In striving to meet North Carolina’s current and future needs in early grades literacy, The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching has hired Early Grades Literacy Specialist Gin Hodge to support teachers in incorporating early grades literacy learning into their instruction.
NCCAT, a recognized national leader in professional development programming for teachers, responded to an expressed statewide need for professional development in the area of early grades literacy.
Thankful to participants taking part virtually in the program "Catalyzing Student Engagement & Mastery through Project Based Learning." Participants will work in a collaborative environment to develop a working knowledge of the elements of High Quality PBL, including how to leverage school and community resources to make the learning more applicable and relevant to things students care about.
Thank you to NCCAT alum and North Carolina Teacher of the Year Mariah Morris for a wonderful year. We appreciate all you did this year and will continue to do for education!
Mariah posed the following farewell at the end of her year ...
CULLOWHEE - The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching announces a new chairman and vice chairman to its Board of Trustees. The Board recently elected Dr. Cory S. Causby of Waynesville as chairman and Dr. Terry W. Worrell as vice chairwoman. The Board also thanked Dr. Aaron L. Fleming of Lillington and Jeffrey T. Clark of Jacksonville, former Board of Trustees’ chairman and vice chairman respectively, for their vital service to the Board.
Please join NCCAT for a virtual opportunity to network and collaborate about math instruction July 30- 31, 2020. Teachers, instructional coaches, district leaders, and school leaders are invited.
Our physical, psychological, and emotional wellbeing are interconnected. Through experiential lessons learn about the latest research on the connection between our environment and our genetics. Participants will study light, circadian rhythms, genetics, body systems, macromolecules, and more found in science standards grades 3—12. Literacy, science, and social studies will be featured in our activities as we discover how to make science standards applicable to our students’ lives.
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Board of Trustees will meet Monday, June 22, starting at 9 a.m.
CULLOWHEE – Governor Roy Cooper has appointed four members to the Board of Trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT), a recognized national leader in professional development programming for our state’s teachers.
The following individuals are new members of the NCCAT Board of Trustees:
From Edutopia -
Over the last few months, the pandemic has created many challenges for teachers, students, and parents as they transitioned into home-based learning.