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Brittany Williams, a sixth grade math teacher at Southeastern Randolph Middle School in the Randolph County School System, has received the Lynda Petty NCCAT Honored Scholarship.

More than 100 teachers from across western North Carolina came to the NCCAT campus in Cullowhee for the "Amie Dean – Behavioral Interventions that Work" program. 

Join NCCAT on December 5th from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. to grow in your skills as a beginning educator. This one-day program will explore how to build relationships with the school community, defining best practices to initiate collaboration and communication with all stakeholders.

The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Ocracoke Campus Long‐Range Facility Planning Committee Meeting will convene a meeting on at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, November 7, 2022 at the NCCAT Ocracoke campus, located at 2 Irvin Garrish Highway, Ocracoke, NC 27960. The purpose of the meeting is to review and discuss the long‐range facility plan for the NCCAT Ocracoke Campus.

Is your school interested in using the NC Global-Ready Schools Implementation Rubric for school improvement or to receive the NC Global-Ready Schools designation? During this planning institute, schools will review the attributes of the Rubric, consider what each attribute 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 Global-Ready Schools designation.

Math, Literacy, STEM, social studies and more professional development available in November with the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching. NCCAT helps North Carolina teachers grow in knowledge, skills, compassion, and professionalism so that students become engaged, self-motivated, and successful.

The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching strives to meet the current and future needs of North Carolina teachers. As a result, a new faculty member will lead math professional learning. Senior Math Specialist, Emily Myers, will support teachers throughout North Carolina.

NCCAT is offering a makerspace session geared towards teachers in school that do not have a dedicated makerspace.  This session titled The Hand-on Maker, is all about using inexpensive and free materials to introduce STEAM approaches to learning, regardless of the subject.

NCCAT Online courses are self-paced modules. Depending on the course, participants can earn 5 or 15 contact hours. There is no charge for NCCAT Online courses.

The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Board of Trustees will convene the regularly scheduled NCCAT Board of Trustees meeting on Friday, October 14, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., in person at the NCCAT Cullowhee campus.

Missy Swain, from Currituck County Schools, was named the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) 2022 Career & Technical Education (CTE) Teacher of the Year. The runner-up is Robert Ballard a teacher with Chapel-Hill Carrboro City Schools.

Are you considering using a new technology tool in your classroom instruction? The first time you have students use a new tool, it’s totally ok to do something silly and fun with it. Remove the pressure of having to create something related to your content or an upcoming assignment to help students become more comfortable. Then, when you use it again, you’ll get better products!

Getting the year started includes teaching procedures and strategies to students. Use The Teacher Toolkit to find tools, templates to use with the tools, and some video examples.  The tools fall into several categories including: classroom management, group practice, and games, For more visit Theteachertoolkit.com

When early writers are “making a picture to tell a story”, encourage them to make a bold statement with their crayons. Remember the 3 Bs: Big, Bold, and Bright!  

Choosing intentional images to share in the math classroom is a great strategy to jumpstart thinking and encourage collaboration about mathematical ideas. Check out these images and routines from the Multiplicity Lab.