A week ago 42 educators from around the State of North Carolina were preparing to embark on the beginning of a year-long journey of teaching internships with collaborative partners in education and industry to tackle many 21st Century Learning experiences to bring back into their own schools and classrooms as part of the 2015-2016 Kenan Fellows. For some, like myself,… Read more »
On Wednesday, June 24, our Kenan cohort spent an absolutely incredible day outdoors team building and enjoying the beauty of nature. A group of us woke up early and went for a sunrise mountain hike on the grounds of NCCAT in Cullowhee. After cleaning up and enjoying a wonderful NCCAT breakfast (all the NCCAT food is great by the way)… Read more »
April KingComments Off on Professional Development – Kenan Style!
Preface: I believe that professional development (PD) should be relevant, applicable, realistic, managed in a timely and efficient manner but most importantly PD needs to be beneficial for student learning. Unfortunately, I have experienced “PD shock” in the past (however, not at my current school of course) in which at least one if not all elements were not in place and… Read more »
April KingComments Off on Professional Advancement Institute I
We arrived today among the mountains of Cullowhee, NC at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) adjacent to the beautiful campus of Western Carolina University. The trip was about a 5 hour drive from Raleigh including a lunch break along the way. This is the first time we have gathered as a complete cohort of Kenan… Read more »
