The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, hosted the Southeast Data Literacy Conference Sept. 5-7 in Cullowhee.
This program offers educators the remarkable opportunity to meet in a residential setting devoid of distraction to create and advance departmental, school, and district-wide projects. These projects might consist of new programming, research, planning, or curricula. Teachers, administrators, central office personnel, or district coordinators are encouraged to form a team. Contact us today to find out more.
Upcoming Research and Development Teams Offerings
We're excited about a new way to connect with teachers that started this week in NCCAT in Cullowhee. At NCCAT we know that the beginning of the year is one of the worst times to be out of your classroom for an entire week. Yet this is also the best time to implement new instructional and managerial strategies. In an effort to provide just-in-time professional development opportunities that create minimal scheduling stress for as many teachers as possible, we are offering a complement of one-day sessions:
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction will sponsor the fifth annual Collaborative Conference for Student Achievement (CCSA) on March 30-April 1, 2015 in Greensboro. The CCSA reflects the Agency’s efforts to accommodate some of the economic challenges experienced by schools and communities by providing a multi-faceted professional development opportunity for educators and education stakeholders. This conference is designed to consolidate several conferences into one by merging the Accountability, Safe Schools, and Raising Achievement and Closing Gaps conferences.
NCCAT will be hosting "Legal Information for Teachers" Sept. 19-21 in Cullowhee. The conference will examine law that supports and protects students and teachers, and explore avenues for avoiding and resolves conflict between teachers, parents, students, administrators, and school staff. Administrators are welcome and encouraged to apply and to bring a team from their school(s).
Topic will include:
Ethics, Morals and Laws
Teacher Employment Issues
Cyberlaw/Cloud Computing/Cell Phones
Teacher Ethics
Technology and Social Media
Substitute teacher reimbursement covered on Wednesday, December 10 and Thursday, December 11.
Blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Web 2.0, text messaging, Instagram, video conferencing, music downloading, video games, and online social networking communities—our students live in a digital world, with the ability to contact anyone, anywhere, anytime. How can we catch up with them? Enter this world and acquire skills needed to navigate the ebb and flow of the digital age. Learn to facilitate effective use of current and emerging digital tools. Empower all students by developing technology-enriched learning experiences. Gain confidence and skill in accessing information as you integrate technology seamlessly into your curriculum. Promote and model digital citizenship and responsibility. Capitalize on your students’ excitement and guide them on a safe, legal, and ethical journey into the digital universe.
From NCCAT Director of Programming Dr. Jonathan Wade - An example of gamification in Higher Education. Ivanhoe is a Wordpress blog based "game" that can be customized for multiple subject matter areas. If any of you are "game" to try, I'd love to hear about it.
Click here for the link to the blog.
Let us know if you are game for gamification with a comment below!
The Literacy Programs at NCCAT are a perfect opportunity for school teams (including administrators and counselors) to cultivate their plans for addressing reading problems at their school. Our approach is unique in that you will have time to work collaboratively with our program faculty to develop strategies to implement reading programs in your school. We also cover successful strategies for engaging parents and suggest ways to locate funds (MONEY) and reading resources for your classroom.
We wanted to pass along some links about NCCAT from North Carolina news sources ...
The Hon. Willis P. Whichard of Chapel Hill with a radio commentary about NCCAT on WCHL and teacher professional development - "For our children to get the best, their teachers must get the best." Click here to listen.
The Sylva Herald story - NCCAT to offer legal advice for teachers Click here to read.
