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2013-2014 NCCAT annual report released

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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 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.

Click here for a PDF of the annual report.

Classrooms get access to historical data in just a few keystrokes

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Here is some interesting news for history teachers looking for resources ...

"WASHINGTON — History can come alive in classrooms around the country under a new project that enables students to access a trove of old data that can help them discover their own places in the broad sweep of the American story.

The for-profit online family history company, Ancestry.com, has opened its collection of historical documents to schools for free, drawing on help from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to guide teachers in using them in their classrooms.

A Message from NCCAT Executive Director Richard Thompson

Cullowhee, North Carolina

Responding to a request from North Carolina educators we were pleased to host EdCamp WNC on Nov. 15 in Cullowhee. It’s exciting for me as a life-long educator when I think about the 54 teachers and administrators who took part of their weekend after long hours during the week, to explore how to use digital learning to improve education for the children of our state.

13863 • Digital Resources and Holocaust Education: A Gathering of Holocaust Educators – Durham

Duke University, Durham, NC

For twenty years the NCCAT Holocaust Education Program has worked to promote Holocaust Education in North Carolina public schools as a part of our continuing effort to promote student understanding of the ways in which our individual and collective actions shape the direction of the present and the world of the future. For almost a decade the alumni of our Holocaust Education program have been gathering in the spring to focus on various ways to continue to engage our students to act ethical ways. This year, as a part of an effort to partner more effectively with other programs offering Holocaust education resources to the teachers of North Carolina, NCCAT will be hosting its annual Gathering of Holocaust Educators in Durham.

Registration for this event will be completed by filling out the following form: Registration Form

Participants will be notified of their acceptance by Centropa and should provide a valid personal and school email address in order to assure delivery of electronic communications.

NCCAT Hosts EdCamp for Area Educators

Cullowhee, North Carolina

CULLOWHEE—More than 92 educators applied to take part in EdCamp WNC, Nov. 14 on the campus of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a national leader in professional development.

EdCamps, which began in 2010, are not like a traditional conference with a set schedule determined months ahead of the event. This professional development model has an agenda that is created at the start of the event by the participants to fit their needs. Participants are encouraged to attend sessions that are best for them.

Congrats to NCCAT alumnus Brian Smith of Newton-Conover City Schools

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We're happy to see Brian Smith of Newton-Conover City Schools in the Hickory Young Professionals Top 10 Under 40 list. Congrats Brian! He has been with us several times at NCCAT.

Here are some highlights of Brian's work for education in NC!

- Assists teachers who have struggling students in their classrooms.

- Provides staff development with integrating math into special areas and facilitates how to work with students who are experiencing trauma.

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