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This Week on Education Matters: Highlighting NCCAT BTOY winners

North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Prudential Beginning Teachers of the Year winners will be featured in the "This Week on Education Matters" program this week. They will be introducing the 2022 Beginning Teacher of the Year, Xavier Adams as well as one of his students and the beginning teachers of the year from the inception of the program in 2020. For beginning teachers who are just starting from scratch, the first year of employment is challenging to navigate. Today we are going to learn from them about what being a new teacher is like, the challenges, and how they are hoping to make positive changes in education.

Guests:

• Xavier Adams, NCCAT 2022 Beginning Teacher of the Year

•  Kaylee Faison, Student at Orange County High School

•   Emilee Higdon, NCCAT 2021 Beginning Teacher of the Year

•   Leanne Rose, NCCAT 2019 Beginning Teacher of the Year

Where to watch: Saturday at 5:00 AM, WRAL-TV (Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville), Sunday at 8:00 AM, FOX 50 (Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville), Sunday at 6:30 AM and Wednesday at 9:30 AM, UNC-TV’s North Carolina Channel (Statewide), The North Carolina Channel can be found on Time Warner Cable/Spectrum Channel 1276, The show will also be made available to watch on ncforum.org Saturday at 7:30.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON THE NCCAT BEGINNING TEACHER OF THE YEAR PROGRAM