 2021 Regional Teachers of the Year at NC Center for the Advancement of Teaching - Ocracoke
Southeast: Jennifer Bryan, Piedmont Triad: Kelly Poquette, North Central: Eugenia Floyd, Southwest: Cecelia Sizoo-Roberson, Northeast: Jennifer Attkisson, Northwest: Erin Ellington, West: Susanna Cerrato, Sandhills: Nicole Rivers, Charter Schools: Jeremy White
Superintendent Catherine Truitt and key leaders at the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) visit the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) - Ocracoke Campus
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The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) - Ocracoke Campus, played host to the 2021 Regional Teachers of the Year (RTOY) Leadership Week and a reception and dinner to honor the 2021 Burroughs Wellcome Fund NC Teacher of the Year, Eugenia Floyd and all of the Regional Teachers of the Year:
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West: Susanna Cerrato
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Northwest: Erin Ellington
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Southwest: Cecelia Sizoo-Roberson
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Piedmont Triad: Kelly Poquette
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Sandhills: Nicole Rivers
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Northeast: Jennifer Attkisson
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Southeast: Jennifer Bryan
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Charter Schools: Jeremy White
The staff put on an incredible week of professional development and soul-filling experiences that provided a transformational space for the 2021 RTOY Team to build and actualize. Thank you, Brock Womble and Karen Sumner for including all of us and for allowing former RTOY’s and STOY’s like Jennifer Joyner Bell, Lisa Brown Godwin, Maureen Stover, Ashley Mundy Bailey, Tonya Smith, Maggie Murphy, Jeanie Owens, and Julie Paige Pittman, to participate in this week’s opportunities.NC Superintendent Catherine Truitt joined the group to celebrate, learn, and live the NCCAT WAY and all that this initiative provides to our state.
NCCAT is such an impactful initiative in the Teacher Retention discussion across NC. This is a program that imbues ALL that is good about being a teacher and teaching teachers! Thank you!
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Superintendent Truitt's report to the NC State Board of Education: Visits with a Purpose and Now What
“We Strive and Rise, Together.”
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Catherine Truitt, Superintendent of Public Instruction | Twitter
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Freebird McKinney, Director of Legislative and Community Affairs | Twitter
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Tabari Wallace, Special Advisor to the Superintendent: Principal Engagement | Twitter
 Pictured: US Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, NC State Board of Education Chair Eric Davis, US Congresswoman Alma Adams and NC State Board of Education Legislative Director Freebird McKinney
NC State Board of Education Chair, Eric Davis and Freebird McKinney met with U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona and U.S. Congresswoman Alma Adams
US Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, and US Congresswoman Alma Adams, met with NC State Board of Education Chair Eric Davis, and Freebird McKinney during the Secretary's visit to Johnson C. Smith University and Paw Creek Elementary School in Charlotte on Monday, July 12, 2021. Secretary Cardona and Rep. Alma Adams spoke to Chair Davis and Freebird McKinney about the many initiatives of NC Superintendent Catherine Truitt, and the Department of Public Instruction team and how they are supporting NC Public Schools and our students. The staff at Johnson C. Smith did an amazing job hosting Secretary Cardona and Rep. Adams.
Cardona’s message throughout the visits centered on three topics:
- The vision for the Build Back Better plan and its impact on schools.
- The proposed $45 billion in investments for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in Biden’s American Families Plan.
- Summer enrichment programs.
The UNCC Cato College of Education Faculty and Staff did an incredible job providing an insightful day spent learning about the current recruitment/retention initiatives serving the students. Inspired by the Teacher Quality Partnership (TPQ) Grant, Career and Technical Education Center (CTEC), Teacher Excellence Initiative (TEI Initiative), and the Teacher Assistants (TAs) to Teachers Program. Laura Cathey Hart's partnership and leadership was instrumental in continuing to build collaboration as we work together to transform the NC Teacher Pipeline.
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Teacher Talks: Recruit & Retain
The District Visits and Voices team travelled to six counties to meet with teachers and administrators in the Western and Northwestern regions. The focus throughout each of these visits remained on educators and the work being done in order to recruit and retain teachers in North Carolina. Cherokee county capitalized on its Curriculum Engineers initiative that was created early during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cherokee county’s Curriculum Engineers are lead teachers for content across the county, which creates professional development opportunities for them. Montgomery county’s alignment with its local community college and educator preparation program (EPP) builds culture and puts education at the center of the community.
LINKS: Teacher Talks: Recruit & Retain | #DistrictVisitsandVoices
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NC Summer Nutrition Programs Celebrate Farm-to-Summer at Meal Sites
Summer Nutrition Programs can provide meals for children any time school is out and are offered to children and adolescents ages 18 and younger. To find free, healthy meals near you for children:
N.C. Farm-to-Summer Week and N.C. Summer Nutrition Programs may be found on the NCDPI, School Nutrition Division’s website. A Farm-to-Summer Toolkit, specific to North Carolina, is available for summer meal sponsors, sites, and partners. Stay tuned to @NCSchoolMeals and @Ray4NCKids for social media posts about Farm-to-Summer activities across the state. Citizens and organizations interested in getting involved as sites, activity providers, or volunteers should contact the NCDPI Summer Nutrition Programs Team at summernutritionprogram@dpi.nc.gov.
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State Board of Community Colleges | Teacher preparation articulation agreement, performance measures, and more
Articulation agreement for teacher preparation programs
The State Board of Community Colleges approved the proposal for a uniform articulation agreement between the University of North Carolina System Educator preparation programs and the North Carolina Community College System Associate in Arts Teacher Preparation and Associate in Science Teacher Preparation programs.
During the programs committee meeting, Kim Gold, senior vice president and chief academic officer of NCCCS, reminded the Board that in the 2017-18 academic year there were 1,621 teacher vacancies in North Carolina public schools.
“Community colleges have a big role to play in filling those vacancies,” Gold said.
Gold told the Board that the agreement took many conversations and real work in partnership, but they brought it across the finish line.
“I really appreciate our UNC System partners for coming to the table. There’s a lot required to become a licensed teacher in North Carolina because it’s a very important position,” said Gold.
As of May 2021, 50 community colleges offer the Associate in Arts in Teacher Preparation and Associate in Science in Teacher Preparation programs. The UNC System has 15 participating institutions.
The UNC System will meet July 21-22 and is expected to vote on the articulation agreement.
The North Carolina Community College System and the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities signed the Teacher Education/Educator uniform articulation agreement in November 2020.
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