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15933 Differentiating Instruction with Choice Boards and Digital Tools - Ocracoke

2 Irvin Garrish Hwy, Ocracoke

Join NCCAT to combine two powerful practices, differentiation and digital tools, to create engaging lessons for students in your classroom. This program will explore a framework that ties content, teaching, and digital knowledge together to create standards-aligned choice boards. Participants will learn digital tools to strengthen differentiation, focusing on using choice boards in the classroom. Return to your classroom ready to engage and empower students to take ownership of their learning.  This program is designed for teachers and instructional coaches in grades 4-9.

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15932 Differentiating Instruction with Choice Boards and Digital Tools - Cullowhee

276 NCCAT Drive Cullowhee, NC 28723

Join NCCAT to combine two powerful practices, differentiation and digital tools, to create engaging lessons for students in your classroom. This program will explore a framework that ties content, teaching, and digital knowledge together to create standards-aligned choice boards. Participants will learn digital tools to strengthen differentiation, focusing on using choice boards in the classroom. Return to your classroom ready to engage and empower students to take ownership of their learning.  This program is designed for teachers and instructional coaches in grades 4-9.

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15931 Grades 4-9 Facilitating Writing with Digital Tools - Ocracoke

2 Irvin Garrish Hwy, Ocracoke

How can digital tools support writing instruction in middle grades classrooms?  Using the NC ELA standards for writing, participants will explore new strategies for teaching writing while integrating innovative digital tools. Sessions will include using mini lessons to teach writing alongside reading and using digital tools to support writing instruction. Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with colleagues from across NC, and create a unit of writing to implement in their classrooms. This program is designed for language arts teachers and instructional coaches in grades 4-9. 

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15927 K-8 Accelerating Learning: Honoring Students Strengths - Virtual

Virtual

Fall of 2021 will be a fresh start for our students. How do we ensure our teaching practices honor students’ needs and help accelerate students to grade level learning? Based on the book, Rebound (2021), and recent NCTM research, this session will focus on strategies that empower students to access grade level learning. Join NCCAT virtually from 4:00-5:30pm to learn strategies that will engage students, and remind us of the power of class structures focused on students’ strengths.

15926 Making Number Talks Work in the K-5 Classroom - Virtual

Virtual

Now more than ever we know the importance of routines for students in math instruction. Building students’ number sense should still be an integral part of the math block, even if it has to look a little different. Whether you are new to number talks or looking for resources to refresh your number talks, join NCCAT virtually from 4:00-5:30pm to learn this about this strategy and explore resources. This program is intended for math teachers and instructional coaches in grades K-5.

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15925 Grades 3-8: Strategies for Teaching Math Vocabulary - Virtual

Virtual

Are you ready to create lessons that incorporate strategies for teaching vocabulary in your math classroom? If so, join NCCAT virtually from 4:00-5:30 to learn about Marzano’s instructional steps for teaching vocabulary. As we embrace vocabulary instruction, we want to use strategies that make connections to new math terms in multiple ways. In this session, we will explore Marzano’s steps from his recent text, Teaching Basic, Advanced, and Academic Vocabulary (2020), and learn how to use these strategies to our math classrooms. This virtual session is intended for teachers and instructional coaches in grades 3-8.

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15920 Shifting the Paradigm: Student-Centered Instructional Coaching - Cullowhee

276 NCCAT Drive Cullowhee, NC 28723

The work of instructional coaching is a dynamic part of school communities. Supporting coaching cultures where students are at the center is an essential part of this work.  Join this program to embrace the components of student-centered coaching. Throughout the week, learn coaching moves that create opportunities for professional growth, putting student learning at the forefront. Based on the work of Sweeney (2016 & 2020), sessions will include models for co-teaching moves, providing strengths-based feedback, and mindfulness strategies for teachers. Time will be spent collaborating with coaches from across NC, learning new ways to connect with teachers and their classrooms. This program is intended for K-12 instructional coaches. 

15917 Literacy Strategies for Specialist Teachers - Cullowhee

276 NCCAT Drive Cullowhee, NC 28723

What is literacy? How does literacy cross all content areas? How can I integrate literacy strategies into my class when I don’t teach reading? All teachers share the responsibility of ensuring our students are literate and prepared for college and careers. In this program, teachers will investigate ways to integrate literacy instruction into their content area. This program is designed specifically for teachers who teach art, music, and physical education in the elementary grades.

Pre-K and Kindergarten: Math and Literacy for Early Childhood Learners

276 NCCAT Drive, Cullowhee 28723

Strengthen your math and literacy teaching strategies for early childhood learners. Join NCCAT for a collaborative program focused on best practices for literacy and math in the pre-K and kindergarten classrooms. Sessions will include conceptual strategies for counting, building number sense, alphabetic knowledge, and phonological awareness. These sessions will focus on foundational skills for reaching our beginning learners in both math and reading.

15916 Citizen Science: Interactive STEM for Active Engagement - Ocracoke

2 Irvin Garrish Hwy, Ocracoke

Join the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and NCCAT as we look at ways to enhance students’ environmental literacy through participation in citizen science projects. Get outdoors and explore North Carolina’s coastal ecology as we use the unique and beautiful ecosystems of the Outer Banks as a field laboratory to collect data. Become familiar with some of the many online citizen science databases and learn ways to use the data you and other citizens collect in your classroom. Participate in simple activities that incorporate technology, math, graphing, data analysis, and writing while introducing tools that will help you develop your own lessons and programs using citizen science data.

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