Are you a teacher who has been looking for a quality professional development course just for social studies?

Are you interested in learning more about developing concept-based curriculum and teaching units?

Do you need renewal credits in the academic area of social studies?

If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, there is a NEW course in NCEES just for you.  The “12 Steps to Concept-Based Unit Development” is a self-paced course designed to help social studies educators grow in their understanding of concept-based instruction and the basic steps involved in the process of developing concept-based curriculum units. The course will run for three months, opening on February 1 and closing on May 1. 

Teachers may begin registering for this course Friday, January 27th. Registration will remain open until the course closes. 

(See the flyer announcement below for more information.)

The W!se Financial Literacy Certification Program   The W!se Financial Literacy Certification Program  is an award-winning initiative that supports personal finance instruction in high schools and empowers students to become Certified Financially Literate. Participating schools teach a course or unit on personal finance and then administer our nationally-standardized Certification Test. The Test assesses students’ knowledge of personal finance topics, including money, credit, banking, insurance and investing.    W!se is proud to have administered the educators certification exam to hundreds of North Carolina educators through its partnership with the NCCEE EPF summer professional development initiative. To support their instruction, we provide teachers with a curriculum outline, aligned to the North Carolina social studies curriculum, a resources directory, access to our online database of practice quizzes, monthly webinars featuring guest presenters, our optional pre-test, a pre-instruction tool that assesses students’ baseline knowledge. We have onboarded many schools in North Carolina this year and were able to subsidize the test fees through the generosity of a grant. While the grant funding has been exhausted and we must begin applying fees, we are pleased to offer you the program free of charge if you register in January.    To take advantage of this promotional offer, please register HERE. If you are not ready to register at this time, there are grant funds available for social studies classes in North Carolina which you can consider using in the future.   For more information, contact dstipisic@wise-ny.org.   Don't miss this opportunity! Register Today!

Seeking Middle and High School Teachers to Review NC Holocaust Curriculum  The Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act of 2021 legislated the development of curriculum content, a state education department-developed elective course, and professional development to support the teaching and learning of the Holocaust and other genocides.   The North Carolina Council on the Holocaust, in consultation with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), is facilitating the curation of resources and the development of curriculum content and professional development to ensure the intent and provisions of the Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act.    The North Carolina Council on the Holocaust and NCDPI are seeking both middle and high school social studies and ELA teachers to participate in the first round of teacher input and feedback on curriculum content that has been developed for 6-12 classrooms.  A total of fifty teachers (twenty-five in each subject area) will be chosen from the eight SBE districts/regions to teach and provide professional feedback on lessons that have been prepared by N.C. middle and high school teachers.     To apply to be one of the fifty teachers that will be chosen, please click on the link below. All applications are due by January 31, 2023.    Apply Today:: https://bit.ly/teacherreview23

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