Educators from across Western North Carolina came together on June 13th at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) in Cullowhee for a powerful day of professional development, collaboration, and innovation in elementary STEM and science education. A dynamic event focused on exploring what excellent collaboration in elementary science and STEM can look like.

Opportunities Available September–December. The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) invites North Carolina educators to register now for a new season of transformative professional development programs happening from September through December. Whether your focus is on literacy, digital learning, beginning teacher support, or educational leadership, NCCAT offers tailored programs to meet your professional goals.

Twenty-four outstanding educators from across North Carolina have been named finalists for the NCCAT 2026 Burroughs Wellcome Fund North Carolina Career and Technical Teacher of the Year Award. These educators exemplify outstanding commitment, excellence, and ability to inspire and empower their students.

Gather together and receive content support unique to the needs of elementary music teachers. This program's topics include building advisory councils, folk dancing, incorporating children’s literature, movement using props, purposeful inclusion of puppets, designing meaningful transitions, collaboration, reflection, and more.

Are you looking to achieve instructional coherence within and across grades? Join us as in Ocracoke this September as we form a pact committed to equitable and high-quality mathematics instruction. This program will examine math whole school agreements, math language, and rules that expire. Lodging, meals and materials are covered with program.

New Hanover County teacher Fatima Sail is quick to share why the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) is a must for educators seeking meaningful professional development. Sail recently participated in the NCCAT program “Applying MTSS Best Practices in the Secondary Classroom” in Cullowhee.

Teachers from across North Carolina have an opportunity to take part in “Teaching the Holocaust: Resources and Reflections” program at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., in October and November with the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT).

Get ready to reimagine your classroom with Playful 6–12 Classroom: Creativity & Engagement, coming to NCCAT Cullowhee this June! Play isn’t just for younger students—playful learning can transform secondary classrooms by boosting engagement, deepening understanding, and making lessons more memorable.