UPDATE INCLUDES: 

OPPORTUNITIES & AWARDS  

• Leading with Character Workshop 
• NYLC Service-Learning Conference 
• NC Healthy Schools Employee Mental Health Toolkit 

• Grant Opportunities

• Summer Employment: NC Governor's School 
• Laws of Life Essay Contest 

INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS & RESOURCES  

• On-Demand Webinar:Service-Learning
• Free Webinars

• Portrait of a Graduate 

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If you need funding for a substitute to attend please contact Justyn Burgess at Justyn.Burgess@dpi.nc.gov

Deadline To Register: April 14, 2023 

NYLC Service-Learning Conference  The conference’s multiple-day, concurrent session format offers adults and youth a self-directed, facilitated learning environment with education sessions, discussion groups, and interactive workshops designed specifically for all levels of attendees engaged in service-learning and focused on current and emerging issues, best practices, and the challenges facing us today. Both youth and adults come out of the experience with the tools and resources, ideas and inspiration to return home to improve their practice, their schools, and their communities.   The registration and hotel group reservation deadlines are quickly approaching on March 17! If you would like to apply for financial assistance to attend please contact Justyn Burgess at Justyn.Burgess@dpi.nc.gov”   Register

NC Healthy Schools Employee Mental Health Toolkit 

February 16th and March 13th, NCIPH and NC Healthy Schools are offering hour-long virtual workshops to showcase how schools and school employees can use the resources in the N.C. Healthy Schools Employee Mental Health Toolkit to help prevent burnout.

The description and links to register are below: 

North Carolina Healthy Schools Employee Mental Health Toolkit Training 

Thursday, Feb. 16, 3-4 p.m.

Monday, March 13, Noon-1 p.m.

By understanding the importance of mental well-being and recognizing the physical, mental, emotional and social symptoms in themselves and others, administrators, other managers, teachers and staff can ultimately prevent burnout. In turn, they are likely to have a workforce with lower levels of stress, improved school employee attendance, lower levels of employee turnover, and an increased ability to model positive emotions for students. The North Carolina Healthy Schools Employee Mental Health Toolkit adds an important systemic layer of prevention and intervention in a coordinated way. During this session, participants will review the resources compiled in the toolkit that are available to school employees and administrators.

• Review toolkit information, guidance and references that support the mental well-being of school staff and administrators.

• Identify at least two resources to support their own and other employees’ mental well-being.

Register for the toolkit training.

Summer Employment Opportunities

Are you interested in working with exceptionally talented, intellectually engaged high school students in a thriving learning community this summer? If so, come join us at the NC Governor’s School.

NCDPI has openings in a variety of positions, ranging from Instructors to support staff to Teacher Assistants/Counselors (TACS). The summer session will be from June 12-July 15 for staff (June 18-July 15 for students) and will be at two campuses: Meredith College and Winston-Salem State University.  

Being on staff at NC Governor’s School will allow you to play a role in a life-changing summer for these amazing students. It’s an opportunity to work with students in an environment where creativity and curiosity are valued and learning takes place without the pressures of grades or tests. 

NCDPI will be reviewing applications and conducting interviews through an on-going process.

Position availability, job descriptions, and application are available Governor’s School Employment Information. 

For General Information on NC Governor’s School, please visit the NC Governor's School website.

If you have questions, please contact Rodney Allen at ncgovschool@dpi.nc.gov.

Grants

Random Acts of Kindness Day is February 17, 2023

MAKE KINDNESS THE NORM ALL YEAR LONG:

Laws of Life Essay Contest 

The Laws of Life essay contest encourages middle school and high school students to reflect and write about a core value that means the most to them – and why.

• The program is available to all students in middle schools and high schools across the world.

• All essay writers will be recognized by Character.org. We will also recognize the most compelling essays and feature them on our website and social media channels.

Submissions are due March 23, 2023, and can be submitted through this online form at any time. 

Education Leaders Share How to Build School Culture to Improve Grades, Behavior, and Mental Health

Build Positive Relationships in the Classroom Through Meaningful Conversations

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On-Demand Professional Development: Service-Learning   Watch this recorded presentation to help you understand:  How to incorporate service-learning in your school and community.  How to develop a comprehensive, intentional, proactive approach for character education at your school   Register Here  Password: Character1 (Case Sensitive)  Helpful resources included in the professional development include:  Participant Copy of Slides  Reflection Journal  Webinar Evaluation    You can find On-Demand Professional Development for your character journey on our NCDPI Character Education website. Topics currently include:  How to apply to become a State and National School of Character  How to use data to implement a comprehensive, intentional, proactive approach for character education  at your school How core values are defined, implemented, and embedded into school culture How to foster meaningful relationships in your school  How to create opportunities for students to take moral action.  More webinars will be added throughout the 2022-2023 school year. If you have a topic you would like to know more about regarding Character Education please email Justyn.Burgess@dpi.nc.gov

Choose one of the following dates (all at 3pm EST):           

March 16

Register 

This free 1-hour webinar will offer attendees the opportunity to learn how to create a culture of integrity in their classroom, school, and district. Dr. Cohen will introduce a wide range of approaches, strategies, and practices that school leaders can immediately implement to equip all students to choose the harder right than the easier wrong.

Portrait of a Graduate An initiative led by the N.C Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to define the skills and mindsets students need for success after high school. aims to ensure that North Carolina students are well equipped for the broadest range of postsecondary opportunities. Aligning with State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Catherine Truitt’s 2022 focus on the “Year of the Workforce,” the Portrait can be adopted by schools and districts to better prepare the state’s 1.5 million students for civic life, career or college. As determined by the design teams that were part of the initiative, the statewide Portrait identifies seven competencies that students should possess upon graduation from high school to help them thrive in the 21st century.  To learn more about the Portrait and competencies, click here.

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