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 four (including a required administrator). Schools which currently have a STEM focus or have previously applied for but not received the STEM School of Distinction designation will benefit the most from this institute.   Placement decisions will be determined by the facilitators.  Please direct questions to Lisa Rhoades at [email protected]

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As our students develop as mathematicians, we often wonder if we are best supporting them along that pathway. Learn how to facilitate activities that promote deeper understanding of the mathematical practices that are the foundation of the 21st century classroom. Discover engaging tasks that involve collaboration and problem solving. Explore creative classroom-friendly activities that build mathematical fluency. This program will offer multiple opportunities to collaborate and to understand more clearly the correlation of math standards across grade levels. This program is intended for math teachers in grades 3-8.
 

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The Gathering is open to teachers who have participated in NCCAT’s “Teaching the Holocaust” program. Participation in comparable intensive Holocaust education programs will be considered.

NCCAT’s Holocaust Education Program works to promote Holocaust education in North Carolina public schools. It is important to continue our efforts 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. Join fellow alumni of our Holocaust education program as we explore teaching the Holocaust through writing and literature with various genres, including personal narrative/memoir, biography, poetry, music, art, and film. This program will help teachers focus on the power of individuals’ personal stories as an effective vehicle for teaching about the Holocaust, so they may involve students in appropriate and powerful study of this difficult topic.

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NCCAT will present monthly tech talk about digital resources that are being used in the classroom to discuss with other educators across the state. The purpose of this tech talk is to have participants share how they used a certain resource in their grade level. This way everyone can see how this technology can be used across the grade-spans. The tech talk will meet once a month on a Wednesday night after school hours at 7 p.m. The synchronous session will last for one hour. Participating in these tech talks will be a great way to demonstrate competency as a teacher leader for your NC Digital Learning Competencies.

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NCCAT Online offers NC educators a place to come and share ideas while reading a book together to help us learn and grow in our personal and professional lives. Our book for this quarter will be Annie Brock and Heather Hundley s The Growth Mindset Coach: A Teacher s Month-by-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Achieve.

This online self-paced course will begin on January 3rd -March 18th. There will be three Zoom meetings, where participants can come together face-to-face to discuss the book, ask questions, and read-aloud important sections. For those who cannot meet, all of the information is in the course broken down into modules.

The Zoom meetings are for an hour and are informal and offer a safe space for participants to participate. If participants post to all discussion boards and submit all reflection assignments, they will earn 20 contact hours.

You can purchase the book online, from independent bookstores, or check it out from your local library. There are electronic and audio versions available as well.

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