Six teachers from across North Carolina received Honored Educator Scholarships at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, a recognized national leader in professional development programming for our state’s teachers. NCCAT’s Honored Educator Scholarships program pays tribute to outstanding individuals and educators, covering all expenses associated with the teacher’s participation. Each teacher receives $250 for use in the classroom.

As part of the international initiative “Hour of Code” sponsored by Code.org, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT), in partnership with Western Carolina University, Southwestern Community College, and the public schools of Jackson County in western N.C., hosted a series of events to promote literacy in coding.

A special meeting of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching will be held, via conference call, at 4 p.m. on Thursday, January 16.

Due to safety concerns about travel and the future forecast for a widespread winter weather event in North Carolina, NCCAT has postponed two programs at the Cullowhee campus:

"Reading Resources: Equipping Your Classroom for Reading Success"
"Data Literacy: Train the Trainer Cohort 2"
NCCAT staff will contact those enrolled about their options.

"The Research and Development Team Program" currently taking place at the Ocracoke campus is continuing as scheduled with participants already on site.

A joint work session of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching and the board of directors of the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. will be held on Friday, Jan. 31, in Morrisville.

Due to adverse weather conditions, the joint work session scheduled for Jan. 31, of the board of trustees of the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching and the board of directors of the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc., has been postponed.

Due to safety concerns about travel and the future forecast for a widespread winter weather event in North Carolina, NCCAT has postponed a program at the Cullowhee campus:

"Digital Learning Across the Curriculum"
NCCAT staff will contact those enrolled about their options.

North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Interim Executive Director Dr. Richard L. Thompson was honored, along with two other educators, by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), Friday (Feb. 14), with a Distinguished Service Award. A ceremony to recognize these individuals was held at AASA’s Conference on Education in Nashville, Tenn.

Register for 2014 NCCAT Literacy Festival

Teachers and school administrators looking for a way to make Summer Reading Camp have the same energy as a traditional summer camp can get help at the 2014 North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) Literacy Festival.

NCCAT, a national leader in professional development for teachers, is holding a Literacy Festival at the Cullowhee campus March 24–27. The event runs from 5:30 to 7 p.m. each evening. It is free and open to all area school teachers and administrators.