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NCCAT Professional Development Seminars: Enriching, Practical, Research Based

NCCAT offers a continuum of professional development unlike any other in the nation, including programs for beginning teachers, interdisciplinary seminars for experienced teachers, and site-based instructional support, including Common Core State and North Carolina Essential Standards, and leadership training. READ MORE

Clement Geitner of Hickory Appointed to NCCAT Board of Trustees

CULLOWHEE (April 26, 2012)—The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Board of Trustees welcomes Clement Geitner as its newest member. Geitner was appointed by Gov. Beverly Perdue to serve a four-year term as a representative from educational region 7. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned two bachelor’s degrees.

Educators from Cherokee Elementary Go Back to School

CULLOWHEE (April 23, 2012)—Twenty-four educators from Cherokee Elementary School recently went back to school themselves for instruction on the Common Core State Standards at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching in Cullowhee. Their training included two professional development seminars in which teachers learned how to implement the Common Core State Standards, which replace the North Carolina Standard Course of Study in mathematics and English language arts.