The NC Department of Public Instruction, in partnership with the Friday Institute at NC State University, is pleased to offer educators in North Carolina a comprehensive and layered professional learning approach to support digital teaching and learning in NC classrooms.

The NC Digital Leaders Coaching Network, NCDLCN, is one component of this approach; other opportunities include job embedded year round and just in time professional learning for district leadership teams, superintendents, technology and media directors, principals, instructional coaches, media coordinators, and instructional technology facilitators. Please help spread the word and look for applications/registrations to engage in further opportunities.

The Digital Leaders Coaching Network is a program that provides North Carolina instructional technologists, instructional coaches, mentor teachers, and media coordinators with ongoing and job ­embedded professional learning opportunities to build capacity in both digital and personalized learning. This program is a unique opportunity to bring together educators from across the state for a year­long, blended learning experience that will help them grow as an educator and coach and assist them in building a strong professional learning network. Participants will acquire strategies and knowledge related to best practices in leadership, coaching and supporting educators, students, and administrators in their schools.

This year long program consists of 60 hours total; 44 hours face to face and then 16 hours of outside work in the action planning and readings.

There will be two cohorts, divided geographically, an eastern location in Raleigh and a western location in Asheville.

Dates for each cohort are as follows:

East - October 27-28, Jan 12, March 1 (NCTIES 2-3), June 15-16

West - November 14-15, Jan 10, March 1 (NCTIES 2-3), June 14-15

The application is in two parts to include a participant application and a supervisor agreement and is available in TNL. You can find more information by following the step-by-step directions in the How to Register for Access to NCDLCN Applications (http://bit.ly/tnl5562) document. Registering for the course does not guarantee acceptance into the program. Applications will be reviewed and letters of acceptance will be sent out by Oct. 7th.

For any issues with accessing and/or registering for the course, please contact Jill.Darrough@dpi.nc.gov.