We hope you have a very happy Holiday Season, and we've got some great ways to hit 2015 running with professional development with us in Cullowhee or Ocracoke or Online. NCCAT’s vision is to help North Carolina teachers grow in knowledge, skills, compassion, and professionalism so that every student becomes engaged, self-motivated, and successful. NCCAT helps to retain the most caring, highly qualified, and skilled teachers necessary to positively impact the quality of public education in North Carolina.
NCCAT Literacy Professional Development opportunities available now
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Join the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching this Spring for high-quality professional development in Early Grades Literacy!
3797: Supporting the Literacy of Gifted Children in the Early Grades
January 11-15, 2015, Ocracoke
Can children benefit from reading during the Holidays?
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By Ernest H. Johnson, Ph.D. and Mattie Perry-Johnson, M.L.S
With the Christmas season upon us, if you are not aware of it by now, let us make it clear to you: We have a reading epidemic in America! Learning to read is a challenge for more than 40 percent of children.
NCCAT Science programs
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Check out our Spring 2015 science and math seminar listings below. Visit our website for a complete listing of our professional development programs at www.nccat.org or for more information, contact Teacher Services at 828.293.5202 or email [email protected].
NCCAT covers lodging, meals and programming. Participants are responsible for travel cost and substitute teaching fees unless otherwise noted. Applicants must be employed full-time in North Carolina public schools.
Thank-you letters to teachers
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Edutopia recently published this great reminder of the important work teachers do and how it makes a difference.
From Edutopia ...
NCCAT Offers “Daylong Programs” to Start Off the New Year Right
Cullowhee, North Carolina
CULLOWHEE (December 16, 2014)—North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a national leader in professional development for teachers, will once again offer “Daylong Programs” at the Cullowhee campus in January to help teachers meet one of the challenges of a busy school year—leaving the classroom to participate in professional development.
Start the New Year with NCCAT
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We hope you have a very happy Holiday Season, and we've got some great ways to hit 2015 running with professional development with us in Cullowhee or Ocracoke or Online. NCCAT’s vision is to help North Carolina teachers grow in knowledge, skills, compassion, and professionalism so that every student becomes engaged, self-motivated, and successful. NCCAT helps to retain the most caring, highly qualified, and skilled teachers necessary to positively impact the quality of public education in North Carolina.
Help NCCAT while shopping online this holiday season
As you shop online this holiday season we hope you will consider helping NCCAT with its mission to advance teaching as an art and a profession. Doing this is easy with iGive.com. An average of 3% of what you spend goes to NCCAT.
Catch up with your students on technology in the New Year
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Virginia Spaventa was able to take information from the "Catching up with your students: Digital Learning" program directly back to Frank Morgan Elementary in Clemmons to help students and parents.
Click here for link to video of her describing what she did and how.
We have openings now to join these programs. Upcoming programs are ...
13852 in Ocracoke on January 20-23
13907 in Cullowhee on June 15-19
2013–2014 NCCAT Annual Report Available Online
Cullowhee, North Carolina
CULLOWHEE—The 2013–14 North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching annual report has been released. NCCAT remains focused on impacting students, supporting teachers, and responding to state initiatives. NCCAT served more teachers in 2013–14 than in fiscal year 2012-13.
In 2013–2014, NCCAT served more than 100 school districts in North Carolina. In the center’s history, NCCAT has served every county and district in the state of North Carolina.