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2021-22 Kenan Fellows begin year at NCCAT in Cullowhee

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NCCAT was honored to host the 2021-22 Kenan Fellows at our Cullowhee Campus as they came together for the first time June 21-26. The Kenan Fellows Program for Teacher Leadership offers a wide variety of immersive summer work experiences for K-12 public and charter school teachers in North Carolina. The summer internship is the centerpiece of the program and is supported by a series of professional learning institutes designed and facilitated by a faculty of Kenan Fellows alumni.

NCCAT host orientation for first Call Me MiSTER cohort

NCCAT was honored to host the first Western Carolina University Call Me MiSTER (Mentors Instructing Students Toward Effective Role Models) orientation in Cullowhee. The purpose of the program is to increase the pool of available male teachers of color in the Western Carolina region and across the state of North Carolina. The first orientation took place June 18th at the NCCAT campus in Cullowhee.

NCCAT part of The Belk Foundation Summer Grants

Thank you to The Belk Foundation for their support of NCCAT with grant funding to help bring national expertise to state education leaders at the fall Curriculum Leaders Conference and Literacy Leaders Conference led by NCCAT. A $40,000 grant will support a program to bring national expertise to state education leaders at the fall Curriculum Leaders Conference and Literacy Leaders Conference.

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Regional Teacher of the Year values NCCAT experience

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Nicole Rivers is a 15-year veteran educator who has regularly attended professional development courses at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. The 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Sandhills Regional Teacher of the Year does not hesitate when asked what she would tell North Carolina teachers about attending NCCAT.

Second NCCAT Whichard scholarship makes professional development opportunity available for teachers in Clay and Durham Counties

The Honorable Willis P. Whichard continues his long-time support of teachers with the establishment of another fully funded North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Honored Educator Scholarship.