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.

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Reading and writing instruction has moved into every classroom. Changes in the standard course of study require that students read much greater amounts of non-fiction and construct viable written arguments using reason and evidence. Literacy instruction at the secondary level is a challenge even to those who were trained to do it; it can be downright terrifying to anyone else. This seminar will help secondary level teachers support their students’ reading comprehension. Techniques for using writing as a formative and summative assessment—and how to grade it—also will be included. This session is intended primarily for science and math teachers at the secondary level and also would be appropriate for other STEM subjects that incorporate non-fiction texts and writing as a part of the curriculum.