Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act

On November 18, 2021, The Gizella Abramson Holocaust Education Act was passed into law when Governor Cooper signed the budget. This mandates Holocaust education in middle and high school in public education in North Carolina beginning in the 2023-2024 school year. Explore the NC Council on the Holocaust Site to find out how the Act will be implemented.

Beginning Teacher Newsletter 

Check out this month's BT Newsletter for a message from Ryan Mitchell, 2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Western Region Teacher of the Year. Also included in the newsletter is the BT PD Corner. This month's topic is fluency. 

Spring Issue of the ELA SCOOP Now Available!

LIS Series Issue 3: Spring 2023

Comprehension: Discussion and Writing, Strategy Instruction, and Building Knowledge

Over the 22-23 school year, this series of The SCOOP will focus on providing more context on quality literacy instruction through the lens of the Literacy Instruction Standards (LIS). Over the course of four issues, readers can expect to take a deeper dive into key literacy components and their standards.  Each section will also have a “Try It” suggestion for educators and PLCs to reflect on and adapt their current instruction.

This issue focuses on the LIS Components of Comprehension: Discussion and Writing, Comprehension: Strategy Instruction, Comprehension: Knowledge Building and includes elementary considerations, secondary considerations, and "Try It" suggestions for PLCs.

Start Reading!

*This issue as well as the Fall and Winter Issues can be found in the ELA LiveBinder.

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Calling All Educators of MLs-- including Content Area Educators!

2023 Growing Success for Multilingual Learners Summer Conference

Building Relationships for Multilingual Learner Success | June 20- 22, 2023

The NCDPI ML/Title III Team invites ALL educators of Multilingual Learners (MLs) to participate in the Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference. This year's conference will be held at McDeeds Elementary School in Southern Pines, NC.

During this summer’s conference, educators will have the following

professional learning opportunities:

• Best Practices; 
• Common Space: Collaboration and Co-Teaching for MLs; 
• Engaging Schools, Families, & Communities for ML Success; 
• Glimpse of GLAD; 
• Making Content Comprehensible with SIOP; and 
• Taking Flight for Academic Success: Integrating Content and Language Development.

Additional information and registration