The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a national leader in professional development for teachers, has established the William J. Miller Honored Educator Scholarship to honor an educational leader who served more than 30 years in the school district he attended as a student.
Charter School teacher shares about NCCAT Online Course
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We were pleased to hear from Rhonda Carr of Piedmont Community Charter School about what she learned during “The Role of Questioning” NCCAT Online course. The course was designed by NCCAT faculty members Elizabeth Joyce and Amy Jo Spencer.
Beyond the PowerPoint with NCCAT
14272 • BEYOND THE POWERPOINT: CRAFTING EFFECTIVE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES FOR EDUCATORS – CULLOWHEE
NCCAT Online Now has Digital Badges
Cullowhee, NC
Participants in NCCAT Online can now receive digital badges as part of the program.
Digital badges are a way to capture and communicate what an individual knows and can demonstrate in any given field. While this electronic method of recognizing an individual’s knowledge and skills has been around for several years, it has recently gained momentum as a way to recognize individual’s learning. Digital badges are a way to certify the skills of a learner in basic education programs that are valued in schools.
Beginning Teachers Can Have Success From the Start with NCCAT
Cullowhee, NC
Open to teachers in their first, second, or third year of teaching, “Success From the Start: How to Survive and Thrive Your First Three Years in the Classroom” supports motivated beginning teachers by strengthening their knowledge base and classroom expertise.
The program will be offered by the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a national leader in professional development for teachers, in Cullowhee and Ocracoke.
14299 • Centropa Summer Academy - Central Europe
Central Europe
Centropa, a non-profit dedicated to preserving 20th Century Jewish history and culture, in collaboration with NCCAT, is providing a limited number of professional development opportunities to North Carolina teachers. During this summer academy in Central Europe, teachers will work with historians, Holocaust survivors, museum educators, and officials to develop challenging and engaging projects for the classroom. The positions will be funded through an endowment made possible by the Development Foundation of NCCAT, Inc.
Click here for link with full description of program.
Teachers will need to complete both an NCCAT application and a Centropa application.
The application deadline is June 9, 2016.
For costs and other questions, please contact: Lauren Granite, Education Director, North America, [email protected].
NCCAT alumna part of new STEM Center in Jacksonville
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Happy to see the work of Jacksonville Commons Middle School Principal Gail Pylant, who has attended NCCAT, and others providing this opportunity for students.
From The Jacksonville Daily News
NCCAT Participant Starts Sports Book Club
Cullowhee, NC
Melissa Edwards, a gifted education teacher in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, came away from a program at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a recognized national leader in professional development programming for teachers, with an idea to reach readers of all levels.
Edwards attended “Reaching Reluctant Readers: Bringing Boys to Books” led by Dr. Ernest Johnson.
NCCAT Fall Registration Open
Cullowhee, NC
CULLOWHEE (May 17, 2016)—North Carolina educators have plenty of opportunities throughout the Fall to attend the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT), a recognized national leader in professional development programming for teachers.
For more information on available programs visit our program calendar at http://www.nccat.org/programs/calendar-seminars