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CULLOWHEE—A meeting of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, April 28, at SAS Institute in Cary.

CULLOWHEE—One hundred teachers from across western North Carolina attended the Western Region Education Service Alliance (WRESA) STEM Tech Conference at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a nationally recognized leader in professional development.

OCRACOKE—During a Teacher Leadership Institute program 12 members of a Mitchell County Schools team focused on creating more teacher leaders while at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a nationally recognized leader in professional development.

The four-day program in Ocracoke allowed educators the chance to work on efforts to help teacher leadership in the Mitchell County district. The new offering is designed to respond to the needs of school districts.

CULLOWHEE—The complex, multi-faceted issue of student engagement will be addressed from April 18–21 during the program “Motivating Disengaged Students.” The professional development offering will be held at the Cullowhee campus of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a recognized national leader in professional development programming for teachers.

“Motivating Disengaged Students” will cover classroom-specific techniques and motivational tactics that teachers may incorporate into their own customized classrooms.