

"The Research and Development Team Program" currently taking place at the Ocracoke campus is continuing as scheduled with participants already on site.

A joint work session of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching and the board of directors of the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. will be held on Friday, Jan. 31, in Morrisville.

Due to adverse weather conditions, the joint work session scheduled for Jan. 31, of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching and the board of directors of the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc., has been postponed.