Education Committee Meeting
The House Select Committee on An Education System for North Carolina's Future will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, April 25th in Carteret County.
Meeting Documents: LINK to all Committee Documents | Public Comments
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DAY & DATE:
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Monday, April 25, 2022
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TIME:
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5:00 PM
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LOCATION:
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Morehead City Primary School's gymnasium, 4409 Country Club Road, Morehead City, NC 28557
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PRESIDING:
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Representative John A. Torbett, Senior Chair
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The views of interested parties will be heard concerning: ESTABLISHING A NEW EDUCATION SYSTEM
The first hour of the meeting will be presentations, question and answer, from local school officials. The second hour will be public comment. If you would like to speak, please sign up on the NCGA website portal,
Written comments will also be accepted. Please mail to Representative John Torbett, 538 Legislative Office Building, 300 N Salisbury Street, Raleigh, NC 27603-5925
Respectfully,
Representative John A. Torbett, Senior Chair
Representative Hugh Blackwell, Co-Chair
Representative Pat B. Hurley, Co-Chair
Representative David Willis, Co-Chair
For questions, please contact Viddia Torbett (Committee Assistant) at viddia.torbett@ncleg.gov.
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The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) is launching the Competitive After-School Robotics Grant for school districts, charter and lab schools.
The purpose of the Competitive After-School Robotics Grant is to increase the number of students demonstrating proficiency in science and math and to support schools in their efforts to increase the number of students interested in pursuing education and career opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The Competitive After-School Robotics Grant will allow participating students to enhance their experiences in STEM and enable them to advance soft skills to support educational growth. Participating educators will have an opportunity to guide student teams in their learning and growth while advancing a skillset and earning a stipend.
View the RFP and Guidance Document
Photos by Pilot staff photographer Ted Fitzgerald
Pinecrest High School's gym was full Wednesday with students, teachers and staff from more than 20 private, public and charter schools across 40 counties who attended the Building Engineers in K-5 Classrooms Elementary Showcase. More than 80 teams competed, including multiple teams from all 13 Moore County elementary schools. The event was sponsored by the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and the SERVE Center at UNC Greensboro. Team 3 from Sandhills Farm Life Elementary won the overall event, which tested students' coding and problem-solving skills.
Mark Your Calendars
2022 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year
DPI will livestream the 2022 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year ceremony at the Umstead Hotel and Spa in Cary on May 20, 2022 beginning at 12:30 p.m. on the NCDPI YouTube Channel.
Thanks to the support from Equitable Advisors and PBS North Carolina.
The 2022-23 NC Energy Literacy Fellows Teacher Professional Development Program
Exploring the Future of the Electric Grid
A year-long teacher professional development program for grades 8-12 STEM teachers in NC's Duke Energy service territory
To be eligible, you must teach at a school located in either the Duke Energy Progress or Duke Energy Carolinas service territory. To see if your school is eligible, click here and choose “Selection location” from the tool bar at the top and then select North Carolina to view service area.
Founded in 2017, the NC Energy Literacy Fellows Program is a year-long teacher professional development program designed to build teacher knowledge of the evolving electric grid as a strategy to authentically engage students in learning about renewable energy and prepare them for careers in the energy sector, with an emphasis on NC’s energy landscape. By combining access to experts with hands-on investigations and place-based explorations of electricity generation facilities, energy research facilities, program activities showcase the benefits and challenges of modernizing the electric grid and highlight the knowledge and skills needed to prepare the next generation’s energy workforce and support the low carbon economy.
Want to find out if there is an Energy Literacy Fellow near you? Click here for a searchable map.
Click here to access the online application
All applications due by 11:59PM Sunday May 1st. Please note: There are a limited number of seats available for this program. All applicants will receive email notification of their acceptance status on or before May 13th, 2022. Upon notification of acceptance, teachers will be asked to submit a $100 deposit check to reserve their spot in the program. Your spot will be forfeited if your deposit is not received in a timely manner. The deposit check will not be deposited unless teacher cancels and spot cannot be filled; it would then be considered a tax-deductible gift to the Institute for the Environment. The deposit check will be returned after a teacher completes their first regional science immersion event.
This program is offered by the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute for the Environment’s Center for Public Engagement with Science with funding provided by the Duke Energy Foundation.
Link to the entire announcement - Here
*For more information contact Dana Brown Haine, Director of the NC Energy Literacy Fellows Teacher Professional Development Program at ie@unc.edu.
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Superintendent Catherine Truitt celebrates Wake STEM Early College Ribbon Cutting
The new Cary campus of Wake STEM Early College High School is officially open!
Wake STEM ECHS is preparing tomorrow's problem solvers and work force by focusing on applied STEM principals to solve the Grand Challenges of Engineering. All students take Career and Technology Education courses, and the school has a 100% graduation rate. In 2021, 85 students even earned credit toward certification in Python programming language!
- Superintendent Truitt - Wake STEM has a 100% graduation rate, emphasizing work-based learning & career preparation. The future is bright for NC students thanks to Wake STEM’s thoughtful leadership & planning! #nced
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