Fluency is not simply memorization, rather it is about growing understanding through strategies.
NCCAT in April - It’s Time: Empowering Problem-Solvers
NCCAT in April - It’s Time: Empowering Problem-Solvers
Math tips with NCCAT faculty member Dr. Bonnie Bolado
276 NCCAT Drive, Cullowhee 28723
Creating and Fostering the Entrepreneurial Spirit in Ocracoke
2 Irving Garrish Hwy, Ocracoke, NC 27960
Exciting program going on at NCCAT Ocracoke now - "Creating and Fostering the Entrepreneurial Spirit." What is an entrepreneur? How do Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Business, Finance, and Marketing teachers help students explore connecting their creative interests to entrepreneurship? We will learn about career opportunities in a small tourist town and talk to business owners to learn how their entrepreneurial spirit launched their businesses. We will connect how learning local environments plays an important role in a successful business.
Flex Your Reading Instruction program in Ocracoke
Teachers from across North Carolina joined us for "Flex Your Reading Instruction" in Ocracoke. Student choice is a powerful way to engage students and ignite learning. Session participants were able to learn about how the Flex model of Blended Learning can provide students with choices about how they read, discuss, and analyze texts in collaborative learning groups. Participants collaborated with colleagues to write an implementation plan and develop resources to use with students.
Expanding your Digital Toolbox in Cullowhee with NCCAT
Teachers from across North Carolina joined us for "Expanding Your Technology Toolbox" in Cullowhee this week. Thank you! The program incorporates hands-on experiences with inexpensive technology that could be used to enhance instruction. Participants will explore these digital tools as students to best determine how to use them effectively as teachers, then leave NCCAT with a virtual toolbox of new techniques to take back to the classroom. We thank them for their efforts and look forward to hear about how they impact their classrooms in the days ahead.
Great virtual programs coming up in March and April at NCCAT
Great virtual professional development coming up!
16104 The Tandem Approach to Reading and Writing Instruction - Virtual Apply now at https://bit.ly/3vaJXWi
16105 Strategies for Reading in the Science Classroom - Virtual Apply now at - https://bit.ly/3LO98UC
Introduction to the Science of Reading with NCCAT in April
276 NCCAT Drive, Cullowhee 28723
There is a clear science to teaching reading. Due to advancements in cognitive science, we know more about how our students learn to read than ever before. Please join us as we spend a day looking closely into best instructional practices that support the Science of Reading.
Join us for "Introduction to the Science of Reading" in Cullowhee on April 5th.
Mother, daughter share NCCAT, NC education connection
We had so many special moments during the NCCAT 2022 Prudential NC Beginning Teacher of the Year Week, including this one. 2022 finalists Brooke Bentley of Wilkes County Schools had been to NCCAT even before she was born.
Orange County teacher named NCCAT 2022 Prudential NC Beginning Teacher of the Year
276 NCCAT Drive, Cullowhee 28723
CULLOWHEE – Xavier Adams, an Orange County High School teacher in Orange County Schools, was named the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) 2022 Prudential NC Beginning Teacher of the Year in a special ceremony at the John W. Bardo Fine and Performing Arts Center on the campus of Western Carolina University Thursday, February 17, 2022.
Opportunity for Public Information Officers to learn and share
The North Carolina School Public Relations Association (NCSPRA) and all NC Public Relations School professionals do amazing work in North Carolina telling the story of schools and students.
We're excited to be hosting the NCSPRA Leadership Academy in Cullowhee in April. If you are a school public relations professional this will be a valuable time for learning and sharing.