More than 80 educators from across North Carolina attended the second North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Literacy Leaders Conference in Cullowhee Nov. 30-Dec. 2, 2022. The three-day conference featured general session presenters, breakout sessions and collaboration to help Literacy Leaders take steps to support literacy instruction in NC.
A new year is coming and it means new professional development opportunities from NCCAT. Topics include digital learning, early grades literacy, secondary literacy, differentiated instruction, math, teacher leadership, STEM and more. A complete upcoming schedule can be found at https://www.nccat.org/programs
NCCAT Ocracoke Campus Long‐Range Facility Planning Committee Meeting
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
4:00 pm
Virtual Meeting
The meeting may be accessed at the following link:
https://www.nccat.org/
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Ocracoke Campus Long
Range Facility Planning Committee will convene a meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December
14, 2022, via zoom. The purpose of the meeting is to review and discuss the long range facility
plan for the NCCAT Ocracoke Campus.
A celebration of the Beulah Padgett Whichard Honored Educator Scholarship took place on November 28, 2022, at the Clay County Board of Education Meeting in Hayesville, NC. This scholarship was established in honor of the late Beulah Padgett Whichard, who was a native of Clay County and taught in Clay and Durham County Schools for 30 years. The Honorable Willis P. Whichard, a retired college law school dean, retired judge, and former legislator, established this scholarship in honor of his mother.
NCCAT will be hosting education leaders from across the state in Cullowhee for the Literacy Leaders Conference Wednesday through Friday. The primary conference goal is to support the statewide efforts for improving early grades literacy. Follow the conference on NCCAT social media at Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok. NCCAT will be using the hashtag #nccatllc22
Is your school interested in using the NC STEM Schools of Distinction Rubric for school improvement or to receive the STEM School of Distinction designation? During this planning institute schools will review the overarching principles of the Rubric, consider what each principle means in the context of their individual school, assess the school’s readiness, draft a strategic plan and develop next steps for school improvement or to apply for the NC STEM Schools of Distinction. The institute will include whole group discussion to learn from best practices across the state and individual school team planning.
Who should attend: School teams of three to five (including a required administrator). Schools which currently have a STEM focus or have previously applied for the STEM School of Distinction designation will benefit the most from this institute. For more information, email Akua Carraway at [email protected].
Kelly Anderson, a teacher at Lakeshore Elementary School in Iredell-Statesville Schools received the A. Craig Phillips II NCCAT Honored Scholarship recently during a professional development program at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). Ms. Anderson attended "Shifting from the Sage on the Stage to the Guide on the Side in the Science and STEM Classroom" in Cullowhee.
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching was honored to be part of recognizing the first NCCAT Career & Technical Teacher of the Year Missy Swain of Currituck County Schools at the Currituck County Board of Education meeting Thursday evening to honor her and the important work Currituck CTE does for students and families.
NCCAT Cullowhee Campus Building Project Committee Meeting
Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 4:00 pm
Virtual Meeting
The meeting may be accessed at the following link: https://www.nccat.org/
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Cullowhee Campus Building Project Committee Meeting will convene a meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 13, 2022, via Zoom, at the NCCAT Cullowhee campus, located at 276 NCCAT Drive, Cullowhee, NC 28723. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the NCCAT Cullowhee Campus Capital Project.
The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Cullowhee Campus, Building Project Committee Meeting, will convene a meeting at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at the NCCAT Cullowhee campus, located at 276 NCCAT Drive, Cullowhee, NC 28723. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the NCCAT Cullowhee Campus Capital Project.