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08 –09 North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching ANNUAL REPORT Dear Friends of NCCAT, To say these are challenging economic times would be an understatement. This past fiscal year has been marked by economic crises, budget deficits, financial cuts, market losses, and furloughs. And while North Carolina suffers one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation (11 percent as of June 2009), our legislators dealt with a potential budget shortfall of more than $3.4 billion in fiscal year 2009–2010. For many of us, the current economic situation is truly unprecedented. Despite this stressful economic background and shrinking budgets, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching has continued to do what it does best—support the teachers of North Carolina. Soundly. Assuredly. Unequivocally. We remain faithful to our mission to advance teaching as an art and a profession. Our goal is to support and retain the caring, highly qualified, and skilled educators needed in North Carolina’s classrooms. As a state agency, we expect to do our part to help trim the budget while remaining steadfast in our commitment to provide much-needed professional development for teachers. Governor Beverly Perdue has been adamant that our state continue to invest in and support our public schools. During recent budget discussions, Dr. William Harrison, State Board of Education chairman, said, “I urge our state’s leaders to support public schools as a top priority and as an investment in North Carolina’s future.” We believe investing in the teachers and students of North Carolina is the best financial commitment our state can make to ensure a healthy economy. NCCAT’s instructional programming is designed to positively impact the public schools of North Carolina. Toward that end, NCCAT, previously located administratively under the University of North Carolina system, is transferring to the State Board of Education, where we will operate under the jurisdiction of the NCCAT Board of Trustees. All organizations involved in the transfer of NCCAT support the proposed new governance structure. We are confident this will be a good fit for us as we seek to improve our ability to serve the public schools of our state. On behalf of the faculty and staff of NCCAT, we acknowledge and thank our Board of Trustees for their judicious stewardship of this organization over the past fiscal year. All of us look forward to the work that lies before us. With the ongoing support of the Development Foundation of NCCAT, we will continue to provide the best professional development programming our state has to offer—programming that is innovative, engaging, and effective. Please enjoy this brief summary of NCCAT’s year in review and visit us online at www.nccat.org. Sincerely, Mary D. McDuffie Executive Director Richard A. Schwartz President, Development Foundation Kenneth W. Wells Chair, Board of Trustees North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching 08 –09 Throughout 2008–2009, NCCAT’s Cullowhee and Ocracoke campuses were bustling as North Carolina public school teachers actively engaged in building skills for the twenty-first century classroom, reignited their intellectual curiosity, and reaffirmed their commitment to learning and teaching. Over the past year, NCCAT conducted more than one hundred instructional programs, including professional development renewal seminars, National Board Support seminars, Teacher Scholars in Residence programs, and programs for beginning teachers, serving almost four thousand educators from across the state. Topics of study ranged from unraveling the mysteries of DNA to implementing positive and effective classroom management to exploring the civil rights history of our state with those who lived it. As North Carolina works to increase teacher quality, rein in costs, and prepare its children for tomorrow, NCCAT provides our state’s public school teachers with the means and motivation to achieve those goals. Thousands of NCCAT alumni from the mountains to the sea report that their NCCAT experience has rekindled their passion for learning, renewed their enthusiasm for teaching, and given them a stronger commitment to the teaching profession. nccat programming highlights july 1, 2008–june 30, 2009 Professional Development that Makes a Difference North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching A major factor in quality teaching is experience. However, more than half of our nation’s teachers leave the profession before they reach their fifth year, costing our society billions of dollars on multiple levels. NCCAT’s multi-faceted Beginning Teachers Model focuses on improving instructional methods and maximizing the effectiveness of North Carolina’s talented new teachers, helping keep them in the profession. NCCAT’s beginning teachers programming includes NCCAT Connections, a yearlong induction program for teachers in their first year of teaching, and “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom,” a five-day residential seminar for teachers in their second or third year of teaching. Both programs are designed to reinforce essential skills for good teaching, reduce teacher attrition, and strengthen instructional practices in the classroom. NCCAT’s Beginning Teachers Model helps retain new teachers while giving them the tools, instructional strategies, and professional support they need to positively impact student achievement. “There’s a great cost benefit to North Carolina when teachers stay in the classroom, beyond good fiscal stewardship,” says Dr. Mary McDuffie, executive director of NCCAT. “Those teachers can positively impact a child’s academic success and can make a difference in at-risk children staying in school. Keeping good teachers is a smart strategy for both closing the achievement gap and for building a strong workforce and citizenry.” nccat’s beginning teachers model 08 –09 Advancing Teaching as an Art and a Profession The world of the twenty-first century is moving at a rapidly intense pace. To ensure that North Carolina teachers have the global knowledge and essential skills to prepare today’s students for the world they will enter upon graduation, NCCAT has launched the “Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative.” The jobs of tomorrow will require diverse skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); therefore NCCAT is expanding its already popular offerings in STEM programming, designing inventive seminars around new technologies, and attracting additional private funding to make it all happen. NCCAT’s STEM-related seminars run the gamut from active research in environmental sciences to proven strategies for teaching math to exploration of the new green economy. All STEM seminars allow educators to work with the latest research findings, learn from hands-on experiences, and discover how to creatively integrate STEM disciplines into all classroom studies with real-life applications. To succeed in the twenty-first century will require more than just proficiency in and comfort with technology and science. It will require passion and a relentless commitment to lifelong learning. What better way to instill that thirst for knowledge and understanding in young people than by having it modeled each and every day in the classroom by dedicated teachers who are both inspired and inspiring? Through NCCAT’s “Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative,” North Carolina’s teachers and students will be better prepared for a future that hasn’t even been invented yet. teaching students of the 21st century initiative 08 –09 -5- North Carolina Center for the of Teaching 08 –09 professional development: investing in the future North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching NCCAT Board of Trust ees Chair Kenneth W. Wells, Manteo, NC Vice Chair Cherri G. Cheek, Ocean Isle Beach, NC Eddie U. Byers, Jefferson, NC Wanda P. Dawson, Kinston, NC Grace M. Edwards, Henrico, NC R. Scott Griffin, Mount Holly, NC J. Ferrel Guillory, Raleigh, NC John M. Highsmith, Clyde, NC Lee Lewis Leidy, Elizabeth City, NC Eugene B. McLaurin II, Rockingham, NC Guy P. Smith, Lexington, NC Linda S. Suggs, Morrisville, NC Ex Officio John W. Bardo, Chancellor, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Erskine B. Bowles, President, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC June St. Clair Atkinson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC Executive Director Mary D. McDuffie, Cullowhee, NC Board of Direct ors for the Development Foundat ion of NCCAT Inc . President Richard A. Schwartz, Raleigh, NC Vice President The Honorable Willis P. Whichard, Chapel Hill, NC Treasurer Judy S. Phillips, Cary, NC Executive Secretary Mary D. McDuffie, Cullowhee, NC Mary Jo Allen, Ahoskie, NC Allen Lee Burrus, Hatteras, NC William L. Cassell, Greensboro, NC James K. Coward Jr., Sylva, NC Anthony R. Foxx, Charlotte, NC Phillip J. Kirk Jr., Raleigh, NC Deanna K. Lee, Charlotte, NC William Ivey Long, New York, NY William H. McIntyre, Winston-Salem, NC Robert E. Merritt, Winston-Salem, NC Shirley B. Prince, Laurinburg, NC The Honorable R. Eugene Rogers, Williamston, NC James R. Simeon, Southern Pines, NC Richard L. Thompson, Chapel Hill, NC Dorothy T. Thornburg, Webster, NC N. Edward Tucker Jr., Charlotte, NC Effective professional development is a sound investment in the teachers who educate North Carolina’s 1.4 million children. NCCAT seminars reinforce the essential skills needed for good teaching and are directly aligned with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. A vast amount of research exists showing a strong and positive correlation between teacher quality and student learning. If we want our children to have the greatest chance of success in the twenty-first century, then we need to give their teachers every resource possible to ensure effective teaching. The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching remains committed to maintaining the integrity of its professional development programming by strengthening public and private partnerships. Even in the face of shrinking budgets and education cutbacks, NCCAT provided a total of 112 residential seminars, 43 programs, and 4 alumni seminars. Listed below are some of the creative collaborations, generous contributions, and significant accomplishments that reflect a strong commitment to positively impacting public education in our great state. Professional Development that Makes a Difference July 08 North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association awards $100,000 to support three statewide alumni seminars and signature sponsorship of the NCCAT Golden Apple Gala. NCCAT faculty and alumni facilitate Junior and Senior Teaching Fellows at their summer conference, in cooperation with the Public School Forum of North Carolina. Leonard G. Herring and the Herring Family Foundation award $100,000 to support programming over two years ($25,000 in FY2007–2008 and $75,000 in FY2008–2009). The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation awards $50,000 for the second year to support NCCAT’s “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom” seminars for beginning teachers. August 08 NCCAT’s Holocaust Education Program helps fund NCCAT’s first European seminar, “Becoming Witnesses: Primary Sites of the Holocaust.” North Carolina teachers are given a firsthand opportunity for in-depth study of the Holocaust in Poland and Germany. An Honored Educator Scholarship is fully endowed in recognition of retired N.C. Representative R. Eugene Rogers and his wife Jean Griffin Rogers of Williamston, thanks to the generous contributions of friends and family from Martin County and across the state. The Duplin County Schools Honored Educator Scholarship is fully endowed at the $25,000 level to honor Duplin County Schools’ Teacher of the Year. The Collaborative Project of the Public School Forum of North Carolina awards funding to support cultural awareness through NCCAT’s “New Neighbors: Latinos in North Carolina” seminar. The Duke Energy Foundation provides funding to support environmental education through NCCAT’s “Sea Level Rise: The Impact of Climate Change on the Outer Banks” seminar. Septemb er 08 Working closely with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the North Carolina State Construction Office, NCCAT develops a plan to reclaim a section of the Ocracoke shoreline and create an outdoor education classroom. The Development Foundation of NCCAT launches a fundraising campaign for a “Teachers Walk” at NCCAT’s Ocracoke campus. NCCAT Connections beginning teachers program is underway in partnership with school systems in Edgecombe, Johnston, Martin, and Montgomery counties. Oct ober 08 The UNC Board of Governors, UNC Chancellors, and General Administration Council visit NCCAT’s Cullowhee campus. NCCAT celebrates the one-year anniversary of the opening of its Ocracoke campus. NCCAT receives the Friend of FLANC (Foreign Language Association of North Carolina) award for its support of foreign language teachers pursuing National Board Certification. North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Novemb er 08 The Golden LEAF Foundation awards $174,000 to help teachers from economically distressed counties pursue National Board Certification. The Kenan Fellows Program partners with NCCAT for the development and implementation of a seminar designed to investigate complex policy decisions involving science and technology called “Navigating Complexity,” which was conducted in the summer of 2009. Decemb er 08 The GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships awards funding for STEM-related programming. The Goodnight Educational Foundation provides financial support for NCCAT’s instructional programming. The Collaborative Project of the Public School Forum of North Carolina partners with NCCAT to develop and implement a series of National Board Certification pre-candidacy sessions for school systems in Caswell, Greene, Mitchell, Warren, and Washington counties. Jan uar y 09 Alfred and Anita Schnog, with a variety of leaders and educators from across the state, host an event in Wilmington to raise awareness of and support for NCCAT’s Holocaust Education Program. NCCAT, in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, creates the Principal Scholars Initiative, a pilot program designed to give principals the unprecedented opportunity to participate in a professional development seminar with teachers from across the state. Febr uar y 09 The Development Foundation of NCCAT hosts its third NCCAT Golden Apple Gala in Raleigh saluting the work of our state’s 90,000 teachers and raising funds to support NCCAT’s professional development programs. The North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association is the signature sponsor of this premier event. Other sponsors include: UNC-TV, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel, WUNC Public Radio, Diamonds Direct, Duke Energy Foundation, Glide Education Corporation, Laser Eye Center of Carolina, Lions Jewelers, Partnership for Excellence, Schwartz and Shaw–Attorneys at Law, and the Golden Corral Charitable Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation. Marc h 09 A grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction supports financial literacy through NCCAT’s “Dollars and Sense: Building Financial Literacy” seminar. North Carolina teachers study the global economy and examine China’s history during NCCAT’s “The Dragon Awakes: Understanding China” seminar. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc. announces a grant to support NCCAT’s Holocaust Education Program. Advancing Teaching as an Art and a Profession April 09 Legislation is introduced to initiate the transfer of NCCAT from the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina to the State Board of Education. The Duke Energy Foundation awards funding to help support NCCAT’s STEM-related seminar, “Catching Up with Your Students: Navigating Technology for the 21st Century.” Wake County Public School System awards funding to develop and implement a seminar designed to integrate arts into the curriculum for twenty-first century classrooms. In partnership with the North Carolina Coastal Federation, NCCAT agrees to design a program to support environmental education and coastal ecology through NCCAT’s upcoming seminar, “Planet Wetlands: Living Marshlands of the Outer Banks.” May 09 NCCAT launches a reengineered and redesigned website to enhance communications with educators throughout North Carolina. In our continued effort to “go green” and also save printing costs, NCCAT expands its outreach to educators by significantly increasing use of electronic communications. The Development Foundation of NCCAT reports more than $250,000 in contributions to the NCCAT annual fund. June 09 U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan demonstrates her commitment to education during a visit to NCCAT’s Cullowhee campus where she met with faculty and staff. Faculty from the University of South Queensland, Australia, visit NCCAT to get a better understanding of its structure and function for potential replication in their country. The Development Foundation of NCCAT hosts the fourth annual “Old Fossil” Golf Tournament honoring Dr. A. Craig Phillips, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation announces a grant of $250,000 over the next two years to support NCCAT Connections beginning teachers program (FY2009–2010 and FY2010–2011). The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation announces a grant of $30,000 to support NCCAT’s “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom” seminars for beginning teachers (FY2009–2010). North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Most citizens believe that the primary role of public schools is to educate our children so they can grow up to become productive members of society. Although there are many theories about the best way to accomplish this goal, experts agree that the most significant factor contributing to student learning is teacher quality. And that’s where NCCAT plays a vital role. NCCAT positively impacts public education by providing extraordinary professional development for North Carolina teachers throughout their careers. NCCAT’s instructional programming is designed to give teachers the support and resources they need to be highly effective and enhance student achievement. Beginning Teachers Programming Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom (ten seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke Designed for beginning teachers in their second or third year of teaching. NCCAT Connections—A comprehensive yearlong induction program designed for first-year teachers in Edgecombe, Johnston, Martin, and Montgomery counties and held in their school districts and at NCCAT’s Cullowhee campus. Arts, Humanities, Cultural Diversity, and Leadership Seminars And Then There Were None • Ocracoke Appalachian Spring • Cullowhee Becoming Witnesses: Primary Sites of the Holocaust • Poland and Germany Best Practices for Motivating African American Students • Cullowhee Biltmore House: Its People and Impact • Cullowhee Books: Bound to Be Read (two seminars) • Cullowhee Emotional Intelligence and Wellness in the Classroom • Ocracoke Exceptional Opportunities: Meeting the Needs of Children with Developmental Disabilities • Cullowhee From Biltmore to Blue Ridge: The Vision of George W. Vanderbilt • Cullowhee From Harlem to Hip-Hop • Cullowhee From Imagination to Inspiration: Living the Creative Life • Cullowhee From the British Isles to the Appalachian Mountains: Celtic Traditions in North Carolina • Cullowhee Gathering of Holocaust Educators: Survivor Testimonies • Charlotte Grappling with History: The Trail of Tears • Cullowhee Graveyard of the Atlantic • Ocracoke Habitat for Humanity: Building and Sharing • Cullowhee Hidden Treasures: Discovering Books by the Sea • Ocracoke Is There a Children’s Book in You? (two seminars) • Cullowhee King Cotton • Cullowhee Leadership, Creativity, and Change: Positive Paths for North Carolina Schools • Cullowhee Martin Luther King Jr.: The Power of a Dream • Cullowhee and Atlanta Mountain Ghosts and Other Curious Tales of Appalachia • Cullowhee New Neighbors: Latinos in North Carolina (three seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke North Carolina Is My Home: Celebrating Our State’s Literary Heritage • Cullowhee On the Edge of Forever: Teaching Beyond the Boundaries • Ocracoke Oral History: The Art of Storytelling • Cullowhee Place of Refuge: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park • Cullowhee Portraits of Faith: Spiritual Traditions of North Carolina • Cullowhee Reading and Writing by the Sea • Ocracoke Salty Dogs and the Lore of the Sea (two seminars) • Ocracoke Teaching the Holocaust: Resources and Reflections • Washington, D.C. Teaching with Confidence in Diverse Classrooms • Cullowhee The Dragon Awakes: Understanding China • Cullowhee and Atlanta The Healing Power of the Arts • Cullowhee The Heart of Teaching (three sessions) • Cullowhee The Lost Colony: Mystery and History • Ocracoke and Manteo The Play’s the Thing: Using Drama in Any Classroom • Cullowhee The Power of Words • Cullowhee Sumar y of Act ivities Professional Development that Makes a Difference Titanic: The Ship of Dreams • Ocracoke Turners and Burners: Folk Potters of North Carolina • Cullowhee and Seagrove U.S. Coast Guard: Guardians of the Sea • Ocracoke Visual Journal: Where the Image Meets the Word • Cullowhee Women in Aviation: Pioneers of Courage • Ocracoke Independent Study and Research Teacher Scholars in Residence (two seminars) • Cullowhee Holocaust Education Scholars • Cullowhee National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Seminars Twenty-one support seminars were held in Cullowhee and Ocracoke for teachers who are candidates for national certification. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Seminars Catching Up with Your Students: Navigating Technology for the 21st Century • Cullowhee Climbing the Double Helix: Is DNA Destiny? • Ocracoke Crime Scene Investigator: The New Sherlock Holmes • Cullowhee Endangered Species: Saving the Loggerhead and Piping Plover • Ocracoke Everyday Healthy Living: A Whole New You • Ocracoke Everyday Geometry: Art, Nature, and Architecture • Cullowhee Everyone Needs a Little Mystery: CSI in Your Classroom • Cullowhee First in Flight: Aviation Heritage and the North Carolina Outer Banks • Ocracoke Get the Picture? The Math, Science, and Art of Photography • Cullowhee Holistic Health • Cullowhee Hurricanes: In the Eye of the Storm • Ocracoke It’s Not Easy Being Green • Cullowhee Multimedia in the Classroom: Empowering Student Learning • Cullowhee NASCAR: Science on the Race Track • Randleman Sea Level Rise: The Impact of Climate Change on the Outer Banks • Ocracoke Sea, Sand, and Human Hands: The Changing Face of the Outer Banks • Ocracoke Starry, Starry Night (two seminars) • Ocracoke Taking Care of Ourselves: Nurturing the Nurturer (two seminars) • Cullowhee The Ecology of Barrier Islands • Ocracoke The Mountain • Cullowhee and Mount LeConte Uncertain Journey: The Autumn Migration of Winged Creatures • Cullowhee Wiki, Wacky, What? Web 2.0 Applications for 21st Century Schools • Cullowhee Waterfalls: The Beauty and Power of Flowing Water • Cullowhee Wings Over Sound, Sand, and Sea • Ocracoke You Go, Girl! Encouraging Girls in Math, Science, and Technology • Cullowhee Programs for Educational Groups Junior and Senior Teaching Fellows: Public School Forum of North Carolina • Hickory Wake County: Arts for the 21st Century • Cullowhee Weekend Seminars for Alumni Healthy Habits for Your Heart • Asheville Island People, Island Culture • Ocracoke Musical Traditions of North Carolina • Pinehurst The Message in the Moves • Atlantic Beach North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Colleges and Universities Belmont Abbey College Dalton State College, Dalton, Georgia Duke University Durham Technical Community College East Carolina University Elon University Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia New York University, New York, New York North Carolina School of the Arts North Carolina State University Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Southwestern Community College (GEAR UP) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Warren Wilson College Western Carolina University Business, Education, and Government Audubon North Carolina Capital City Club–Raleigh City Club at de Rosset City Lights Bookstore CMJ Investment Group/LTM (Life Through Music), Atlanta, Georgia Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc. Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc., New York, New York Dream Builders Communications Inc. Duke Energy Foundation Edit on Hudson Franklin Police Department Golden LEAF Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships Greenlife Grocery Habitat for Humanity International Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel Hatteras Community Center Hyde County Emergency Management Services Hyde County Sheriff’s Department Jackson County Emergency Management Services Jackson County Sheriff’s Department Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville, Tennessee LEARN NC Lowe’s Motor Speedway Macon County Sheriff’s Department MindSpring Consulting Inc. Mission Hospitals NASCAR Research and Development Facility National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Southfield, Michigan National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association North Carolina Coastal Federation North Carolina Coastal Land Trust North Carolina Department of Administration North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, State Historic Preservation Office North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Division of Coastal Management, North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission Division of Marine Fisheries Division of Water Quality Division of Water Resources State Stormwater Management Program North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management North Carolina Department of Public Instruction North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division North Carolina State Board of Education North Carolina State Construction Office North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Ocracoke Civic and Business Association Ocracoke Island Airport Ocracoke Seafood Company Ocracoke Waterman’s Association Penske Racing South Inc. Penske Technology Group Petty Enterprises Pisgah Inn Pit Crew U, Pit Instruction & Training LLC Progress Energy Foundation Public School Forum of North Carolina Shamrock Management Corporation Stainless Corporation Teacher’s Workshop Tideland EMC United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Coast Guard United States Forest Service United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. University of North Carolina General Administration UNC-TV University of North Carolina Traveling Science Laboratory Victory Junction Gang Camp Visiting International Faculty Wachovia Foundation Wake County Public Schools WisPIC, Madison, Wisconsin Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Museums, Libraries, and Parks Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Oswiecim, Poland Benjamin E. Mays Memorial, Atlanta, Georgia Blue Ridge Parkway Cape Fear Museum Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Cape Hatteras National Seashore Cape Lookout National Seashore Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center Cradle of Forestry in America Destiny Traveling Science Learning Program East LaPorte River Access Park Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland Ethnographic Museum, Tarnów, Poland Frederic Chopin Museum at the Frederic Chopin Society, Warsaw, Poland Galacia Jewish Museum, Kraków, Poland Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum Great Smoky Mountains National Park Partners The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching is proud of the dynamic partnerships we have established with the prestigious and diverse organizations and individuals listed below. We look forward to continued success as we work together in the coming years. (These partners are located in North Carolina unless otherwise indicated.) Advancing Teaching as an Art and a Profession Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, Virginia High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia Historical Museum of Kraków: Old Synagogue Museum, Kraków, Poland Howard Washington Thurman National Memorial, Atlanta, Georgia Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany Jockey’s Ridge State Park Kituwah Mound Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, Atlanta, Georgia Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe and “Place of Information,” Berlin, Germany Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, Newport News, Virginia Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Mountain Farm Museum Museum of the Cherokee Indian Museum of Armed Struggle and Martyrdom in Treblinka, Branch of Siedlce Regional Museum, Treblinka, Poland Museum of Memory in Radegast, Lódz, Poland Museum of National Remembrance at Pod Orlem Pharmacy, Kraków, Poland National Park Service North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences North Carolina Pottery Center Oconaluftee Indian Village Oconaluftee Visitors Center Ocracoke Lighthouse Ocracoke Preservation Museum Pack Place Education, Arts, and Science Center: The Health Adventure Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Pisgah National Forest Portsmouth Island National Seashore Roanoke Island Festival Park Scottish Tartans Museum Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama Springer’s Point Preserve Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Topography of Terror Exhibition, Berlin, Germany United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. Wannsee Conference House Memorial and Education Site, Berlin, German Warsaw Uprising Museum, Warsaw, Poland Western Carolina University Cherokee Center Hunter Library Special Collections Mountain Heritage Center Wright Brothers National Memorial Cultural Diversity and Awareness AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Center for Diversity Education Center for Participatory Change Eastern Band of Cherokee Echo Foundation Hillside International Truth Center, Atlanta, Georgia IBM Multicultural People in Technology Project InterCultural Advantage North Carolina Council on the Holocaust Nuestro Centro Alfred and Anita Schnog Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education Teaching Tolerance, a Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama Vencinos Inc. Western Carolina University Inspirational Choir Religious Organizations Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C. Basilica of Saint Lawrence Congregation Beth HaTephila Cathedral of All Souls Holy Ground Retreats Islamic Center of Asheville Jasna Góra Monastery, Czêstochowa, Poland Jewish Community Center of Charlotte Judaica Foundation and Center for Jewish Culture, Kraków, Poland Ocracoke United Methodist Church Rabbi Israel Fund Remuh Synagogue, Kraków, Poland Temple Isreal Temple Beth El Arts and Engagements Nina Bagley Designs Balsam Range Ben Owen Pottery Burrus Flightseeing Tours Caledonia Pottery Coyote East Coast Hauntings Organization Elizabeth Ellison Watercolors Frogtown Four Hatteras Island Tours David Holt, High Windy Productions Inc. Phil and Gaye Johnson, ASTER Productions Jugtown Pottery Kitty Hawk Kites David LaMotte Lower Dryad Music Laughing Eye Studio Looking Glass Productions Luck’s Ware Martin & Friends McIntyre Photography Inc. Miss Ocracoke Mountain Dragon School of the Martial Arts Oaks Gallery Original Owens Pottery Philomel Books, New York, New York Portsmouth Island Boat Tours Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual Inc. Ride the Wind Surf Shop Sam Bass Gallery of Motorsports Art The Schooner Windfall Shakespeare Lives! Wells Gordon Trio Will & Deni Films Kat Williams, Williams Entertainment Group Historic and Environmental Preservation Appalachian Trail Conservancy Appropriate Building Solutions Inc. Balsam Mountain Preserve Balsam Mountain Trust Big Bald Banding Station, Unicoi County, Tennessee Biltmore Estate Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association Discovery of Flight Foundation, Warrenton, Virginia Friends of Portsmouth Island Grassy Creek Preserve HandMade in America Highlands Biological Station Jackson County Green Energy Park Jarrett House Judaculla Rock Mount LeConte Lodge Nantahala Outdoor Center The Lost Colony North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Financ ials 2008–2009 Personnel: $4,312,856 • Wages, salaries, and paid benefits for 99 full-time and hourly employees Substitute Teacher and Visiting Presenter Pay: $668,746 Current Services: $1,001,356 • $315,983–Travel reimbursement for teachers and staff members • $685,373–Other services, including maintenance contracts and services, utilities, telephone, building and equipment repairs, printing, and contracted food services Supplies: $337,744 • Program materials, books, videos, food products, office supplies, cleaning materials, and maintenance materials for building and grounds Equipment and Technology: $202,809 • Furnishings, computers, network and infrastructure upgrades, and office equipment Fixed Charges: $67,378 • Insurance, rental agreements, professional publications, and memberships TOTAL: $6,590,889 STATE BUDGE T HO W THE 2008–2009 BUDGE T WAS SPE NT 62.2%–Seminars and Programs Planning, registration, lodging services, visiting presenters, staff services, substitute teachers, supplies and materials, teacher and staff travel, and teacher services 30.4%–Direct Support Services Dining services, building and grounds maintenance, repairs, minor improvements, cleaning, utilities and telephone equipment, and contracted services 6.4%–Administration Management, planning, reporting, budget, policy analysis, and personnel 1.0%–Development Administrative costs and expenses of the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. 90.6%–State Funding $6,590,889 6.4%–Grant/Contractual Funding $465,490 3.0%–Foundation Funding $214,468 TOTAL: $7,270,847 2008–2009 OPE RATING FUNDS 62.2% 90.6% 30.4% 6.4% 6.4%3.0% 1.0% Professional Development that Makes a Difference DEVELOP MENT FOU NDATIO N OF NCCAT INC. HO NORED EDUCATOR SCHOL ARSHIP S NCCAT’s Honored Educator Scholarship Program gives tribute to outstanding individuals and educators by providing scholarship funds in their names. Scholarship funds can be named in honor of classroom teachers, coaches, administrators, school board members, or community volunteers—anyone who has made a positive difference in the field of education. Donors can establish scholarships with preference for teachers from a geographic area or an academic discipline. NCCAT administers each scholarship that reaches the endowment goal of $25,000. These scholarships make it possible for NCCAT to serve more teachers by supplementing the annual state allocation. Each named scholarship will be awarded annually to a North Carolina teacher, who also will receive a $250 cash award for a classroom project. To make a donation honoring these educators or to start a new scholarship fund, please contact the Development Foundation of NCCAT at 828-293-5202 or foundation@nccat.org. Honored Educator Scholarships for Teachers in these Counties (Boldface indicates funds have reached the $25,000 endowment level as of June 30, 2009.) Mary Jo Allen: Teacher of the Year/Edgecombe County Mary Jo Allen: Hertford County Robert E. and Hattie H. Bridges: Wake County Robert E. Bridges: Cary Academy Marjorie T. and John S. Britt: Statewide William Byrum: Perquimans County Anne Marie Collins: Alamance County Dare County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Dare County Boyce T. Deitz: Swain County Boyce T. Deitz: Jackson County Devonwood Foundation: Durham Academy Mary Jane Coward Dillard: Jackson County Duplin County: Teacher of the Year/Duplin County Jerome D. Franson: Statewide Luz M. Frye: Foreign Language Teachers Karen Gerringer: Principal Fellows Interns Guilford County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Guilford County Elsie Brame Hunt and Norma Henderson Leonard: Wilson County Phillip J. Kirk Jr.: Rowan-Salisbury Schools Phillip J. Kirk Jr.: Statewide Susan S. McHugh: Polk County Mabel Roberson McIntyre: Nash and Wilson Counties Mabel Roberson McIntyre: Nash and Wilson Counties Lynda Petty: Randolph County Lynda Petty: Randolph County A. Craig Phillips: Statewide A. Craig Phillips: Statewide Jean P. Powell: Clinton City and Sampson County A. M. Primm: Alamance County Eugene and Jean Rogers: Martin County Richard A. Schwartz: Statewide Gracia and John Slater Family: Jackson and Henderson Counties Simon F. Terrell: Durham, Orange, Wake, Warren Counties Simon F. Terrell: Durham, Orange, Wake, Warren Counties Richard L. Thompson: Statewide Beulah Padgett Whichard: Clay and Durham Counties Beulah Padgett Whichard: Clay and Durham Counties C. Fletcher Womble Jr.: Cumberland County The Development Foundation of NCCAT is a 501(c)(3) that was established to support NCCAT’s seminars and programs that inspire teachers and, ultimately, the students they teach. The generous support of North Carolina’s state government serves as a baseline budget for NCCAT’s innovative instructional programming. Through the additional support of friends, private foundations, and corporate partners, NCCAT is able to provide highly effective professional development for North Carolina’s public school teachers. We offer our sincere appreciation for the generous gifts from many organizations and individuals during the 2008–2009 fiscal year. These contributions reflect their commitment to the vital role NCCAT plays in strengthening public education in North Carolina. Income Honored Educator Scholarship and Holocaust Education Endowments $72,093 Annual Fund $257,245 Gifts in Kind $52,933 Investment Income (loss) Subtotal $230,363 Program Grants Golden LEAF Foundation $174,000 Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc. $65,700 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation $50,000 Duke Energy Foundation $12,500 GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships $10,000 North Carolina Department of Public Instruction $10,000 Subtotal $322,200 Contractual Services $143,290 Grand Total $695,853 ($151,908) North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching 276 NCCAT Drive PO Box 5121 Cullowhee, NC 28723-5121 www.nccat.org 1,500 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $1,230.00 or $0.82 per copy. “NCCAT provided me with an awesome experience that changed the way I teach for the better. Through the knowledge I gained, I am able to see a new way to approach my teaching and to enhance student learning in chemistry.” —Elizabeth Bustle, Mocksville “My NCCAT experience was critical in my success as a beginning teacher. In addition to learning strategies that I could immediately apply in the classroom, I learned time management and organization skills. The fellowship with other beginning teachers was so valuable in establishing myself within a new community. Five years after NCCAT, I still reference my notes and remember our discussions. I’m so thankful for the experience, and I’ve recommended all of NCCAT’s programs to my colleagues.” —Sarena Fuller, Morganton “At NCCAT, learning is a profound mission. We are led down fascinating trails of knowledge. When we leave the NCCAT campus, we walk into the classroom as more enlightened, empowered, and dedicated teachers.” —Carolyn York, Sanford
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Full Text | 08 –09 North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching ANNUAL REPORT Dear Friends of NCCAT, To say these are challenging economic times would be an understatement. This past fiscal year has been marked by economic crises, budget deficits, financial cuts, market losses, and furloughs. And while North Carolina suffers one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation (11 percent as of June 2009), our legislators dealt with a potential budget shortfall of more than $3.4 billion in fiscal year 2009–2010. For many of us, the current economic situation is truly unprecedented. Despite this stressful economic background and shrinking budgets, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching has continued to do what it does best—support the teachers of North Carolina. Soundly. Assuredly. Unequivocally. We remain faithful to our mission to advance teaching as an art and a profession. Our goal is to support and retain the caring, highly qualified, and skilled educators needed in North Carolina’s classrooms. As a state agency, we expect to do our part to help trim the budget while remaining steadfast in our commitment to provide much-needed professional development for teachers. Governor Beverly Perdue has been adamant that our state continue to invest in and support our public schools. During recent budget discussions, Dr. William Harrison, State Board of Education chairman, said, “I urge our state’s leaders to support public schools as a top priority and as an investment in North Carolina’s future.” We believe investing in the teachers and students of North Carolina is the best financial commitment our state can make to ensure a healthy economy. NCCAT’s instructional programming is designed to positively impact the public schools of North Carolina. Toward that end, NCCAT, previously located administratively under the University of North Carolina system, is transferring to the State Board of Education, where we will operate under the jurisdiction of the NCCAT Board of Trustees. All organizations involved in the transfer of NCCAT support the proposed new governance structure. We are confident this will be a good fit for us as we seek to improve our ability to serve the public schools of our state. On behalf of the faculty and staff of NCCAT, we acknowledge and thank our Board of Trustees for their judicious stewardship of this organization over the past fiscal year. All of us look forward to the work that lies before us. With the ongoing support of the Development Foundation of NCCAT, we will continue to provide the best professional development programming our state has to offer—programming that is innovative, engaging, and effective. Please enjoy this brief summary of NCCAT’s year in review and visit us online at www.nccat.org. Sincerely, Mary D. McDuffie Executive Director Richard A. Schwartz President, Development Foundation Kenneth W. Wells Chair, Board of Trustees North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching 08 –09 Throughout 2008–2009, NCCAT’s Cullowhee and Ocracoke campuses were bustling as North Carolina public school teachers actively engaged in building skills for the twenty-first century classroom, reignited their intellectual curiosity, and reaffirmed their commitment to learning and teaching. Over the past year, NCCAT conducted more than one hundred instructional programs, including professional development renewal seminars, National Board Support seminars, Teacher Scholars in Residence programs, and programs for beginning teachers, serving almost four thousand educators from across the state. Topics of study ranged from unraveling the mysteries of DNA to implementing positive and effective classroom management to exploring the civil rights history of our state with those who lived it. As North Carolina works to increase teacher quality, rein in costs, and prepare its children for tomorrow, NCCAT provides our state’s public school teachers with the means and motivation to achieve those goals. Thousands of NCCAT alumni from the mountains to the sea report that their NCCAT experience has rekindled their passion for learning, renewed their enthusiasm for teaching, and given them a stronger commitment to the teaching profession. nccat programming highlights july 1, 2008–june 30, 2009 Professional Development that Makes a Difference North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching A major factor in quality teaching is experience. However, more than half of our nation’s teachers leave the profession before they reach their fifth year, costing our society billions of dollars on multiple levels. NCCAT’s multi-faceted Beginning Teachers Model focuses on improving instructional methods and maximizing the effectiveness of North Carolina’s talented new teachers, helping keep them in the profession. NCCAT’s beginning teachers programming includes NCCAT Connections, a yearlong induction program for teachers in their first year of teaching, and “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom,” a five-day residential seminar for teachers in their second or third year of teaching. Both programs are designed to reinforce essential skills for good teaching, reduce teacher attrition, and strengthen instructional practices in the classroom. NCCAT’s Beginning Teachers Model helps retain new teachers while giving them the tools, instructional strategies, and professional support they need to positively impact student achievement. “There’s a great cost benefit to North Carolina when teachers stay in the classroom, beyond good fiscal stewardship,” says Dr. Mary McDuffie, executive director of NCCAT. “Those teachers can positively impact a child’s academic success and can make a difference in at-risk children staying in school. Keeping good teachers is a smart strategy for both closing the achievement gap and for building a strong workforce and citizenry.” nccat’s beginning teachers model 08 –09 Advancing Teaching as an Art and a Profession The world of the twenty-first century is moving at a rapidly intense pace. To ensure that North Carolina teachers have the global knowledge and essential skills to prepare today’s students for the world they will enter upon graduation, NCCAT has launched the “Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative.” The jobs of tomorrow will require diverse skills in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM); therefore NCCAT is expanding its already popular offerings in STEM programming, designing inventive seminars around new technologies, and attracting additional private funding to make it all happen. NCCAT’s STEM-related seminars run the gamut from active research in environmental sciences to proven strategies for teaching math to exploration of the new green economy. All STEM seminars allow educators to work with the latest research findings, learn from hands-on experiences, and discover how to creatively integrate STEM disciplines into all classroom studies with real-life applications. To succeed in the twenty-first century will require more than just proficiency in and comfort with technology and science. It will require passion and a relentless commitment to lifelong learning. What better way to instill that thirst for knowledge and understanding in young people than by having it modeled each and every day in the classroom by dedicated teachers who are both inspired and inspiring? Through NCCAT’s “Teaching Students of the 21st Century Initiative,” North Carolina’s teachers and students will be better prepared for a future that hasn’t even been invented yet. teaching students of the 21st century initiative 08 –09 -5- North Carolina Center for the of Teaching 08 –09 professional development: investing in the future North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching NCCAT Board of Trust ees Chair Kenneth W. Wells, Manteo, NC Vice Chair Cherri G. Cheek, Ocean Isle Beach, NC Eddie U. Byers, Jefferson, NC Wanda P. Dawson, Kinston, NC Grace M. Edwards, Henrico, NC R. Scott Griffin, Mount Holly, NC J. Ferrel Guillory, Raleigh, NC John M. Highsmith, Clyde, NC Lee Lewis Leidy, Elizabeth City, NC Eugene B. McLaurin II, Rockingham, NC Guy P. Smith, Lexington, NC Linda S. Suggs, Morrisville, NC Ex Officio John W. Bardo, Chancellor, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC Erskine B. Bowles, President, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC June St. Clair Atkinson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Raleigh, NC Executive Director Mary D. McDuffie, Cullowhee, NC Board of Direct ors for the Development Foundat ion of NCCAT Inc . President Richard A. Schwartz, Raleigh, NC Vice President The Honorable Willis P. Whichard, Chapel Hill, NC Treasurer Judy S. Phillips, Cary, NC Executive Secretary Mary D. McDuffie, Cullowhee, NC Mary Jo Allen, Ahoskie, NC Allen Lee Burrus, Hatteras, NC William L. Cassell, Greensboro, NC James K. Coward Jr., Sylva, NC Anthony R. Foxx, Charlotte, NC Phillip J. Kirk Jr., Raleigh, NC Deanna K. Lee, Charlotte, NC William Ivey Long, New York, NY William H. McIntyre, Winston-Salem, NC Robert E. Merritt, Winston-Salem, NC Shirley B. Prince, Laurinburg, NC The Honorable R. Eugene Rogers, Williamston, NC James R. Simeon, Southern Pines, NC Richard L. Thompson, Chapel Hill, NC Dorothy T. Thornburg, Webster, NC N. Edward Tucker Jr., Charlotte, NC Effective professional development is a sound investment in the teachers who educate North Carolina’s 1.4 million children. NCCAT seminars reinforce the essential skills needed for good teaching and are directly aligned with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. A vast amount of research exists showing a strong and positive correlation between teacher quality and student learning. If we want our children to have the greatest chance of success in the twenty-first century, then we need to give their teachers every resource possible to ensure effective teaching. The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching remains committed to maintaining the integrity of its professional development programming by strengthening public and private partnerships. Even in the face of shrinking budgets and education cutbacks, NCCAT provided a total of 112 residential seminars, 43 programs, and 4 alumni seminars. Listed below are some of the creative collaborations, generous contributions, and significant accomplishments that reflect a strong commitment to positively impacting public education in our great state. Professional Development that Makes a Difference July 08 North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association awards $100,000 to support three statewide alumni seminars and signature sponsorship of the NCCAT Golden Apple Gala. NCCAT faculty and alumni facilitate Junior and Senior Teaching Fellows at their summer conference, in cooperation with the Public School Forum of North Carolina. Leonard G. Herring and the Herring Family Foundation award $100,000 to support programming over two years ($25,000 in FY2007–2008 and $75,000 in FY2008–2009). The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation awards $50,000 for the second year to support NCCAT’s “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom” seminars for beginning teachers. August 08 NCCAT’s Holocaust Education Program helps fund NCCAT’s first European seminar, “Becoming Witnesses: Primary Sites of the Holocaust.” North Carolina teachers are given a firsthand opportunity for in-depth study of the Holocaust in Poland and Germany. An Honored Educator Scholarship is fully endowed in recognition of retired N.C. Representative R. Eugene Rogers and his wife Jean Griffin Rogers of Williamston, thanks to the generous contributions of friends and family from Martin County and across the state. The Duplin County Schools Honored Educator Scholarship is fully endowed at the $25,000 level to honor Duplin County Schools’ Teacher of the Year. The Collaborative Project of the Public School Forum of North Carolina awards funding to support cultural awareness through NCCAT’s “New Neighbors: Latinos in North Carolina” seminar. The Duke Energy Foundation provides funding to support environmental education through NCCAT’s “Sea Level Rise: The Impact of Climate Change on the Outer Banks” seminar. Septemb er 08 Working closely with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the North Carolina State Construction Office, NCCAT develops a plan to reclaim a section of the Ocracoke shoreline and create an outdoor education classroom. The Development Foundation of NCCAT launches a fundraising campaign for a “Teachers Walk” at NCCAT’s Ocracoke campus. NCCAT Connections beginning teachers program is underway in partnership with school systems in Edgecombe, Johnston, Martin, and Montgomery counties. Oct ober 08 The UNC Board of Governors, UNC Chancellors, and General Administration Council visit NCCAT’s Cullowhee campus. NCCAT celebrates the one-year anniversary of the opening of its Ocracoke campus. NCCAT receives the Friend of FLANC (Foreign Language Association of North Carolina) award for its support of foreign language teachers pursuing National Board Certification. North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Novemb er 08 The Golden LEAF Foundation awards $174,000 to help teachers from economically distressed counties pursue National Board Certification. The Kenan Fellows Program partners with NCCAT for the development and implementation of a seminar designed to investigate complex policy decisions involving science and technology called “Navigating Complexity,” which was conducted in the summer of 2009. Decemb er 08 The GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships awards funding for STEM-related programming. The Goodnight Educational Foundation provides financial support for NCCAT’s instructional programming. The Collaborative Project of the Public School Forum of North Carolina partners with NCCAT to develop and implement a series of National Board Certification pre-candidacy sessions for school systems in Caswell, Greene, Mitchell, Warren, and Washington counties. Jan uar y 09 Alfred and Anita Schnog, with a variety of leaders and educators from across the state, host an event in Wilmington to raise awareness of and support for NCCAT’s Holocaust Education Program. NCCAT, in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, creates the Principal Scholars Initiative, a pilot program designed to give principals the unprecedented opportunity to participate in a professional development seminar with teachers from across the state. Febr uar y 09 The Development Foundation of NCCAT hosts its third NCCAT Golden Apple Gala in Raleigh saluting the work of our state’s 90,000 teachers and raising funds to support NCCAT’s professional development programs. The North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association is the signature sponsor of this premier event. Other sponsors include: UNC-TV, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel, WUNC Public Radio, Diamonds Direct, Duke Energy Foundation, Glide Education Corporation, Laser Eye Center of Carolina, Lions Jewelers, Partnership for Excellence, Schwartz and Shaw–Attorneys at Law, and the Golden Corral Charitable Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation. Marc h 09 A grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction supports financial literacy through NCCAT’s “Dollars and Sense: Building Financial Literacy” seminar. North Carolina teachers study the global economy and examine China’s history during NCCAT’s “The Dragon Awakes: Understanding China” seminar. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc. announces a grant to support NCCAT’s Holocaust Education Program. Advancing Teaching as an Art and a Profession April 09 Legislation is introduced to initiate the transfer of NCCAT from the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina to the State Board of Education. The Duke Energy Foundation awards funding to help support NCCAT’s STEM-related seminar, “Catching Up with Your Students: Navigating Technology for the 21st Century.” Wake County Public School System awards funding to develop and implement a seminar designed to integrate arts into the curriculum for twenty-first century classrooms. In partnership with the North Carolina Coastal Federation, NCCAT agrees to design a program to support environmental education and coastal ecology through NCCAT’s upcoming seminar, “Planet Wetlands: Living Marshlands of the Outer Banks.” May 09 NCCAT launches a reengineered and redesigned website to enhance communications with educators throughout North Carolina. In our continued effort to “go green” and also save printing costs, NCCAT expands its outreach to educators by significantly increasing use of electronic communications. The Development Foundation of NCCAT reports more than $250,000 in contributions to the NCCAT annual fund. June 09 U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan demonstrates her commitment to education during a visit to NCCAT’s Cullowhee campus where she met with faculty and staff. Faculty from the University of South Queensland, Australia, visit NCCAT to get a better understanding of its structure and function for potential replication in their country. The Development Foundation of NCCAT hosts the fourth annual “Old Fossil” Golf Tournament honoring Dr. A. Craig Phillips, former State Superintendent of Public Instruction. The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation announces a grant of $250,000 over the next two years to support NCCAT Connections beginning teachers program (FY2009–2010 and FY2010–2011). The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation announces a grant of $30,000 to support NCCAT’s “Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom” seminars for beginning teachers (FY2009–2010). North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Most citizens believe that the primary role of public schools is to educate our children so they can grow up to become productive members of society. Although there are many theories about the best way to accomplish this goal, experts agree that the most significant factor contributing to student learning is teacher quality. And that’s where NCCAT plays a vital role. NCCAT positively impacts public education by providing extraordinary professional development for North Carolina teachers throughout their careers. NCCAT’s instructional programming is designed to give teachers the support and resources they need to be highly effective and enhance student achievement. Beginning Teachers Programming Connect to Your Future: Celebrating Success in the Classroom (ten seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke Designed for beginning teachers in their second or third year of teaching. NCCAT Connections—A comprehensive yearlong induction program designed for first-year teachers in Edgecombe, Johnston, Martin, and Montgomery counties and held in their school districts and at NCCAT’s Cullowhee campus. Arts, Humanities, Cultural Diversity, and Leadership Seminars And Then There Were None • Ocracoke Appalachian Spring • Cullowhee Becoming Witnesses: Primary Sites of the Holocaust • Poland and Germany Best Practices for Motivating African American Students • Cullowhee Biltmore House: Its People and Impact • Cullowhee Books: Bound to Be Read (two seminars) • Cullowhee Emotional Intelligence and Wellness in the Classroom • Ocracoke Exceptional Opportunities: Meeting the Needs of Children with Developmental Disabilities • Cullowhee From Biltmore to Blue Ridge: The Vision of George W. Vanderbilt • Cullowhee From Harlem to Hip-Hop • Cullowhee From Imagination to Inspiration: Living the Creative Life • Cullowhee From the British Isles to the Appalachian Mountains: Celtic Traditions in North Carolina • Cullowhee Gathering of Holocaust Educators: Survivor Testimonies • Charlotte Grappling with History: The Trail of Tears • Cullowhee Graveyard of the Atlantic • Ocracoke Habitat for Humanity: Building and Sharing • Cullowhee Hidden Treasures: Discovering Books by the Sea • Ocracoke Is There a Children’s Book in You? (two seminars) • Cullowhee King Cotton • Cullowhee Leadership, Creativity, and Change: Positive Paths for North Carolina Schools • Cullowhee Martin Luther King Jr.: The Power of a Dream • Cullowhee and Atlanta Mountain Ghosts and Other Curious Tales of Appalachia • Cullowhee New Neighbors: Latinos in North Carolina (three seminars) • Cullowhee and Ocracoke North Carolina Is My Home: Celebrating Our State’s Literary Heritage • Cullowhee On the Edge of Forever: Teaching Beyond the Boundaries • Ocracoke Oral History: The Art of Storytelling • Cullowhee Place of Refuge: The Great Smoky Mountains National Park • Cullowhee Portraits of Faith: Spiritual Traditions of North Carolina • Cullowhee Reading and Writing by the Sea • Ocracoke Salty Dogs and the Lore of the Sea (two seminars) • Ocracoke Teaching the Holocaust: Resources and Reflections • Washington, D.C. Teaching with Confidence in Diverse Classrooms • Cullowhee The Dragon Awakes: Understanding China • Cullowhee and Atlanta The Healing Power of the Arts • Cullowhee The Heart of Teaching (three sessions) • Cullowhee The Lost Colony: Mystery and History • Ocracoke and Manteo The Play’s the Thing: Using Drama in Any Classroom • Cullowhee The Power of Words • Cullowhee Sumar y of Act ivities Professional Development that Makes a Difference Titanic: The Ship of Dreams • Ocracoke Turners and Burners: Folk Potters of North Carolina • Cullowhee and Seagrove U.S. Coast Guard: Guardians of the Sea • Ocracoke Visual Journal: Where the Image Meets the Word • Cullowhee Women in Aviation: Pioneers of Courage • Ocracoke Independent Study and Research Teacher Scholars in Residence (two seminars) • Cullowhee Holocaust Education Scholars • Cullowhee National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Seminars Twenty-one support seminars were held in Cullowhee and Ocracoke for teachers who are candidates for national certification. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Seminars Catching Up with Your Students: Navigating Technology for the 21st Century • Cullowhee Climbing the Double Helix: Is DNA Destiny? • Ocracoke Crime Scene Investigator: The New Sherlock Holmes • Cullowhee Endangered Species: Saving the Loggerhead and Piping Plover • Ocracoke Everyday Healthy Living: A Whole New You • Ocracoke Everyday Geometry: Art, Nature, and Architecture • Cullowhee Everyone Needs a Little Mystery: CSI in Your Classroom • Cullowhee First in Flight: Aviation Heritage and the North Carolina Outer Banks • Ocracoke Get the Picture? The Math, Science, and Art of Photography • Cullowhee Holistic Health • Cullowhee Hurricanes: In the Eye of the Storm • Ocracoke It’s Not Easy Being Green • Cullowhee Multimedia in the Classroom: Empowering Student Learning • Cullowhee NASCAR: Science on the Race Track • Randleman Sea Level Rise: The Impact of Climate Change on the Outer Banks • Ocracoke Sea, Sand, and Human Hands: The Changing Face of the Outer Banks • Ocracoke Starry, Starry Night (two seminars) • Ocracoke Taking Care of Ourselves: Nurturing the Nurturer (two seminars) • Cullowhee The Ecology of Barrier Islands • Ocracoke The Mountain • Cullowhee and Mount LeConte Uncertain Journey: The Autumn Migration of Winged Creatures • Cullowhee Wiki, Wacky, What? Web 2.0 Applications for 21st Century Schools • Cullowhee Waterfalls: The Beauty and Power of Flowing Water • Cullowhee Wings Over Sound, Sand, and Sea • Ocracoke You Go, Girl! Encouraging Girls in Math, Science, and Technology • Cullowhee Programs for Educational Groups Junior and Senior Teaching Fellows: Public School Forum of North Carolina • Hickory Wake County: Arts for the 21st Century • Cullowhee Weekend Seminars for Alumni Healthy Habits for Your Heart • Asheville Island People, Island Culture • Ocracoke Musical Traditions of North Carolina • Pinehurst The Message in the Moves • Atlantic Beach North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Colleges and Universities Belmont Abbey College Dalton State College, Dalton, Georgia Duke University Durham Technical Community College East Carolina University Elon University Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia New York University, New York, New York North Carolina School of the Arts North Carolina State University Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Southwestern Community College (GEAR UP) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Warren Wilson College Western Carolina University Business, Education, and Government Audubon North Carolina Capital City Club–Raleigh City Club at de Rosset City Lights Bookstore CMJ Investment Group/LTM (Life Through Music), Atlanta, Georgia Communities in Schools of North Carolina Inc. Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc., New York, New York Dream Builders Communications Inc. Duke Energy Foundation Edit on Hudson Franklin Police Department Golden LEAF Foundation GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships Greenlife Grocery Habitat for Humanity International Harrah’s Cherokee Casino & Hotel Hatteras Community Center Hyde County Emergency Management Services Hyde County Sheriff’s Department Jackson County Emergency Management Services Jackson County Sheriff’s Department Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville, Tennessee LEARN NC Lowe’s Motor Speedway Macon County Sheriff’s Department MindSpring Consulting Inc. Mission Hospitals NASCAR Research and Development Facility National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, Southfield, Michigan National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association North Carolina Coastal Federation North Carolina Coastal Land Trust North Carolina Department of Administration North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, State Historic Preservation Office North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Division of Coastal Management, North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission Division of Marine Fisheries Division of Water Quality Division of Water Resources State Stormwater Management Program North Carolina Department of Crime Control and Public Safety, Division of Emergency Management North Carolina Department of Public Instruction North Carolina Department of Transportation, Ferry Division North Carolina State Board of Education North Carolina State Construction Office North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Ocracoke Civic and Business Association Ocracoke Island Airport Ocracoke Seafood Company Ocracoke Waterman’s Association Penske Racing South Inc. Penske Technology Group Petty Enterprises Pisgah Inn Pit Crew U, Pit Instruction & Training LLC Progress Energy Foundation Public School Forum of North Carolina Shamrock Management Corporation Stainless Corporation Teacher’s Workshop Tideland EMC United States Army Corps of Engineers United States Coast Guard United States Forest Service United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C. University of North Carolina General Administration UNC-TV University of North Carolina Traveling Science Laboratory Victory Junction Gang Camp Visiting International Faculty Wachovia Foundation Wake County Public Schools WisPIC, Madison, Wisconsin Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation Museums, Libraries, and Parks Atlanta History Center, Atlanta, Georgia Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Oswiecim, Poland Benjamin E. Mays Memorial, Atlanta, Georgia Blue Ridge Parkway Cape Fear Museum Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Cape Hatteras National Seashore Cape Lookout National Seashore Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet Core Sound Waterfowl Museum and Heritage Center Cradle of Forestry in America Destiny Traveling Science Learning Program East LaPorte River Access Park Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland Ethnographic Museum, Tarnów, Poland Frederic Chopin Museum at the Frederic Chopin Society, Warsaw, Poland Galacia Jewish Museum, Kraków, Poland Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum Great Smoky Mountains National Park Partners The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching is proud of the dynamic partnerships we have established with the prestigious and diverse organizations and individuals listed below. We look forward to continued success as we work together in the coming years. (These partners are located in North Carolina unless otherwise indicated.) Advancing Teaching as an Art and a Profession Hampton Roads Naval Museum, Norfolk, Virginia High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia Historical Museum of Kraków: Old Synagogue Museum, Kraków, Poland Howard Washington Thurman National Memorial, Atlanta, Georgia Jewish Museum Berlin, Berlin, Germany Jockey’s Ridge State Park Kituwah Mound Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, Atlanta, Georgia Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe and “Place of Information,” Berlin, Germany Monitor National Marine Sanctuary, Newport News, Virginia Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Mountain Farm Museum Museum of the Cherokee Indian Museum of Armed Struggle and Martyrdom in Treblinka, Branch of Siedlce Regional Museum, Treblinka, Poland Museum of Memory in Radegast, Lódz, Poland Museum of National Remembrance at Pod Orlem Pharmacy, Kraków, Poland National Park Service North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences North Carolina Pottery Center Oconaluftee Indian Village Oconaluftee Visitors Center Ocracoke Lighthouse Ocracoke Preservation Museum Pack Place Education, Arts, and Science Center: The Health Adventure Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Pisgah National Forest Portsmouth Island National Seashore Roanoke Island Festival Park Scottish Tartans Museum Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama Springer’s Point Preserve Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site Trail of Tears National Historic Trail Topography of Terror Exhibition, Berlin, Germany United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. Wannsee Conference House Memorial and Education Site, Berlin, German Warsaw Uprising Museum, Warsaw, Poland Western Carolina University Cherokee Center Hunter Library Special Collections Mountain Heritage Center Wright Brothers National Memorial Cultural Diversity and Awareness AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Center for Diversity Education Center for Participatory Change Eastern Band of Cherokee Echo Foundation Hillside International Truth Center, Atlanta, Georgia IBM Multicultural People in Technology Project InterCultural Advantage North Carolina Council on the Holocaust Nuestro Centro Alfred and Anita Schnog Shoah Foundation Institute for Visual History and Education Teaching Tolerance, a Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama Vencinos Inc. Western Carolina University Inspirational Choir Religious Organizations Adas Israel Congregation, Washington, D.C. Basilica of Saint Lawrence Congregation Beth HaTephila Cathedral of All Souls Holy Ground Retreats Islamic Center of Asheville Jasna Góra Monastery, Czêstochowa, Poland Jewish Community Center of Charlotte Judaica Foundation and Center for Jewish Culture, Kraków, Poland Ocracoke United Methodist Church Rabbi Israel Fund Remuh Synagogue, Kraków, Poland Temple Isreal Temple Beth El Arts and Engagements Nina Bagley Designs Balsam Range Ben Owen Pottery Burrus Flightseeing Tours Caledonia Pottery Coyote East Coast Hauntings Organization Elizabeth Ellison Watercolors Frogtown Four Hatteras Island Tours David Holt, High Windy Productions Inc. Phil and Gaye Johnson, ASTER Productions Jugtown Pottery Kitty Hawk Kites David LaMotte Lower Dryad Music Laughing Eye Studio Looking Glass Productions Luck’s Ware Martin & Friends McIntyre Photography Inc. Miss Ocracoke Mountain Dragon School of the Martial Arts Oaks Gallery Original Owens Pottery Philomel Books, New York, New York Portsmouth Island Boat Tours Qualla Arts and Crafts Mutual Inc. Ride the Wind Surf Shop Sam Bass Gallery of Motorsports Art The Schooner Windfall Shakespeare Lives! Wells Gordon Trio Will & Deni Films Kat Williams, Williams Entertainment Group Historic and Environmental Preservation Appalachian Trail Conservancy Appropriate Building Solutions Inc. Balsam Mountain Preserve Balsam Mountain Trust Big Bald Banding Station, Unicoi County, Tennessee Biltmore Estate Cradle of Forestry Interpretive Association Discovery of Flight Foundation, Warrenton, Virginia Friends of Portsmouth Island Grassy Creek Preserve HandMade in America Highlands Biological Station Jackson County Green Energy Park Jarrett House Judaculla Rock Mount LeConte Lodge Nantahala Outdoor Center The Lost Colony North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching Financ ials 2008–2009 Personnel: $4,312,856 • Wages, salaries, and paid benefits for 99 full-time and hourly employees Substitute Teacher and Visiting Presenter Pay: $668,746 Current Services: $1,001,356 • $315,983–Travel reimbursement for teachers and staff members • $685,373–Other services, including maintenance contracts and services, utilities, telephone, building and equipment repairs, printing, and contracted food services Supplies: $337,744 • Program materials, books, videos, food products, office supplies, cleaning materials, and maintenance materials for building and grounds Equipment and Technology: $202,809 • Furnishings, computers, network and infrastructure upgrades, and office equipment Fixed Charges: $67,378 • Insurance, rental agreements, professional publications, and memberships TOTAL: $6,590,889 STATE BUDGE T HO W THE 2008–2009 BUDGE T WAS SPE NT 62.2%–Seminars and Programs Planning, registration, lodging services, visiting presenters, staff services, substitute teachers, supplies and materials, teacher and staff travel, and teacher services 30.4%–Direct Support Services Dining services, building and grounds maintenance, repairs, minor improvements, cleaning, utilities and telephone equipment, and contracted services 6.4%–Administration Management, planning, reporting, budget, policy analysis, and personnel 1.0%–Development Administrative costs and expenses of the Development Foundation of NCCAT Inc. 90.6%–State Funding $6,590,889 6.4%–Grant/Contractual Funding $465,490 3.0%–Foundation Funding $214,468 TOTAL: $7,270,847 2008–2009 OPE RATING FUNDS 62.2% 90.6% 30.4% 6.4% 6.4%3.0% 1.0% Professional Development that Makes a Difference DEVELOP MENT FOU NDATIO N OF NCCAT INC. HO NORED EDUCATOR SCHOL ARSHIP S NCCAT’s Honored Educator Scholarship Program gives tribute to outstanding individuals and educators by providing scholarship funds in their names. Scholarship funds can be named in honor of classroom teachers, coaches, administrators, school board members, or community volunteers—anyone who has made a positive difference in the field of education. Donors can establish scholarships with preference for teachers from a geographic area or an academic discipline. NCCAT administers each scholarship that reaches the endowment goal of $25,000. These scholarships make it possible for NCCAT to serve more teachers by supplementing the annual state allocation. Each named scholarship will be awarded annually to a North Carolina teacher, who also will receive a $250 cash award for a classroom project. To make a donation honoring these educators or to start a new scholarship fund, please contact the Development Foundation of NCCAT at 828-293-5202 or foundation@nccat.org. Honored Educator Scholarships for Teachers in these Counties (Boldface indicates funds have reached the $25,000 endowment level as of June 30, 2009.) Mary Jo Allen: Teacher of the Year/Edgecombe County Mary Jo Allen: Hertford County Robert E. and Hattie H. Bridges: Wake County Robert E. Bridges: Cary Academy Marjorie T. and John S. Britt: Statewide William Byrum: Perquimans County Anne Marie Collins: Alamance County Dare County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Dare County Boyce T. Deitz: Swain County Boyce T. Deitz: Jackson County Devonwood Foundation: Durham Academy Mary Jane Coward Dillard: Jackson County Duplin County: Teacher of the Year/Duplin County Jerome D. Franson: Statewide Luz M. Frye: Foreign Language Teachers Karen Gerringer: Principal Fellows Interns Guilford County Schools: Teacher of the Year/Guilford County Elsie Brame Hunt and Norma Henderson Leonard: Wilson County Phillip J. Kirk Jr.: Rowan-Salisbury Schools Phillip J. Kirk Jr.: Statewide Susan S. McHugh: Polk County Mabel Roberson McIntyre: Nash and Wilson Counties Mabel Roberson McIntyre: Nash and Wilson Counties Lynda Petty: Randolph County Lynda Petty: Randolph County A. Craig Phillips: Statewide A. Craig Phillips: Statewide Jean P. Powell: Clinton City and Sampson County A. M. Primm: Alamance County Eugene and Jean Rogers: Martin County Richard A. Schwartz: Statewide Gracia and John Slater Family: Jackson and Henderson Counties Simon F. Terrell: Durham, Orange, Wake, Warren Counties Simon F. Terrell: Durham, Orange, Wake, Warren Counties Richard L. Thompson: Statewide Beulah Padgett Whichard: Clay and Durham Counties Beulah Padgett Whichard: Clay and Durham Counties C. Fletcher Womble Jr.: Cumberland County The Development Foundation of NCCAT is a 501(c)(3) that was established to support NCCAT’s seminars and programs that inspire teachers and, ultimately, the students they teach. The generous support of North Carolina’s state government serves as a baseline budget for NCCAT’s innovative instructional programming. Through the additional support of friends, private foundations, and corporate partners, NCCAT is able to provide highly effective professional development for North Carolina’s public school teachers. We offer our sincere appreciation for the generous gifts from many organizations and individuals during the 2008–2009 fiscal year. These contributions reflect their commitment to the vital role NCCAT plays in strengthening public education in North Carolina. Income Honored Educator Scholarship and Holocaust Education Endowments $72,093 Annual Fund $257,245 Gifts in Kind $52,933 Investment Income (loss) Subtotal $230,363 Program Grants Golden LEAF Foundation $174,000 Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany Inc. $65,700 Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation $50,000 Duke Energy Foundation $12,500 GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships $10,000 North Carolina Department of Public Instruction $10,000 Subtotal $322,200 Contractual Services $143,290 Grand Total $695,853 ($151,908) North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching 276 NCCAT Drive PO Box 5121 Cullowhee, NC 28723-5121 www.nccat.org 1,500 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $1,230.00 or $0.82 per copy. “NCCAT provided me with an awesome experience that changed the way I teach for the better. Through the knowledge I gained, I am able to see a new way to approach my teaching and to enhance student learning in chemistry.” —Elizabeth Bustle, Mocksville “My NCCAT experience was critical in my success as a beginning teacher. In addition to learning strategies that I could immediately apply in the classroom, I learned time management and organization skills. The fellowship with other beginning teachers was so valuable in establishing myself within a new community. Five years after NCCAT, I still reference my notes and remember our discussions. I’m so thankful for the experience, and I’ve recommended all of NCCAT’s programs to my colleagues.” —Sarena Fuller, Morganton “At NCCAT, learning is a profound mission. We are led down fascinating trails of knowledge. When we leave the NCCAT campus, we walk into the classroom as more enlightened, empowered, and dedicated teachers.” —Carolyn York, Sanford |
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