Calling all passionate science educators in North Carolina! NCCAT is your gateway to a world of cutting-edge knowledge, skills, and teaching methods. Dive into high-quality professional development that transforms classrooms and empowers students! Programs coming in March and April explaining the new North Carolina Science Standards. Explore the exciting Science programs lined up at NCCAT, where innovation meets education. Immerse yourself in hands-on learning, discover best practices, and collaborate with top instructors and fellow teachers from across the state.

The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) proudly announces Katie Hardison and Stacy Nelson, educators from Pamlico County Schools, as the recipients of the prestigious NCCAT George Brinson Honored Educator Scholarships. This esteemed scholarship recognizes and celebrates the outstanding contributions of educators who embody the spirit of George Brinson, an ardent advocate for public schools. Educators interested in applying for the Honored Educator Scholarships can visit the NCCAT website at http://tinyurl.com/2p9zf6e5 for more information and to submit their applications.

Want to deepen comprehension in your upper grades' classroom? This session - Creating Readers and Thinkers Across the Content Areas" in Ocracoke - highlights evidence-based literacy practices aligned to the development of students’ comprehension skills in grades 4-8. Join us as we explore strategies to improve understanding through connections to the Science of Reading, and an emphasis on integrating fluency, vocabulary, and writing into your content area.

NCCAT provides teachers with new knowledge, skills, teaching methods, best practices, and information to return to their classrooms through high-quality professional development. The ultimate result is improved performance and achievement by North Carolina's students. NCCAT has several exciting Science programs coming up. Free lodging, materials, and meals are part of the NCCAT residential experience while learning from top instructors and collaborating with teachers from across the state. "Teaching Science is Phenomenal" and "Preparing the Ambitious Science Teacher: Igniting Inquiry and Critical Thinking" coming up soon. Apply now!

NCCAT will sponsor five (5) teacher spots to attend the Holocaust Educator Seminar in Poland, scheduled for June 16-24, 2024. Most expenses for the trip, including flights, lodging, some meals, and activities will be included. Selected participants would return with significant expertise in the fields of Holocaust and Genocide Education. Preference will be given to English and social studies high school educators. Application deadline is February 16, 2024, at 11:59pm. Selected teachers will be notified by February 26, 2024. Please direct any questions to Karen Sumner at [email protected].

Join us at NCCAT Ocracoke later this month for "Supporting the N.C. Portrait of a Graduate Competencies in the STEM Classroom" in January. Participants will walk away with tangible strategies that can be quickly implemented in the STEM classroom! The Portrait ensures that North Carolina students are well equipped for the broadest range of postsecondary opportunities, be it college, career, or military. The Portrait shows that student academic success matters, but so does a student’s ability to adapt, to collaborate, to communicate, to think critically, to show empathy, to learn, and to take personal responsibility.

Come join us this February for this interactive and inspiring one day training, specifically geared towards counselors, school psychologists, and any other mental health coaches in the school system. School counselors play a vital role in supporting students in our schools this day will equip them with knowledge, skills, and strategies. NCCAT provides teachers with new knowledge, skills, teaching methods, best practices and information to take back to their classrooms through high-quality professional development. The ultimate result is improved performance and achievement by North Carolina’s students.

Want to deepen comprehension in your upper grades classroom? Join NCCAT for "Comprehension at the Core: Creating Readers and Thinkers Across the Content Areas" at NCCAT Ocracoke in February. This session highlights evidence-based literacy practices aligned to the development of students’ comprehension skills in grades 4-8. Join us as we explore strategies to improve understanding through connections to the Science of Reading, and an emphasis on integrating fluency, vocabulary, and writing into your content area.