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Professional Development Workshops, Conferences, Symposia & Projects

The UNCG School of Education plans and conducts professional development workshops, conferences, symposia and projects. These opportunities are provided by the School of Education, the Teachers Academy, the Center for Educational Studies and Development, and departments across campus as well as through University-School Teacher Education Partnerships and the UNCG Division of Continual Learning.

NOTE: The list below is in chronological order. New items may appear lower in the list as new professional development opportunities become available for the upcoming months.

21st Century Skills Conference for High School Teachers

Beyond the Walls: National Board Certification Renewal

 

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21st Century Skills Conference for High School Teachers
UNCG and School Districts in Partnership to Strengthen Teaching & Learning

• Themes: Global Awareness, Civic Literacy, Health Literacy, and Financial, Economic, Business, and Entrepreneurial Literacy
• Location: Sheraton Imperial Hotel & Conference Center
  4700 Emperor Blvd, Durham, NC 27703 (Phone: 919-941-5050)
• Date: Friday, November 20, 2009
• Time: 7:45 am—4:30 pm
• Who: Classroom Teachers, Lead Teachers, and Curriculum Specialists in Alamance, Chatham, Durham and Orange Counties
  A three to six person interdisciplinary team, including a school administrator, from each high school is encouraged to attend. Each team needs to bring one laptop with wireless capability.
• Teacher Benefits:
  • Knowledge about interdisciplinary themes that impact 21st century teaching and learning
  • Exploration of themes through real world integrated project examples
  • Resource links to expand the teaching toolbox
  • Networking with other teachers of the same discipline and across disciplines as well as with UNCG domain specialists
  • Planning time with an interdisciplinary team from your school
  • Connection to the North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards—A New Vision of Teaching
  • Opportunity to make a contribution to and reference online professional development resources
  • Paid cost of substitute for Friday, November 20
  • CEU Certificate

Online and Fax Registration is now closed.
19 seats available on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE basis for Walk-In Registration.

21st Century Skills Conference for High School Teachers Flyer

 

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Beyond the Walls: National Board Certification Renewal for Reynolds American Counties:
Davidson, Davie, Lexington, Mt. Airy, Stokes, Surry, Thomasville, Winston-Salem/Forsyth & Yadkin school systems<

Location: Winston-Salem/Forsyth Teacher Career Center

Two-Day Workshop: January 9, 2010 and April 17, 2010

Join NBCT, Joan Celestino, and learn about the renewal process so you can renew your certification and maintain your designation as a National Board Certified Teacher! Joan is recognized across our state and nation as an outstanding workshop facilitator and one who brings her personal experience, energy, and professionalism to every session.

Day 1, January 9th, 9:00am-1:30pm - On the first day participants will focus on the renewal format, revised standards, the renewal product, critical decisions that renewal candidates need to make, and choosing the Professional Growth Experiences (PGE).

Day 2, April 17th, 9:00am-noon - On the second day participants will focus on reading components, reviewing a video, and discussing questions.

Remember that National Board Certification takes you "beyond the walls" so you can continue to improve as a teacher as well as share your teaching excellence as mentors, instructional leaders, staff-training experts and other leaders within your school and beyond. Take advantage of this opportunity to become informed about the renewal process and to network with other teachers from across the state.

Registration Fee: $30.00

National Board Certification Renewal Application (PDF)

National Board Certification Renewal Workshop Flyer (PDF)

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