State Board of Education Vision:Every public school student in North Carolina will be empowered to accept academic challenges, prepared to pursue their chosen path after graduating high school, and encouraged to become lifelong learners with the capacity to engage in a globally-collaborative society.
State Board of Education Mission:The mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is to use its constitutional authority to guard and maintain the right of a sound, basic education for every child in North Carolina Public Schools.
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2022 North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey - The 2022 North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions Survey will open on Tuesday, March 1 at 6:00 am. All schools should have received their information packets with all anonymous codes to take the survey.
As a reminder, there will be a $1,500 prizefor the first school that reaches 100% completion, and all schools that reach 100% on the first day will be entered for a $1,000 prize drawing.
If your school has any questions or needs additional codes, please contact SurveySupport@adi.org or call 1-888-404-9704 (7:30am – 4:30pm).
Freebird McKinney
Director of the Office of Government and Community Affairs
“This award is about recognizing Mr. Scarbro as an excellent educator and celebrating the innovative and creative ways he leads both inside and outside of the classroom,” Truitt said. “This distinguished award brings exciting networking and professional development opportunities to Mr. Scarbro as well, which will only enhance outcomes for the educator and the student alike. This is an exciting day for Greensboro and for our state.”
In announcing the award, Bishop said Scarbro stands out as an educator that the Milken program seeks to celebrate and elevate and inspire young, capable people to join it.
“Both personally and professionally, Justin Scarbro’s life inspires his students, friends and neighbors to bring their best to each other and to their schools,” said Bishop, herself a 2001 Milken Educator from Virginia. “He is a leader in his classroom and his community, and we are so pleased to honor him here today.”
Scarbro has been a member of the Page High School faculty for the last 15 years after earning a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Ohio University. He was awarded Rookie Teacher of the Year in 2006.
Next meeting: Monday, March 7th from 5-7 pm - First public forum at South Asheboro Middle School (523 W Walker Ave, Asheboro, NC).
The first hour will be presentations and questions-and-answers from local school officials. The second hour will be public comment.
Starting Monday, February 28th, after 1 pm, two portals will be made available on the General Assembly's website; the first portal will be for signing up to speak during public comment, and the other will be for online public comments.
I hope EVERY school district in North Carolina is as lucky as Johnston Elementary School in Buncombe County to have as dedicated, passionate, and committed of a PE TEACHER as MR., not Coach, Mr. Joshua Frisby.
To watch his teaching, to witness his strategies, and to listen to his insight and perspective reveals a deep sense of what it means to be an educator. He addressed his love and his answer to the call, but he also laid bare the struggle and the challenges of many young educators today. And while the district is doing what they can to support their teachers, like the Essential Educator Housing Initiative, providing affordable housing opportunities for their teachers, the statewide teacher pipeline and system of support for our current educators is not enough. His voice, like many others, shares a story that we all need to hear, respond, and upon designing a solution, ACT.
Thank you Superintendent Tony Baldwin, Principal Anna Austin, and Director of Communications, Stacia Harris, for leading the District Visits and Voices Team, with Julie Paige Pittman, on a listening and learning opportunity to witness leadership at ALL levels of Buncombe County, and for the privilege of deepening our understanding of the Essential Educator Housing Initiative and how we can bring this model to other districts around NC. Your courage and commitment is leading to great change in how we band our communities together to support our essential educators.
We cannot wait to share this with the NC Teacher Leadership Council at our upcoming summit and design a plan that spreads this model to as many deserving educators as possible. An exemplary model that deserves praise for its community partnership and promise. Thank you, Mr. Frisby, you are an inspiring teacher!
