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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.

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.

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.

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