CULLOWHEE – Emilee Higdon, a High School English teacher at Union Academy of Macon County Schools, was named the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) 2021 Prudential NC Beginning Teacher of the Year in a special ceremony at the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center on the campus of Western Carolina University Thursday, April 15, 2021.
The award was presented for the second time with finalists from across the state in attendance.
NCCAT alum Eugenia Floyd, a fourth-grade teacher at Mary Scroggs Elementary School in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro school district, was named the 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Teacher of the Year during an awards luncheon today at the Umstead Hotel in Cary. Floyd was selected from a field of nine finalists representing the state’s eight education districts and charter schools.
NCCAT had the pleasure to work with Transylvania County Schools on the Science of Reading.
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It is Assistant Principals week! Thank you Assistant Principals for all you do. NCCAT appreciates you very much!
NCCAT Online courses are self-paced modules. Depending on the course, participants can earn 10 or more contact hours.
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) has honored Heidi Hess Rice, a French teacher and the World Language Department chair at Hickory High School, with the prestigious Luz M. Frye Honored Educator Scholarship.
NCCAT will be offering the professional development program "Designing for Math Engagement and Mastery Through Experiential Learning" in Cullowhee April 19-22 in Cullowhee.
We are exicted to see NCCAT alum Amanda Clapp, of Sylva, has received the Burroug