From The Asheville Citizen-Times - NCCAT alumnae and Evergreen Community Charter School teacher Karen Lechner tackles John Muir trail to raise funds for her school. Good luck Karen!

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Karen Lechner has long dreamed of backpacking the 211-mile John Muir Trail through the high Sierras of California. The Asheville schoolteacher has even gotten her coveted permit for the solo trek starting in June.

But while she's living her dream, she wants to make sure her students fulfill their dreams as well.

NCCAT understands that every school situation is different.

While many schools find our campus-based trainings to be very effective, we realize that, by providing onsite training at your school or district facility, our School-Based programming will

- Be more convenient

-Have an immediate impact on a larger number of your teachers

NCCAT has faculty members available to assist with planning and facilitation in the center of the state, too.

We hope you will join us for "Promoting Learning and Literacy Through Arts Integration" in Cullowhee. Although this program is designed for K–5 educators, any and all pre K-12 public school educators including those specializing in the Arts subject area and/or teacher leaders for arts integration in the curriculum are welcomed to register for this seminar that is being offered on both the Cullowhee and Ocracoke campus in 2015.

The opportunity to attend the Holocaust Seminar through the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching was truly a life changing experience. As a high school history teacher, I thought I knew a great deal about the Holocaust and the events surrounding this historical atrocity. However, after visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., I found out that there was so much I did not know.

Gaining new vocabulary is necessary for fluid reading and writing. Help students build word knowledge in a variety of ways using audio supports, flashcards, terms in context, and clever game play. Here are 20 digital resources for helping students build their vocabulary at the link below from Graphite.

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